2011 Nationwide Tour

The 2011 Nationwide Tour was the 22nd Nationwide Tour season. It ran from February 24 to October 30. The season consisted of 26 official money golf tournaments; three 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 2012.

Schedule

The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2011 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
points		Notes
Feb 27Panama Claro ChampionshipPanama Mathew Goggin (3)14
Mar 6Pacific Rubiales Bogotá OpenColombia Brenden Pappas (n/a)10[2]Official money, unofficial win[3] -
tournament shortened to 36 holes by weather
Mar 27Chitimacha Louisiana OpenLouisiana Brett Wetterich (3)14
Apr 17Fresh Express Classic at TPC StonebraeCalifornia Daniel Chopra (3)14Shortened to 54 holes
May 1South Georgia ClassicGeorgia Ted Potter Jr. (1)14Won as a Monday qualifier
May 8Stadion Classic at UGAGeorgia Russell Henley (am) (1)14Won as an amateur
May 22BMW Charity Pro-AmSouth Carolina Garth Mulroy (2)14
Jun 5Melwood Prince George's County OpenMaryland Steve Wheatcroft (1)14
Jun 12The Rex Hospital OpenNorth Carolina Kyle Thompson (3)14
Jun 19Preferred Health Systems Wichita OpenKansas Mathew Goggin (4)14
Jun 26Mexico OpenMexico Erik Compton (1)14
Jul 17Chiquita ClassicOhio Russell Knox (1)14
Jul 24Nationwide Children's Hospital InvitationalOhio Harris English (am) (1)14Won as an amateur
Jul 31Utah ChampionshipUtah J. J. Killeen (1)14
Aug 7Cox ClassicNebraska J. J. Killeen (2)14
Aug 14Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipMissouri Steve Friesen (1)14Won as a Monday qualifier
Aug 21Midwest ClassicKansas James Nitties (1)14
Aug 28News Sentinel OpenTennessee Kirk Triplett (1)14Oldest winner in Tour history
Sep 4Mylan ClassicPennsylvania Gary Christian (2)14
Sep 18Albertsons Boise OpenIdaho Jason Kokrak (1)14Last player to gain entry into the field
Sep 25Soboba Golf ClassicCalifornia Ted Potter Jr. (2)14
Oct 2WNB Golf ClassicTexas Danny Lee (1)14
Oct 9Children's Hospital ClassicTennessee Miguel Carballo (2)14
Oct 16Miccosukee ChampionshipFlorida Jason Kokrak (2)14
Oct 23Winn-Dixie Jacksonville OpenFlorida Gavin Coles (5)14
Oct 30Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel IslandSouth Carolina Ken Duke (2)20

Money leaders

The table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2011 Nationwide Tour season. For the list of the top 25 golfers, given PGA Tour memberships for the 2012 season, see 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates.

RankPlayerCountryPrize money (US$)
1J. J. Killeen United States414,273
2Ted Potter Jr. United States402,470
3Mathew Goggin Australia378,492
4Jason Kokrak United States338,092
5Jonas Blixt Sweden327,020
6Danny Lee New Zealand326,100
7Ken Duke United States313,241
8Scott Brown United States282,502
9Gary Christian England260,054
10Miguel Carballo Argentina258,833

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

References
  1. "Web.com Tour Schedule – 2011". ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  2. Points reduced 25% due to only 36 holes being played
  3. Chemycz, Joe (March 6, 2011). "Pappas declared winner in weather-plagued Bogota". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
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