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Congratulations to John Riegger on his exciting victory at the LaSalle Bank Open, his first PGA TOUR-sponsored win!

The $135,000 first prize moves John to 6th place in Nationwide Official Money and virtually guarantees his 2008 PGA TOUR card (awarded to the top 25 2007 Nationwide money-winners).

Congrats also to his caddy, John Custer, for another job well done. He and John are a great team, and they made it happen this week.

After 290 starts and 153 cuts made on the PGA TOUR and the Nationwide Tour, the win couldn't have come at a better time. The LaSalle is the richest purse ($750,000) of the Nationwide's regular season. Only the limited-field, year-ending Nationwide Tour Championship offers more ($775,000). Check out the stories at http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tourname...307/index.html and http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tourname...307/index.html.

John called from the autograph line as he exited the scoring tent. He said his back had really been bothering him since last week in Maryland, so much so that he considered withdrawing from the tournament after Friday's round. In fact, he's headed home for medical treatment and will skip next week's event.

It is interesting that he attributes his win this week to success on the greens. We worked hard on his putting in Athens, Richmond and at last week's event just outside D.C. He is now much more comfortable in the way he is using his right arm, and it shows!