With a final round of 4-under 68, Ken Duke won the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island and punched his ticket back to the PGA Tour for 2012. Duke won the season finale by two shots over 54-hole leader Scott Brown. Duke went from 36th to seventh on the money list with the win. The top 25 players on the money table earn PGA Tour status for next season. The 42-year-old said his hard work brought him back to the big tour. “I’m older now, but I’ve hired a trainer and have worked very hard to keep up,” said Duke. “I’ve lost a lot of weight and gained a lot of strength in my core. I have a lot more flexibility and hopefully I can keep right on going.” Duke returns to the PGA Tour after playing in 2004 and from ’07-’09, earning three runner-up finishes. Brown finished eighth on the money list, one behind Duke, and earned a tour card as an outstanding consolation prize. “This is an absolute dream come true,” said Brown. “I’m still numb. I’m sure it will come to me later on tonight. The year has been kind of like a rollercoaster….up and down, but the finishes have been up there. I can’t wait to get to that next level and see how I measure up.” J.J. Killeen, twice a winner this season, topped the money list with $414,273 in earnings.

With a final round of 4-under 68, Ken Duke won the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island and punched his ticket back to the PGA Tour for 2012.

Duke won the season finale by two shots over 54-hole leader Scott Brown. Duke went from 36th to seventh on the money list with the win. The top 25 players on the money table earn PGA Tour status for next season.

The 42-year-old said his hard work brought him back to the big tour.

“I’m older now, but I’ve hired a trainer and have worked very hard to keep up,” said Duke. “I’ve lost a lot of weight and gained a lot of strength in my core. wholesale jerseys I have a lot more flexibility and hopefully I can keep right on going.”

Duke returns to the PGA Tour after playing in 2004 and from ’07-’09, earning three runner-up finishes.

Brown finished eighth on the money list, one behind Duke, and earned a tour card as an outstanding consolation prize.

“This is an absolute dream come true,” said Brown. “I’m still numb. I’m sure it will come to me later on tonight. The year has been kind of like a rollercoaster….up and down, but the finishes have been up there. I can’t wait to get to that next level and see how I measure up.”

J.J. Killeen, twice a winner this season, topped the money list with $414,273 in earnings.