Rick Price wins inaugural Players Cup

Bridgeport, W.Va. -- The long wait for Rick Price is over. The 40-year-old Floridian defeated Chris Anderson on the second playoff hole of the $1 million Nationwide Tour Players Cup and finally punched his ticket to the PGA TOUR.

Price collected the richest paycheck in the Tour's 19-year history and, in doing so, guaranteed himself a spot among the 25 Nationwide Tour money winners who will earn TOUR cards in 2009.

"This means a lot. It means I get an opportunity to play on the best Tour in the world with the best players," said Price, who has been to q-school 19 times since turning pro in 1987. "The bottom line, it's a dream come true for me."