Woods to Play in Begay Invite

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by admin

Notah Begay III, a four-time PGA Tour winner, announced that Tiger Woods, Camilo Villegas and Mike Weir will play in the second Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge, Aug. 24 at Turning Stone Resort’s Atunyote Golf Club on Oneida Indian Nation near Vernon, N.Y.

Begay, an Albuquerque Academy graduate, played at Stanford with Woods and remains friends with his former teammate.

Begay, who played in one Nationwide and several European Tour events this year, qualified for a return to the PGA Tour after playing in European and NationWide Tour events. Since 2006, he’s finishe in the top 10 once.

This year, Negay played in 15 events and made four cuts. His $54,6435 in winnings puts him 226th on the 2009 money list, according to the PGA Tour official site.

For more info you can visit Notah Begay‘s site