2005 Nationwide Tour Graduates
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This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

 in 2005. The top 21 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2005 earned their PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

 card for 2006.
|2005 Nationwide Tour|2006 PGA Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings ($)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
  Troy Matteson
Troy Matteson
Troy Jason Matteson is an American professional golfer.Matteson was born in Rockledge, Florida. He played college golf at Georgia Tech and won the NCAA Individual Championship in 2002.Matteson debuted on the Nationwide Tour in 2004...

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1 495,009 32 18 Win 36 1,778,597
  Jason Gore
Jason Gore
Jason William Gore is an American professional golfer.Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He first attended the University of Arizona before transferring to Pepperdine University. While at Pepperdine, he was part of their NCAA Division I Championship team in 1997. He also played on the...

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2 356,579 29 14 T7 118 717,005
  Chris Couch
Chris Couch (golfer)
Christian Stratton Couch is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Couch was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...

3 337,205 27 10 Win 227 65,494
  Steven Bowditch
Steven Bowditch
Steven Bowditch is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia....

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4 333,329 22 2 76 256 11,160
  Jon Mills
Jon Mills
Jon Mills is a Canadian professional golfer.Mills was born in Oshawa, Ontario, and spent most of his childhood in Belleville, Ontario. He developed his competitive game on the St. Lawrence Junior Tour in southeastern Ontario, and won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1996...

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5 325,806 27 6 T42 227 65,494
  Jerry Smith
Jerry Smith (golfer)
Jerry Smith is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Smith was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He played college golf at Baylor University. He turned professional in 1987....

6 267,757 29 17 5 137 568,213
  David Branshaw
David Branshaw
David Sean Branshaw is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Branshaw was born in Oswego, New York. He turned professional in 1991, and competed on the Nationwide Tour in 1997, 2002, 2003, and 2005. In 2003, he earned his PGA Tour card by finishing...

7 266,724 29 20 T4 119 706,346
  Shane Bertsch
Shane Bertsch
Shane Thomas Bertsch is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bertsch was born in Denver, Colorado. He turned professional in 1994....

8 263,373 34 19 T7 123 697,059
  Mathew Goggin
Mathew Goggin
Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...

9 260,090 26 10 T2 86 1,076,142
  Kris Cox 10 257,352 28 12 T3 148 517,836
  David McKenzie* 11 253,174 28 12 7 160 425,228
  Roger Tambellini
Roger Tambellini
Roger Tambellini is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Tambellini was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He played at the University of Southern California and turned professional in 1998.Tambellini has won three times on the Nationwide Tour...

12 248,975 25 7 T21 212 116,685
  Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...

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13 233,218 29 18 T2 (twice) 38 1,742,112
  Greg Chalmers
Greg Chalmers
Greg J. Chalmers is an Australian professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and currently the PGA Tour.Chalmers was born in Sydney...

14 233,063 28 8 T32 (twice) 203 151,265
  Jason Schultz* 15 230,407 28 10 T24 204 147,424
  Eric Axley
Eric Axley
Eric Allen Axley is an American professional golfer.Axley was born in Athens, Tennessee. He turned professional in 1997.In 2006, Axley won the Valero Texas Open, claiming his first PGA Tour win...

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16 227,997 29 16 Win 73 1,274,580
  Vance Veazey
Vance Veazey
Vance Veazey is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Veazey was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1989 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree...

17 227,635 20 10 T23 191 207,077
  Nathan Green
Nathan Green
Nathan Andrew Green is an Australian professional golfer.Green was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1998. During his early career, he played mostly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and the Canadian Tour during the Australian winter...

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18 217,272 30 24 T2 41 1,700,803
  Charley Hoffman
Charley Hoffman
Charley Lindley Hoffman is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Hoffman was born in San Diego, California. He won the California State High School Championship in 1994 and 1995, becoming the first two time winner. He qualified three times for the Buick...

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19 212,322 29 21 T5 82 1,115,193
  Jeff Gove
Jeff Gove
Jeff Gove is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Gove is currently a member of the PGA Tour...

20 210,674 29 16 T6 107 793,477
  Bubba Watson
Bubba Watson
Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being...

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21 202,437 27 15 T3 90 1,019,264

*PGA Tour rookie for 2006.

#Gore received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2005 by winning 3 tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2005. On the PGA Tour in 2005 he played in 8 tournaments, making 6 cuts and winning the 84 Lumber Classic
84 Lumber Classic
The 84 Lumber Classic was an golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 2000 to 2006. The event's title sponsor was lumber company 84 Lumber. The host course from 2003 to 2006, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania, was owned by 84 Lumber founder Joseph Hardy.-History of the 84 Lumber...

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T = Tied

Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 125).

Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150).

Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 2006

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1. Apr 30   Chris Couch
Chris Couch (golfer)
Christian Stratton Couch is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Couch was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...

Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in New Orleans, Louisiana; its historic date has been in April, but was moved to March in 2008. Zurich Financial Services is the main sponsor of the tournament.From the event's inception through...

-19 (70-70-68-65=269) 1 stroke   Fred Funk
Fred Funk
Frederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...

,   Charles Howell III
Charles Howell III
Charles Gordon Howell III is an American golfer. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early years and amateur career:...

2. Sep 24   Eric Axley
Eric Axley
Eric Allen Axley is an American professional golfer.Axley was born in Athens, Tennessee. He turned professional in 1997.In 2006, Axley won the Valero Texas Open, claiming his first PGA Tour win...

Valero Texas Open
Valero Texas Open
The Valero Texas Open is an official tournament on the PGA Tour. It dates back to 1922 when it was first called the Texas Open; San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation took over naming rights in 2002. It is played at The Oaks Course at the TPC San Antonio. In 2003, it was the site of the...

-15 (68-63-63-71=265) 3 strokes   Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim
Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this...

,   Justin Rose
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...

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  Dean Wilson
Dean Wilson
Dean Hiroshi Wilson is an American professional golfer.Wilson was born in Kaneohe, Hawaii. He turned professional in 1992 after graduating from Brigham Young University and has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour and once on the PGA Tour. After a poor 2009 season Wilson lost his PGA Tour playing...

3. Oct 18   Troy Matteson
Troy Matteson
Troy Jason Matteson is an American professional golfer.Matteson was born in Rockledge, Florida. He played college golf at Georgia Tech and won the NCAA Individual Championship in 2002.Matteson debuted on the Nationwide Tour in 2004...

Frys.com Open -22 (67-65-64-69=265) 1 stroke   Daniel Chopra
Daniel Chopra
Daniel Samir Chopra is a Swedish professional golfer.Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age...

,   Ben Crane
Ben Crane
Benjamin McCully Crane is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open...


Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2006

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1. Jan 29   Nathan Green
Nathan Green
Nathan Andrew Green is an Australian professional golfer.Green was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1998. During his early career, he played mostly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and the Canadian Tour during the Australian winter...


lost in three-man playoff
Buick Invitational
Buick Invitational
The Farmers Insurance Open is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament played in the San Diego, California area in the early part of the Tour season, known as the "West Coast Swing." The tournament was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host from 1968 to 1988. The tournament...

  Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...

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2. Feb 5   Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...

FBR Open
FBR Open
The Waste Management Phoenix Open is a nationally televised golf tournament, a part of the PGA Tour, held at the Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale, Arizona around the last weekend in January...

  J. B. Holmes
J. B. Holmes
John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Holmes was born in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, in central Kentucky. Holmes began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville when he was in the third grade. He suffered a...

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3. Mar 5   Camilo Villegas Ford Championship at Doral   Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...

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4. 9 Jul   Mathew Goggin
Mathew Goggin
Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...

Cialis Western Open
Cialis Western Open
The BMW Championship is a professional golf tournament which is the third of four FedEx Cup playoff events on the PGA Tour schedule. Introduced in 2007, the BMW Championship replaced the Western Open, a PGA Tour event which was played from 1899 to 2006...

  Trevor Immelman
Trevor Immelman
Trevor John Immelman is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.-Early years:Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family , he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School...

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5. Oct 22   Troy Matteson
Troy Matteson
Troy Jason Matteson is an American professional golfer.Matteson was born in Rockledge, Florida. He played college golf at Georgia Tech and won the NCAA Individual Championship in 2002.Matteson debuted on the Nationwide Tour in 2004...

FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort
FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort
The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament is played on the Palm and Magnolia courses at the Walt Disney World Resort. Starting in 2007, it was the final event in the PGA Tour Fall Series, and also the final official event of the...

  Joe Durant
Joe Durant
Joseph Scott Durant is an American professional golfer.Durant was born in Pensacola, Florida. He attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, where he majored in Marketing and graduated in 1987. At Huntingdon, he was a three-time NAIA All-American and won the 1987 NAIA Championship.Durant...

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