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. 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.

Date Tournament Location Winner OWGR points Notes
Feb 8 Panama Digicel Championship Panama  Vance Veazey (USA) (4) 14
Mar 1 Moonah Classic Australia  Alistair Presnell (AUS) (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 8 HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand  Steven Alker (NZL) (2) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 15 Michael Hill New Zealand Open New Zealand  Alex Prugh (USA) (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 29 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana  Bubba Dickerson (USA) (1) 14
Apr 5 Stonebrae Classic California  Michael Sim (AUS) (2) 14
Apr 19 Athens Regional Foundation Classic Georgia  Patrick Sheehan (USA) (2) 14
Apr 26 South Georgia Classic Georgia  Garth Mulroy (RSA) (1) 14
May 17 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina
North Carolina
 Michael Sim (AUS) (3) 14
May 31 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina  Kevin Johnson (USA) (5) 14
Jun 7 Melwood Prince George's County Open Maryland  Mathias Grönberg (SWE) (1) 14
Jun 14 Knoxville Open Tennessee  Kevin Johnson (USA) (6) 14
Jun 21 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas  Jason Enloe (USA) (2) 14
Jun 28 Nationwide Tour Players Cup West Virginia  Tom Gillis (USA) (1) 14
Jul 12 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Canada  Roger Tambellini (USA) (3) 14
Jul 26 Cox Classic Nebraska  Rich Barcelo (USA) (1) 14
Aug 2 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Ohio  Derek Lamely (USA) (1) 14
Aug 9 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas  Chris Tidland (USA) (2) 14
Aug 16 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri  Justin Bolli (USA) (3) 14
Aug 23 Christmas in October Classic Kansas  Michael Sim (AUS) (4) 14
Aug 30 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania  Gary Christian (ENG) (1) 14
Sep 6[1] Mexico Open Mexico  Troy Merritt (USA) (1) 14
Sep 13 Utah Championship Utah  Josh Teater (USA) (1) 14
Sep 20 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho  Fran Quinn (USA) (3) 14
Sep 27 WNB Golf Classic Texas  Garrett Willis (USA) (2) 14
Oct 4 Soboba Classic California  Jerod Turner (USA) (1) 14
Oct 11 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee  Chris Baryla (CAN) (1) 14
Oct 18 Miccosukee Championship Florida  Chad Collins (USA) (2) 14
Oct 25 Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island South Carolina  Matt Every (USA) (1) 20

Leading money winners

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  Australia 320,715
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