2007 Nationwide Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2007. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2007 earned their PGA Tour card for 2008.

	2007 Nationwide Tour		2008 PGA Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings ($)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
Richard Johnson*	1	445,421	29	9		198	200,210
Roland Thatcher	2	415,124	15	7		161	445,212
Nick Flanagan*#	3	369,951	29	16		169	379,036
Jon Mills	4	366,244	32	16		154	489,510
Jason Day*	5	331,542	28	13		136	767,393
Nicholas Thompson	6	328,331	36	21		41	1,869,329
Matt Jones*	7	302,227	31	17		135	775,899
Justin Bolli	8	293,834	28	16		158	458,022
Patrick Sheehan	9	281,523	35	27		128	805,897
Paul Claxton	10	274,004	23	8		218	116,678
Ron Whittaker	11	271,950	22	5		231	59,977
Michael Letzig*	12	263,948	29	15		93	1,166,977
Martin Laird*	13	252,679	29	20		125	852,752
Kyle Thompson*	14	248,698	26	9		211	154,447
Omar Uresti	15	247,355	24	13		173	346,285
Marc Turnesa*	16	237,890	29	13		81	1,329,920
Brad Elder	17	231,586	23	9		186	270,365
Chez Reavie*	18	224,532	30	21		71	1,444,102
John Riegger	19	221,184	24	13		181	289,501
Tom Scherrer	20	220,138	20	8		183	288,391
Scott Sterling*	21	216,323	28	17		144	624,822
Brenden Pappas	22	212,452	24	9		168	384,072
Chad Collins*	23	209,876	24	12		174	339,959
James Driscoll	24	208,139	28	15		141	708,549
Jimmy Walker	25	196,896	24	13		185	282,249

*PGA Tour rookie for 2008.
#Flanagan received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2007 by winning three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2007. On the PGA Tour in 2007, he played in 4 tournaments and made 2 cuts. In the two tournaments that he made the cut in, he finished in a tie for 17th and in a tie for 18th.
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2009 (won or finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 2008

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jul 27	Chez Reavie	RBC Canadian Open	−17 (65-64-68-70=267)	3 strokes	Billy Mayfair
2	Oct 18	Marc Turnesa	Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	−25 (62-64-69-68=263)	1 stroke	Matt Kuchar

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2008

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	Sep 21	Marc Turnesa Lost in three-man playoff	Viking Classic	Will MacKenzie	−19 (70-64-67-68=269)	−19 (65-68-66-70=269)
2	Nov 2	Michael Letzig	Ginn sur Mer Classic	Ryan Palmer	−7 (67-71-72-71=281)	−6 (65-74-70-73=282)
3		Nicholas Thompson				−6 (71-70-72-69=282)

See also

• 2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

• All information from here, individual player profiles and golfstats.com.
• Money list
• Player profiles