2008 Nationwide Tour

The 2008 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 24 to November 9. The season consisted of 30 official money golf tournaments; five 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 2009.

Schedule

The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2008 schedule.[1] The number 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.

Week Tournament State/Country Winner
Jan 24-27 Panama Movistar Championship Panama United States Scott Dunlap (2)
Jan 31 - Feb 3 Mexico Open Mexico Australia Jarrod Lyle (1)
Feb 14-17 HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand United States Darron Stiles (*)
Feb 21-24 Moonah Classic Australia Australia Ewan Porter (1)
Mar 27-30 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana Australia Gavin Coles (4)
Apr 3-6 Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship California Australia Aron Price (1)
Apr 17-20 Athens Regional Foundation Classic Georgia United States Robert Damron (1)
Apr 24-27 Henrico County Open Virginia Australia Greg Chalmers (2)
May 1-4 South Georgia Classic Georgia Canada Bryan DeCorso (1)
May 8-11 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas United States Colt Knost (1)
May 15-18 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina
North Carolina
United States David Mathis (1)
May 22-25 Melwood Prince George's County Open Maryland United States Jeff Klauk (2)
May 29 - Jun 1 Bank of America Open Illinois United States Kris Blanks (1)
Jun 5-8 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina United States Scott Gutschewski (2)
Jun 19-22 Knoxville Open Tennessee Australia Jarrod Lyle (2)
Jun 26-29 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Canada United States Justin Hicks (1)
Jul 10-13 Nationwide Tour Players Cup West Virginia United States Rick Price (2)
Jul 17-20 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri United States Colt Knost (2)
Jul 24-27 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Ohio United States Bill Lunde (1)
Jul 31 - Aug 3 Cox Classic Nebraska United States Ryan Hietala (2)
Aug 7-10 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas United States Scott Piercy (1)
Aug 14-17 Xerox Classic New York Zimbabwe Brendon de Jonge (1)
Aug 21-24 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania United States Scott Piercy (2)
Sep 4-7 Utah Championship Utah United States Brendon Todd (1)
Sep 11-14 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho United States Chris Tidland (1)
Sep 18-21 Oregon Classic Oregon United States Matt Bettencourt (1)
Oct 9-12 WNB Golf Classic Texas Australia Marc Leishman (1)
Oct 16-19 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee India Arjun Atwal (1)
Oct 23-26 Miccosukee Championship Florida United States D. A. Points (4)
Nov 6-9 Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch Texas United States Matt Bettencourt (2)

Leading money winners

Rank Player Country Earnings ($)
1 Matt Bettencourt  United States 447,863
2 Brendon de Jonge  Zimbabwe 437,035
3 Jeff Klauk  United States 407,418
4 Jarrod Lyle  Australia 382,738
5 Bill Lunde  United States 341,466
6 Colt Knost  United States 329,509
7 Darron Stiles  United States 324,627
8 Greg Chalmers  Australia 321,930
9 Scott Piercy  United States 320,187
10 Greg Owen  England 309,805

Full list here

See also

References

  1. "Web.com Tour Schedule – 2008". ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2013.