[asleep]

Congrats to John and the rest of the LBG guys on blitzing the Nationwide field in the LaSalle Bank Open.

And congrats to Lynn Blake for supporting them in their success!


Riegger has winning feeling, then finds winner's circle
Jun. 3, 2007

By Dave Lagarde
PGATOUR.com Correspondent

GLENVIEW, Ill. -- Golf, even from a purist's point of view, is one strange game, one that can create violent mood swings and create clouds of self doubt from minute to minute and shot to shot.

Often, cruel and capricious it can turn for the better in a heartbeat and produce the kind of starling outcomes that can make even the keenest observers of the game scratch their heads...

...Talk about catching lightning in a jug. Riegger had competed in 290 tournaments sanctioned by the PGA TOUR in 11 seasons, including 92 on the Nationwide Tour without a victory and with just 16 top 10s. But that didn't stop him from finally getting the job done Sunday on the Nationwide Tour's biggest stage of the regular season[emphasis added], an event that annually offers the biggest first-place check ($135,000) in a full-field tournament...

...The victory moved him from 57th on the 2007 money list all the way to sixth with $169,481 in official earnings, just a couple of good paychecks short of what he will need to finish in the Top 25 and graduate for a ninth full season on the PGA TOUR...

...Riegger shot a 4-under-par 68 that gave him a 72-hole aggregate of 17-under 271 for his first victory since 1996, when he won the Columbian Open. And guess what? He never had a doubt. ...

..."You have to have confidence and faith in yourself,'' he said. "I wouldn't still be doing this is I didn't think I could win out here and on the PGA TOUR. And the fact of the matter is, I've always believed I could play.''

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