2008 Nationwide Tour graduates explained

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

*PGA Tour rookie for 2009.
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 126 and 150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 150).

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2009

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)

See also

• 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

• All information from here http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/news/2008/11/09/the25.html and here http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/news/2008/11/09/glanceTHE25.html, individual player profiles and golfstats.com.
• Money list
• Player profiles