Bettencourt Earns 2009 PGA Tour Card

TaylorMade Adidas Golf Press Release

Posted 2008-11-12

Bettencourt left no doubt that he'll be teeing it up on the PGA TOUR in 2009 by winning the Nationwide Tour Championship. He used a Rossa Itsy Bitsy Monza® Spider to drain a six-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to lock up the victory, finish No. 1 on the money list and secure his playing privileges on the PGA TOUR for next year. The victory was his second on the Nationwide Tour victory in seven weeks – he captured the Oregon Classic on September 21. Playing TaylorMade's Tour Burner® driver, Bettencourt finished eighth in driving distance at 305.6 yards, including a 318.5 average in the final round, and was No. 1 in the field in putting.

"When the (2009 PGA TOUR) schedule is released, I can look at it and make my own schedule," said Bettencourt. "Every event that I want to be in. It just makes it so much easier and stressless. It's just a dream. It's an absolute dream." Bettencourt is one of eight TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour staff professionals who earned their 2009 PGA Tour cards by virtue of their strong play this year on the Nationwide Tour, including Scott Piercy, Greg Owen, Peter Tomasulo, Rick Price, Casey Wittenberg, Arjun Atwal and Spencer Levin.

In Bettencourt's winning bag:

• Tour Burner driver 8.5°
• Burner 3-wood 14.5° and 5-wood 17.0°
• r7 3-6 irons and rac™ forged MB 7-9 irons
• ZTP Wedge: 48°, 54°, 60°
• Rossa Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider
• TP Red with LDP Technology
• adidas Golf TOUR360 LTD footwear
• adidas Golf ClimaCool® apparel
• Targa Tour glove