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 | 14 | |
Mar 1 | Moonah Classic | Australia | Alistair Presnell | 16 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia |
Mar 8 | HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship | New Zealand | Steven Alker | 16 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia |
Mar 15 | Michael Hill New Zealand Open | New Zealand | Alex Prugh | 16 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia |
Mar 29 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Louisiana | Bubba Dickerson | 14 | |
Apr 5 | Stonebrae Classic | California | Michael Sim | 14 | |
Apr 19 | Athens Regional Foundation Classic | Georgia | Patrick Sheehan | 14 | |
Apr 26 | South Georgia Classic | Georgia | Garth Mulroy | 14 | |
May 17 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | South Carolina North Carolina | Michael Sim | 14 | |
May 31 | Rex Hospital Open | North Carolina | Kevin Johnson | 14 | |
Jun 7 | Melwood Prince George's County Open | Maryland | Mathias Grönberg | 14 | |
Jun 14 | Knoxville Open | Tennessee | Kevin Johnson | 14 | |
Jun 21 | Fort Smith Classic | Arkansas | Jason Enloe | 14 | |
Jun 28 | Nationwide Tour Players Cup | West Virginia | Tom Gillis | 14 | |
Jul 12 | Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic | Canada | Roger Tambellini | 14 | |
Jul 26 | Cox Classic | Nebraska | Rich Barcelo | 14 | |
Aug 2 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational | Ohio | Derek Lamely | 14 | |
Aug 9 | Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open | Kansas | Chris Tidland | 14 | |
Aug 16 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | Missouri | Justin Bolli | 14 | |
Aug 23 | Christmas in October Classic | Kansas | Michael Sim | 14 | Automatic promotion to the PGA Tour. |
Aug 30 | Northeast Pennsylvania Classic | Pennsylvania | Gary Christian | 14 | |
Sep 6 | Mexico Open | Mexico | Troy Merritt | 14 | |
Sep 13 | Utah Championship | Utah | Josh Teater | 14 | |
Sep 20 | Albertsons Boise Open | Idaho | Fran Quinn | 14 | |
Sep 27 | WNB Golf Classic | Texas | Garrett Willis | 14 | |
Oct 4 | Soboba Classic | California | Jerod Turner | 14 | |
Oct 11 | Chattanooga Classic | Tennessee | Chris Baryla | 14 | |
Oct 18 | Miccosukee Championship | Florida | Chad Collins | 14 | |
Oct 25 | Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island | South Carolina | Matt Every | 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 |
1 | Michael Sim | 644,142 | |
2 | Chad Collins | 415,114 | |
3 | Blake Adams | 399,749 | |
4 | Derek Lamely | 374,998 | |
5 | Tom Gillis | 364,529 | |
6 | Chris Tidland | 354,510 | |
7 | Josh Teater | 326,438 | |
8 | Cameron Percy | 320,715 | |
9 | Roger Tambellini | 307,482 | |
10 | Matt Every | 300,936 |
There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website .