Date Posted: 11/12/2008

McKINNEY, TEXAS - Campbell University graduate David Mathis was one of 25 Nationwide Tour players who secured a 2009 PGA Tour card Sunday at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch by finishing among the year's top-25 money winners.

A native of Lexington, N.C., Mathis now resides in Raleigh, where TPC Wakefield Plantation is his home course. The 34-year-old Mathis finished 14th on the Nationwide Tour final money list with 2008 earnings of $276,412.

He secured his first Nationwide Tour victory at the 2008 BMW Charity Pro Am in Greenville, S.C. and added one runner-up, four top-10s, eight top-25s and 15 made cuts in 26 events. Mathis, who previously played on the Canadian Tour, has played in five PGA TOUR events in his career, most recently in 2005.

"Getting to the PGA Tour is something everyone thinks about doing, and wanting to do, when they first start playing professional golf," said Mathis. " It's really hard to imagine yourself on Tour when you first start out, but now the reality is there. I've worked for ten years to get there and I'm looking forward to it."

The Nationwide Tour's 30-tournament season came to a pressure-packed conclusion Sunday at TPC Craig Ranch near Dallas with Matt Bettencourt winning the $1 million Nationwide Tour Championship. Mathis finished tied for 21st place.

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