Greatest moments: Eleventh, 12th moments unveiled

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The 11th and 12th moments in the Nationwide Tour's "20 Greatest Moments" program have been unveiled and feature Tom Lehman and Jason Day.

Video: No. 11: Top of the world
Video: No. 12: Young champ
Archive: 20 Greatest Moments

1997 / Former Player of the Year Lehman climbs to No. 1 in the world
After pursuing his dream to become a world-class player in Asia, South Africa and elsewhere, American Tom Lehman joined the newly-born Nationwide Tour in 1990, winning once that first year. The next season he would win three times, hold the No. 1 spot on the money list for what is still a record 20 consecutive weeks and earn Player of the Year honors. Taking newfound confidence to the PGA TOUR, the Minnesota native won four big titles in the mid 90s, including the 1996 British Open, and climbed to No. 1 in the world the following April to become the first Nationwide Tour graduate to do so. WATCH

2007 / Day becomes Tour's youngest winner at age 19
With the support of his mom and coach, and inspiration from a Tiger Woods' book, 19-year-old Australian Jason Day arrived in America in 2007 set to tackle the Nationwide Tour and earn his path to the PGA TOUR. After a couple of near misses and a few eye-popping rounds in the low 60s early in the season, Day would put everything together in Cleveland, Ohio, where he won the Legend Financial Group Classic in July. At age 19 years, 7 months and 26 days, he became the Tour's youngest winner by almost two years. A few weeks later, Day would tie the Tour's 36-hole scoring record with back-to-back rounds of 62 and 63 in Omaha, Neb., before collecting his TOUR card in November. WATCH

The eight remaining "Greatest Moments" will be unveiled during the next four Nationwide Tour telecasts on GOLF CHANNEL airing between July and September, and on PGATOUR.COM. Two new moments will be featured each week.

The Cox Classic presented by Lexus of Omaha (July 23-26) is GOPLF CHANNEL's next Nationwide Tour event. The final two moments will be revealed during the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft (Sept. 17-20).

The No. 1 moment in Nationwide Tour history will be announced on GOLF CHANNEL and PGATOUR.COM on the final day of the season (Oct. 25) during the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island (S.C.). The greatest moment will be based on a fan vote conducted on PGATOUR.COM that will commence after all 20 moments have been revealed.

The "20 Greatest Moments" is the centerpiece of this year's 20th-year celebration of the Nationwide Tour. The roster of moments features events and activities that have had significant bearing on the evolution, growth, impact and promotion of the Tour over the last 20 years, both on and off the golf course. Moments will involve alumni highlights from the Nationwide Tour and PGA TOUR and will span the late 1980s, '90s and current decade.