2005 Nationwide Tour Explained

Year:2005
Tour:Nationwide Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:30
Most Wins: Jason Gore (3)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Troy Matteson
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Jason Gore
Prevseason:2004
Nextseason:2006

The 2005 Nationwide Tour was the 16th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerOWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
Jan 30BellSouth Panama ChampionshipPanama525,000 Vance Veazey (3)6
Feb 20Jacob's Creek Open ChampionshipAustraliaA$1,000,000 Steven Bowditch (1)12ANZ
Feb 27ING New Zealand PGA ChampionshipNew Zealand600,000 Peter O'Malley (n/a)12ANZ
Mar 27Chitimacha Louisiana OpenLouisiana500,000 Ryan Hietala (1)6
Apr 24Virginia Beach OpenVirginia450,000 Troy Matteson (1)6
May 1BMW Charity Pro-AmSouth Carolina625,000 Shane Bertsch (2)6Pro-Am
May 8Rex Hospital OpenNorth Carolina450,000 Eric Axley (1)6
May 15Rheem ClassicArkansas475,000 Chris Couch (4)6
May 22Henrico County OpenVirginia450,000 Chad Collins (1)6
Jun 5Chattanooga ClassicTennessee450,000 Jason Schultz (1)6
Jun 12LaSalle Bank OpenIllinois750,000 Chris Couch (5)6
Jun 19Knoxville OpenTennessee475,000 Kim Felton (1)6
Jun 26Northeast Pennsylvania ClassicPennsylvania450,000 Greg Kraft (1)6
Jul 1Lake Erie Charity ClassicNew York450,000 Esteban Toledo (1)6
Jul 10National Mining Association Pete Dye ClassicWest Virginia600,000 Jason Gore (4)6
Jul 17Scholarship America ShowdownWisconsin525,000 Jason Gore (5)6
Jul 24Canadian PGA ChampionshipCanada450,000 Jon Mills (1)6
Jul 31Preferred Health Systems Wichita OpenKansas475,000 Joe Daley (2)6
Aug 7Cox ClassicNebraska625,000 Jason Gore (6)6
Aug 14Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipMissouri550,000 Roger Tambellini (2)6
Aug 21Xerox ClassicNew York550,000 Rick Price (1)6New tournament
Aug 28Cleveland OpenOhio450,000 Andrew Johnson (1)6New tournament
Sep 4Alberta ClassicCanada450,000 Peter Tomasulo (1)6
Sep 11Envirocare Utah ClassicUtah475,000 Garrett Willis (1)6
Sep 18Mark Christopher Charity ClassicCalifornia475,000 Troy Matteson (2)6
Sep 25Albertsons Boise OpenIdaho650,000 Greg Chalmers (1)6
Oct 2Oregon ClassicOregon450,000 Jeff Gove (3)6
Oct 9Gila River Golf ClassicArizona450,000 David McKenzie (1)6
Oct 16Permian Basin Charity Golf ClassicTexas475,000 Kris Cox (1)6
Oct 23Miccosukee ChampionshipFloridaCanceled
Oct 30Nationwide Tour ChampionshipAlabama650,000 David Branshaw (2)6Tour Championship

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3] [4] The top 21 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2006 PGA Tour.[5]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 495,009
2 356,579
3 337,205
4 333,329
5 325,806

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 1 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051026043459/http://pgatour.com/tournaments/schedules/h . 26 October 2005.
  2. Web site: 2006 Nationwide Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 12 May 2024.
  3. Web site: 2005 Nationwide Tour money list . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205111/http://www.pgatour.com/h/stats/2005/109.html . 29 November 2007 . 1 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Troy Matteson Banks on Heavy Putter to Win Nationwide Tour Money Title and Automatic PGA Tour Card . The Golf Wire . 13 December 2005 . 1 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Meet the Nationwide Tour Class of '06 . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20051102073954/http://www.pgatour.com/story/9013313 . 2 November 2005 . 1 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Former Wave Jason Gore Tabbed Nationwide Tour's 2005 Player of the Year . December 7, 2005 . January 16, 2023 . Pepperdine Waves.