Aussie Matthew Goggin dominates Nationwide Tour..

This week the Nationwide Tour moves down south to the Mexico Open Presented by Banamex,Thursday Jun 23 – Sunday Jun 26, 2011at the El Bosque Golf Club, and the field will be relieved to hear that Aussie Matthew Goggin will not make the trip but rather stay at home in Carolina with his wife and 2 kids..

Remember Goggin ?? He was the bearded Aussie, when beards were rare, who was in the final group with Tom Watson at Turnberry, when Tom with a stroke of bad luck, lost the Open Championship at the age of 60 when his perfect 8 iron approach to the final hole took a hard bounce and ran through the green,, resulting in bogey and eventually a playoff loss to Stewart Cink..  Goggin T5..

This year on the Nationwide tour he has won twice, including last week and with the $303,898 he's won so far he's assured of finishing inside the top 25 on the Tour's money list at the end of the season and automatic promotion. One more win and he goes up right away. He has never won on the PGA Tour in 253 career starts, but has four Nationwide Tour wins in his career


5 Canucks have made the trip Richard T Lee, Ted Brown, Jon Mills, Barrett Jarosch and Bryan DeCorso who has been DQ'ed the last 2 weeks, once for signing an incorrect scorecard, and last week for hitting a ball when it was out of bounds.

Mills is currently 20th on the money list, here are the Top 25...

1 1 Mathew Goggin 9 $303,898 2

2 6 Kyle Thompson 9 $188,178 1
3 2 Troy Kelly 7 $187,549
4 3 Steve Wheatcroft 10 $148,515 1
5 4 Ted Potter, Jr. 6 $129,980 1
6 5 Daniel Chopra 8 $126,289 1
7 7 Garth Mulroy 7 $123,065 1
8 8 Brenden Pappas 7 $116,578
9 16 Scott Brown 10 $112,125
10 9 Brett Wetterich 6 $111,997 1
11 10 Ryan Armour 10 $102,665
12 11 Bubba Dickerson 9 $102,131
13 12 Darron Stiles 10 $101,529
14 13 Matt Every 5 $91,392
15 15 Erik Compton 8 $89,709
16 24 Martin Flores 10 $84,837
17 14 Danny Lee 5 $84,336
18 17 Matt Davidson 9 $81,111
19 28 Rob Oppenheim 10 $80,000
20 18 Jon Mills 7 $75,093
21 30 Tommy Biershenk 10 $73,004
22 19 J.J. Killeen 10 $72,984
23 21 Luke List 10 $71,291
24 20 Will Wilcox 4 $69,220
25 25 Andrew Buckle 10 $69,068


The tour will be off for the following 2 weeks..

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