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.

2009 Nationwide Tour season
DurationFebruary 5, 2009 (2009-02-05) – October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)
Number of official events29
Most wins3:
Australia Michael Sim
Money winnerAustralia Michael Sim
Player of the YearAustralia Michael Sim
← 2008
2010 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
Feb 8Panama Digicel ChampionshipPanama600,000United States Vance Veazey (4)14
Mar 1Moonah ClassicAustralia600,000Australia Alistair Presnell (1)16ANZ
Mar 8HSBC New Zealand PGA ChampionshipNew Zealand600,000New Zealand Steven Alker (2)16ANZ
Mar 15Michael Hill New Zealand OpenNew Zealand600,000United States Alex Prugh (1)16ANZNew to Nationwide Tour
Mar 29Chitimacha Louisiana OpenLouisiana550,000United States Bubba Dickerson (1)14
Apr 5Stonebrae ClassicCalifornia600,000Australia Michael Sim (2)14New tournament
Apr 19Athens Regional Foundation ClassicGeorgia550,000United States Patrick Sheehan (2)14
Apr 26South Georgia ClassicGeorgia625,000South Africa Garth Mulroy (1)14
May 17BMW Charity Pro-AmSouth Carolina700,000Australia Michael Sim (3)14
May 31Rex Hospital OpenNorth Carolina525,000United States Kevin Johnson (5)14
Jun 7Melwood Prince George's County OpenMaryland675,000Sweden Mathias Grönberg (1)14
Jun 14Knoxville OpenTennessee525,000United States Kevin Johnson (6)14
Jun 21Fort Smith ClassicArkansas550,000United States Jason Enloe (2)14
Jun 28Nationwide Tour Players CupWest Virginia600,000United States Tom Gillis (1)14
Jul 12Ford Wayne Gretzky ClassicCanada800,000United States Roger Tambellini (3)14
Jul 26Cox ClassicNebraska725,000United States Rich Barcelo (1)14
Aug 2Nationwide Children's Hospital InvitationalOhio775,000United States Derek Lamely (1)14
Aug 9Preferred Health Systems Wichita OpenKansas550,000United States Chris Tidland (2)14
Aug 16Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipMissouri625,000United States Justin Bolli (3)14
Aug 23Christmas in October ClassicKansas625,000Australia Michael Sim (4)[lower-alpha 3]14New tournament
Aug 30Northeast Pennsylvania ClassicPennsylvania525,000England Gary Christian (1)14
Sep 6
May 24		Mexico OpenMexico650,000United States Troy Merritt (1)14
Sep 13Utah ChampionshipUtah550,000United States Josh Teater (1)14
Sep 20Albertsons Boise OpenIdaho725,000United States Fran Quinn (3)14
Sep 27WNB Golf ClassicTexas525,000United States Garrett Willis (2)14
Oct 4Soboba ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Jerod Turner (1)14New tournament
Oct 11Chattanooga ClassicTennessee500,000Canada Chris Baryla (1)14
Oct 18Miccosukee ChampionshipFlorida625,000United States Chad Collins (2)14
Oct 25Nationwide Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,000,000United States Matt Every (1)20Tour Championship

Money leaders

For full rankings, see 2009 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. The top 25 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2010 PGA Tour.

RankPlayerPrize money ($)
1Australia Michael Sim644,142
2United States Chad Collins415,114
3United States Blake Adams399,749
4United States Derek Lamely374,998
5United States Tom Gillis364,529

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the YearAustralia Michael Sim[3]

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Nationwide Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Nationwide Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nationwide Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
  2. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.
  3. Sim earned immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, as this was his third win of the season.

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.
  3. "Sim voted 2009 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year". PGA Tour. December 3, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
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