Champions Golf Academy Boasts Nationwide Tour Winner
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2106/2544065380_68e4ef7168_m.jpgWarner Robbins, Ga.-native Kris Blanks shot a 4-under 68 on Sunday, propelling him to a one-stroke victory at the Bank of America Open in Glenview, Ill. The win gives Blanks his first-ever triumph on the Nationwide Tour, and vaults him from No. 31 to No. 5 on the Tour’s money list ($205,505).
The top 25 players on the Nationwide money list at the conclusion of the 2008 season automatically earn their PGA TOUR cards for 2009.
"I can't even imagine what it will feel like to tee it up in Hawaii next year," said Blanks in this PGATour.com article. "I know I'm good enough. It will just be a matter of getting over the mental obstacles. But I'm not going to look at the PGA TOUR just yet. I hope to make a couple more dollars out here before the year is over."
Blanks’ emergence in professional golf has been aided by two primary sources: his wife, Tami, a golf professional at Sea Pines CC in Hilton Head and the top player on the Ohio State women’s golf team from 1990 to 1993; and the tutelage of former PGA TOUR pro and four-time Nationwide Tour event winner Hugh Royer, III – the director of instruction at Champions Golf Academy in North Myrtle Beach.
As fate would have it, Blanks’ win on Sunday now gives him and his Champions mentor another common link – Bob May, who finished second not only to Blanks at the Bank of America, but also to Royer in his first Nationwide Tour win in 1993. May, you might recall, waged an epic playoff battle with Tiger Woods at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, falling short but nonetheless joining Woods in posting the lowest to-par tournament score (-18) in PGA Championship history.
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