The 2009 Nationwide Tour season 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.

[edit] 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 (USA) (4)	14
Mar 1	Moonah Classic	Australia	Alistair Presnell (AUS) (1)	16	Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 8	HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	Steven Alker (NZL) (2)	16	Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 15	Michael Hill New Zealand Open	New Zealand	Alex Prugh (USA) (1)	16	Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 29	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	Louisiana	Bubba Dickerson (USA) (1)	14
Apr 5	Stonebrae Classic	California	Michael Sim (AUS) (2)	14
Apr 19	Athens Regional Foundation Classic	Georgia	Patrick Sheehan (USA) (2)	14
Apr 26	South Georgia Classic	Georgia	Garth Mulroy (RSA) (1)	14
May 17	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina North Carolina	Michael Sim (AUS) (3)	14
May 31	Rex Hospital Open	North Carolina	Kevin Johnson (USA) (5)	14
Jun 7	Melwood Prince George's County Open	Maryland	Mathias Grönberg (SWE) (1)	14
Jun 14	Knoxville Open	Tennessee	Kevin Johnson (USA) (6)	14
Jun 21	Fort Smith Classic	Arkansas	Jason Enloe (USA) (2)	14
Jun 28	Nationwide Tour Players Cup	West Virginia	Tom Gillis (USA) (1)	14
Jul 12	Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic	Canada	Roger Tambellini (USA) (3)	14
Jul 26	Cox Classic	Nebraska	Rich Barcelo (USA) (1)	14
Aug 2	Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational	Ohio	Derek Lamely (USA) (1)	14
Aug 9	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	Kansas	Chris Tidland (USA) (2)	14
Aug 16	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Missouri	Justin Bolli (USA) (3)	14
Aug 23	Christmas in October Classic	Kansas	Michael Sim (AUS) (4)	14
Aug 30	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	Pennsylvania	Gary Christian (ENG) (1)	14
Sep 6[1]	Mexico Open	Mexico	Troy Merritt (USA) (1)	14
Sep 13	Utah Championship	Utah	Josh Teater (USA) (1)	14
Sep 20	Albertsons Boise Open	Idaho	Fran Quinn (USA) (3)	14
Sep 27	WNB Golf Classic	Texas	Garrett Willis (USA) (2)	14
Oct 4	Soboba Classic	California	Jerod Turner (USA) (1)	14
Oct 11	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	Chris Baryla (CAN) (1)	14
Oct 18	Miccosukee Championship	Florida	Chad Collins (USA) (2)	14
Oct 25	Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island	South Carolina	Matt Every (USA) (1)	20

[edit] 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 (US$)
1	Michael Sim	Australia	644,142
2	Chad Collins	United States	415,114
3	Blake Adams	United States	399,749
4	Derek Lamely	United States	374,998
5	Tom Gillis	United States	364,529
6	Chris Tidland	United States	354,510
7	Josh Teater	United States	326,438
8	Cameron Percy	Australia	320,715
9	Roger Tambellini	United States	307,482
10	Matt Every	United States	300,936

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

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