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

RankPlayerCountryPrize money (US$)
1Michael Sim Australia644,142
2Chad Collins United States415,114
3Blake Adams United States399,749
4Derek Lamely United States374,998
5Tom Gillis United States364,529
6Chris Tidland United States354,510
7Josh Teater United States326,438
8Cameron Percy Australia320,715
9Roger Tambellini United States307,482
10Matt Every United States300,936

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

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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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