Bateman Proves Once Again Only The Hungry Win

Hello. Congrats to Brian Bateman for winning the Buick in Michigan. Bateman has been through many grinds (Q-School, Nationwide, minitours, etc). This win is a career changer. He is now exempt through 2009 and can play in the Masters. The $800,000+ first place cheque doesn't hurt either.
This win proves once again that given a choice between a "hungry" player (ie about to lose their card) and a "full" player (someone who is secure and exempt for the big tournaments), I'll take the "hungry" player every time. Someone like Sergio Garcia has no incentive to win anything other than a major (and even that's questionable), because he has endorsements and money list earnings coming out of his ears. Meanwhile, Bateman and others are one bad finish away from being back in the minors competing will a lot of other hungry players for a chance to get on the PGA Tour.
Is this incentive the reason foreign born players have won the last 4 US Opens? I believe so, along with the fact PGA Tour players are not used to the USGA setups. European Tour players are used to playing in tough conditions.
Congrats again Brian!

Regards,
Steve