This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2008. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2008 earned their PGA Tour card for 2009.
| 2008 Nationwide Tour | 2009 PGA Tour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Money list rank | Earnings ($) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings ($) | |
 Matt Bettencourt* | 1 | 447,863 | 31 | 17 | 111 | 740,037 | ||
 Brendon de Jonge | 2 | 437,035 | 29 | 16 | 139 | 536,696 | ||
| Jeff Klauk* | 3 | 407,418 | 29 | 21 | 71 | 1,243,696 | ||
 Jarrod Lyle | 4 | 382,738 | 21 | 11 | 175 | 275,195 | ||
| Bill Lunde* | 5 | 341,446 | 27 | 15 | 102 | 825,691 | ||
| Colt Knost* | 6 | 329,509 | 24 | 11 | 193 | 180,754 | ||
| Darron Stiles | 7 | 324,627 | 20 | 6 | 188 | 199,385 | ||
| Greg Chalmers | 8 | 321,930 | 26 | 15 | 89 | 1,058,286 | ||
| Scott Piercy* | 9 | 320,187 | 28 | 16 | 90 | 1,032,716 | ||
| Greg Owen | 10 | 309,805 | 30 | 19 | 109 | 763,517 | ||
| Peter Tomasulo* | 11 | 296,704 | 25 | 5 | 201 | 128,706 | ||
| Rick Price* | 12 | 284,922 | 21 | 6 | 216 | 66,689 | ||
| Kris Blanks* | 13 | 280,588 | 20 | 9 | 170 | 307,130 | ||
| David Mathis* | 14 | 276,412 | 27 | 15 | 160 | 364,959 | ||
| Casey Wittenberg* | 15 | 271,919 | 25 | 10 | 159 | 376,076 | ||
| D. A. Points | 16 | 266,696 | 29 | 19 | 66 | 1,320,021 | ||
 Arjun Atwal | 17 | 259,186 | 12 | 4 | 209 | 76,676 | ||
| Aron Price* | 18 | 249,144 | 27 | 20 | 144 | 487,454 | ||
| Marc Leishman* | T19 | 244,224 | 28 | 18 | 47 | 1,742,243 | ||
| Brendon Todd* | T19 | 244,224 | 21 | 5 | 186 | 203,841 | ||
| Scott Gutschewski | 21 | 238,215 | 19 | 5 | 192 | 183,375 | ||
| Spencer Levin* | 22 | 236,185 | 25 | 13 | 141 | 531,240 | ||
| Bryce Molder | 23 | 234,631 | 21 | 13 | 63 | 1,381,211 | ||
| Matt Weibring* | 24 | 228,155 | 22 | 11 | 138 | 542,066 | ||
| Ricky Barnes* | 25 | 218,902 | 23 | 11 | 120 | 684,863 | ||
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 14 | Bryce Molder | St. Jude Classic | Brian Gay | −18 (64-66-66-66=262) | −13 (69-63-65-70=267) | |
| 2 | Jun 22 | Ricky Barnes | U.S. Open | Lucas Glover | −4 (69-64-70-73=276) | −2 (67-65-70-76=278) | |
| 3 | Aug 2 | Greg Chalmers | Buick Open | Tiger Woods | −20 (71-63-65-69=268) | −17 (66-68-69-68=271) | |
| 4 | Sep 13 | Marc Leishman | BMW Championship | Tiger Woods | −19 (68-67-62-68=265) | −11 (67-69-68-69=273) |