John Riegger - Media Guide

rib cage muscle and a shoulder injury. Granted Major Medical Extension for 2004. 2002: Finished 143rd on the 2002 money list with a career-high $390,675 in earnings. Logged his first career top-10 with a T8 at 2002 Honda Classic. Led tournament by two strokes after opening with a 9-under 63. Carried a one-stroke lead into the weekend after a second-round 69. His T8 was worth $101,500, a career payday. 2001: Five top-25s led to 140th position on TOUR money list and partial status for 2002...Best finish was 14th at John Deere Classic. 2000: Eight top-10s on the Nationwide Tour and a 10th-place position on the money list earned PGA TOUR card for 2001. 1999: Full-time on Nationwide Tour with 22 starts, with a runner-up finish at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic. 1994: Best finish in 17 Nationwide Tour starts was T3 Dominion Open. 1992: After earning PGA TOUR card via Q-School, rookie's only top-25 was T21 at GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic. 1991: Played 12 events on the Nationwide Tour with one top-10.

by one stroke over B.J. Staten. His first Nationwide Tour title was worth $135,000 and helped him move to No. 6 on the money list. Wouldn't fall outside of the top 20 the rest of the year. Played on a Major Medical Extension on the PGA TOUR in 2006, making the cut in five of 20 starts and finishing No. 186 on the money list, with $230,765. Posted first top-10 since the 2004 Sony Open in Hawaii, firing four rounds in the 60s to finish T5 at the John Deere Classic. Sunday's 7-under-par 64 was low final round. Limited to four events on TOUR in 2005 as his comeback continued from shoulder and rib injuries originally suffered in 2003. Seven made cuts in first eight starts on the 2004 TOUR, including a career-best seventh in first start of season at the Sony Open in Hawaii, posting four rounds in the 60s. Suffered through 2003 TOUR season that included a torn rib cage muscle and a shoulder injury. Finished with 12 made cuts in 17 starts, with three top-25s at the Shell Houston Open (T13), HP Classic of New Orleans (T16) and FBR Capital Open (T22). Granted Major Medical Extension for 2004. Finished 143rd on the 2002 money list with a career-high $390,675 in earnings. Logged his first career top-10 with a T8 at 2002 Honda Classic. Led tournament by two strokes after opening with a 9-under 63. Carried a one-stroke lead into the weekend after a second-round 69. His T8 was worth $101,500, a career payday. Five top-25s led to 140th position on 2001 TOUR money list and partial status for 2002. Eight top-10s on the 2000 Nationwide Tour and a 10th-place position on the money list earned PGA TOUR card for 2001. Full-time on 1999 Nationwide Tour with 22 starts, with a runner-up finish at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic. Best finish in 17 Nationwide Tour starts in 1994 was T3 at the Dominion Open. After earning 1992 PGA TOUR card via Q-School, rookie's only top-25 was T21 at GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic. Played 12 events on the 1991 Nationwide Tour with one top-10. Grew up in Southern Illinois, across the Ohio River from PGA TOUR players Russ Cochran and Kenny Perry, who live in Paducah, KY. Five-time U.S.Open 9-ball champion Earl Strickland caddied for Riegger at the 2000 Wichita Open. Says he plays golf because it gives him time to duck hunt.