SwingThought, formerly the NGA Pro Golf Tour, is the oldest developmental golf tour based in the

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. The tour was acquired by Golf Interact in 2014 and rebranded as SwingThought. The tour consists of around 25

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tournaments, making it the third largest series in the United States after the elite

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and its developmental series, the

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. The tour was founded by T. C. "Rick" Jordan in 1988 and later sold to

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restaurant chain owner Robert H. Brooks in 1994. Hooters was the title sponsor from 1988 through 2011, with the tour branded as the NGA Hooters tour. The tour was sold to Robin Waters of

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in 2011. In 2015, Golf Interact purchased

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and integrated it into the Swing Thought Tour. As of August 2016, no previous ownership or management of the previous tours remain involved in SwingThought.

Combined money leaders

References

External links

Official site
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