Hokie ClubUp until this season, a Hokie had never competed in theMasters. Now, two Hokies, one past and one present, will be teeing off ingolf’s most prestigious tournament.
Johnson Wagner shot a final round 71 and won the ShellHouston Open by two strokes on Sunday afternoon. The former Hokie golfer wonhis first PGA Tour event and, with it, has now earned a berth in the Masters. Healso earns a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
Wagner won $1,008,000 with the victory and has jumped from180th to 18th on the Tour’s FedEx Cup.
Wagner joins current Hokie Drew Weaver in the 2008 Masters.Weaver earned his way into the tournament with his victory in the 2007 BritishAmateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in Lancashire, England.