2003 Nationwide Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2003. The top 20 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2003 earned their PGA Tour card for 2004.

2003 Nationwide Tour2004 PGA Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings ($)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Zach Johnson*1494,882 30 24 Win 19 2,417,685
United States Joe Ogilvie2392,337 32 20 T2 49 1,443,363
United States Tom Carter*#3360,990 35 20 T13 158 395,780
United States Chris Couch4342,874 24 4 T10 217 100,283
United States Bo Van Pelt5289,248 30 23 T4 (twice) 39 1,553,825
United States Ryan Palmer*6286,066 33 18 Win 37 1,592,344
Australia Mark Hensby7276,519 29 19 Win 15 2,718,766
United States Tripp Isenhour8262,646 22 8 T37 218 90,699
United States Jason Bohn*9255,191 29 21 T6 131 567,930
United States Jason Dufner*10237,637 28 11 T8 164 317,770
United States Vaughn Taylor*11223,988 27 16 Win 67 1,176,434
United States Blaine McCallister12223,232 27 6 T20 (twice) 198 162,700
Australia Andre Stolz*13218,867 20 7 Win 101 808,373
United States Guy Boros14210,461 24 8 T18 208 130,783
United States Ted Purdy15206,584 35 22 2 (twice) 36 1,636,876
United States D. J. Brigman*16195,941 27 12 T11 (twice) 160 356,943
United States Lucas Glover*17193,989 30 17 T10 (twice) 134 557,454
Canada David Morland IV18190,284 27 9 T21 197 164,435
United States Craig Bowden19180,238 30 12 T9 143 494,568
United States Tommy Tolles20179,963 25 8 T13 201 151,852

*PGA Tour rookie for 2004.
#Carter received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2003 by winning three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2003. On the PGA Tour in 2003 he played eight tournaments, making two cuts with a best finish of T12.

T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2005 (won or finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2005, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2005 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 2004

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1 Apr 4 United States Zach Johnson BellSouth Classic −13 (69-66-68-72=275) 1 stroke Australia Mark Hensby
2 Jul 11 Australia Mark Hensby John Deere Classic −16 (68-65-69-66=265) Playoff England John E. Morgan
3 Aug 22 United States Vaughn Taylor Reno-Tahoe Open −10 (67-67-69-75=278) Playoff Australia Stephen Allan, United States Hunter Mahan,
United States Scott McCarron
4 Oct 10 Australia Andre Stolz Michelin Championship at Las Vegas −21 (67-67-65-67=267) 1 stroke United States Harrison Frazar, United States Tom Lehman,
United States Tag Ridings
5 Oct 24 United States Ryan Palmer FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort −22 (68-68-68-62=266) 3 strokes United States Briny Baird, Fiji Vijay Singh

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2004

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 Apr 4 Australia Mark Hensby BellSouth Classic United States Zach Johnson −13 (69-66-68-72=275) −12 (73-70-66-67=276)
2 Apr 18 United States Ted Purdy
lost in two-man playoff
MCI Heritage United States Stewart Cink −10 (72-69-69-64=274) −10 (69-67-65-73=274)
3 May 3 United States Joe Ogilvie HP Classic of New Orleans Fiji Vijay Singh −22 (70-65-68-63=266) −21 (66-67-66-68=267)
4 Jul 18 United States Ted Purdy B.C. Open United States Jonathan Byrd −20 (67-65-68-68=268) −19 (69-67-65-68=269)
5 Oct 3 United States Ryan Palmer Southern Farm Bureau Classic United States Fred Funk −22 (69-67-64-66=266) −21 (69-68-66-64=267)

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