2009 Nationwide Tour

The 2009 Nationwide Tour was the 20th Nationwide Tour season. It ran from February 5 to October 25. The season consisted of 29 official money golf tournaments; six of which were played outside of the United States. The top 25 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2010.

Schedule

The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2009 schedule.[1] The numbers in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR pointsNotes
Feb 8Panama Digicel ChampionshipPanama United States Vance Veazey (4) 14
Mar 1Moonah ClassicAustralia Australia Alistair Presnell (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 8HSBC New Zealand PGA ChampionshipNew Zealand New Zealand Steven Alker (2) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 15Michael Hill New Zealand OpenNew Zealand United States Alex Prugh (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 29Chitimacha Louisiana OpenLouisiana United States Bubba Dickerson (1) 14
Apr 5Stonebrae ClassicCalifornia Australia Michael Sim (2) 14
Apr 19Athens Regional Foundation ClassicGeorgia United States Patrick Sheehan (2) 14
Apr 26South Georgia ClassicGeorgia South Africa Garth Mulroy (1) 14
May 17BMW Charity Pro-AmSouth Carolina
North Carolina
Australia Michael Sim (3) 14
May 31Rex Hospital OpenNorth Carolina United States Kevin Johnson (5) 14
Jun 7Melwood Prince George's County OpenMaryland Sweden Mathias Grönberg (1) 14
Jun 14Knoxville OpenTennessee United States Kevin Johnson (6) 14
Jun 21Fort Smith ClassicArkansas United States Jason Enloe (2) 14
Jun 28Nationwide Tour Players CupWest Virginia United States Tom Gillis (1) 14
Jul 12Ford Wayne Gretzky ClassicCanada United States Roger Tambellini (3)14
Jul 26Cox ClassicNebraska United States Rich Barcelo (1) 14
Aug 2Nationwide Children's Hospital InvitationalOhio United States Derek Lamely (1) 14
Aug 9Preferred Health Systems Wichita OpenKansas United States Chris Tidland (2) 14
Aug 16Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipMissouri United States Justin Bolli (3) 14
Aug 23Christmas in October ClassicKansas Australia Michael Sim (4) 14 Automatic promotion to the PGA Tour.
Aug 30Northeast Pennsylvania ClassicPennsylvania England Gary Christian (1) 14
Sep 6[2]Mexico OpenMexico United States Troy Merritt (1) 14
Sep 13Utah ChampionshipUtah United States Josh Teater (1) 14
Sep 20Albertsons Boise OpenIdaho United States Fran Quinn (3) 14
Sep 27WNB Golf ClassicTexas United States Garrett Willis (2) 14
Oct 4Soboba ClassicCalifornia United States Jerod Turner (1) 14
Oct 11Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Canada Chris Baryla (1) 14
Oct 18Miccosukee ChampionshipFlorida United States Chad Collins (2) 14
Oct 25Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel IslandSouth Carolina United States Matt Every (1) 20

Leading money winners

For a more comprehensive list, see 2009 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2009 Nationwide Tour season. For the list of the top 25 golfers, given PGA Tour memberships for the 2010 season, see 2009 Nationwide Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Prize money (US$)
1 Michael Sim Australia 644,142
2 Chad Collins United States 415,114
3 Blake Adams United States 399,749
4 Derek Lamely United States 374,998
5 Tom Gillis United States 364,529
6 Chris Tidland United States 354,510
7 Josh Teater United States 326,438
8 Cameron Percy Australia320,715
9 Roger Tambellini United States 307,482
10 Matt Every United States 300,936

There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here.

References

  1. "Web.com Tour Schedule – 2009". ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  2. "Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu". PGA Tour. April 29, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
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