University of Arizona golfer Nathan Lashley lines up a putt on the 14th green at the Ping Intercollegiate on the Arizona National Golf Clbu, Tucson, AZ., Tuesday Feb. 1, 2005. Photo by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star Β 

Nate LashleyΒ played his last golf tournament for Arizona in 2005. Since then he has played on every conceivable golf tour in the world except the PGA Tour. Now, at 33, he is in his prime. He won back-to-back championships on the PGA Tour’s Latin America Tour this month, earning $63,000 total by winning the San Luis Championship in Mexico and the Copa Diners Club event in Ecuador. He is now the No. 1 money winner on tour ($75,189).


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