Steve LeBrun and Justin Hicks, a pair of tour veterans from Royal Palm Beach, finished first and second on Wednesday, Oct. 23 on the Minor League Golf Tour at the Plantation Preserve Golf Course.
LeBrun made three birdies and a bogey on each nine to win at four under par 67. He received $800 from the $4,520 purse, plus an additional $231 from an optional bonus pool and $180 from the skins game for a total of $1,211. He has 48 wins and career earnings of $140,611 since joining the MLGT in August 2007.
Hicks, runner-up among 35 entries with 68, birdied numbers 10, 14 and 17, then finished with 10 straight pars as the field played the back nine first. He collected $620 from the main purse and $195 in the bonus pool for $815. He has 22 career MLGT victories.
LeBrun and Hicks have played on the PGA and Web.com tours sporadically since the early-2000s. LeBrun last played full time on the PGA Tour in 2013. He made 20 starts on the Web.com Tour this year, earning $50,754. He has $742,825 from the two circuits since 2003. Hicks has earned nearly $3 million on the PGA Tour and $3,830,920 combined since 2001. He has won two Web.com events, in 2008 and 2010.
The mission of the MLGT is to provide an affordable, top-level professional golf training ground for players who aspire to play on the PGA, Web.com, Champions and LPGA Tours.
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