The NGA/Hooters Professional Golf Tour announces it’s first event of a PGA TOUR Q-school preparatory series beginning at The Auburn University Club in Auburn, Alabama October 12-14, 2010.

The event will be in addition to the NGA/Hooters Tour Pro Series, which runs 18 events from March through September. This event will be part of a Fall series to prep players for the upcoming PGA Q-School stage one events in October.  

“We’ve been exploring the idea for a few years now. We continue working to offer our players the best opportunity to be prepared for such a challenging task,” said NGA Hooters Tour President Robin L. Waters. “We felt the time was right for such a series and what better way to prepare our players than to host a competitive event at the same site just prior to the actual PGA qualifier.”   

The Q-school Preparatory events will be run prior to the start of the Bridgestone Central Florida Winter Series. The event at the Auburn University Club will feature a 156 player field, 54-hole event with a 36-hole cut to the top 33% and ties and a 95% payback of member’s entry fees.   

The NGA/Hooters Tour is the 3rd largest men’s 72-hole professional golf tour in the country behind the PGA and Nationwide Tours, and boasts alumni like 2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink, 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson, 2003 PGA Champion Shaun Micheel, 2003 British Open winner Ben Curtis, 2003 US Open winner Jim Furyk, two time U.S. Open winner Lee Janzen, British Open and PGA Champion John Daly, as well as British Open winner Tom Lehman, PGA Champion David Toms, 2003 Tour Championship Winner Chad Campbell, 2004 & 2005 Reno Tahoe Open winner Vaughn Taylor and TPC winner Craig Perks to name just a few. All told, the NGA/Hooters Tour’s alumni have an incredible 11 “Majors” to their credit. The NGA/Hooters Tour has helped more than 100 professionals acquire their PGA, Senior PGA, and Nationwide Tour cards. In fact, 48% of the players that earned their 2010 PGA Tour card, and 53% of the players that earned full exempt status on the Nationwide Tour started their careers on the NGA/Hooters Tour.  

For more information about the NGA/Hooters Tour, please visit our web site, www.NGAHOOTERSTOUR.com.