2005 Nationwide Tour

The 2005 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 27 to October 30. The season consisted of 31 official money golf tournaments, five of which were played outside the United States. The top 21 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2006.

Schedule

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

Week Tournament State/Country Winner
Jan 27-30 BellSouth Panama Championship Panama Vance Veazey (3)
Feb 17-20 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Australia Steven Bowditch (1)
Feb 24-27 ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand Peter O'Malley (2)
Mar 24-27 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana Ryan Hietala (1)
Apr 21-24 Virginia Beach Open Virginia Troy Matteson (1)
Apr 29 - May 1 BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs South Carolina Shane Bertsch (2)
May 5-8 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina Eric Axley (1)
May 12-15 Rheem Classic Arkansas Chris Couch (4)
May 19-22 Henrico County Open Virginia Chad Collins (1)
Jun 2-5 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee Jason Schultz (1)
Jun 9-12 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois Chris Couch (5)
Jun 16-19 Knoxville Open Tennessee Kim Felton (1)
Jun 23-26 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania Greg Kraft (1)
Jun 30 - Jul 1 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort New York Esteban Toledo (1)
Jul 7-10 National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic West Virginia Jason Gore (4)
Jul 14-17 Scholarship America Showdown Wisconsin Jason Gore (5)
Jul 21-24 Canadian PGA Championship Canada Jon Mills (1)
Jul 28-31 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas Joe Daley (2)
Aug 4-7 Cox Classic Nebraska Jason Gore (6)
Aug 11-14 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri Roger Tambellini (2)
Aug 18-21 Xerox Classic New York Rick Price (1)
Aug 25-28 Cleveland Open Ohio Andrew Johnson (1)
Sep 1-4 Alberta Classic Canada Peter Tomasulo (1)
Sep 8-11 Envirocare Utah Classic Utah Garrett Willis (1)
Sep 15-18 Mark Christopher Charity Classic California Troy Matteson (2)
Sep 22-25 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho Greg Chalmers (1)
Sep 30 - Oct 2 Oregon Classic Oregon Jeff Gove (3)
Oct 6-9 Gila River Golf Classic Arizona David McKenzie (1)
Oct 13-16 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic Texas Kris Cox (1)
Oct 20-23 Miccosukee Championship Florida cancelled due to Hurricane Wilma
Oct 27-30 Nationwide Tour Championship Alabama David Branshaw (2)

Leading money winners

RankPlayerCountryPrize money (US$)
1Troy Matteson United States495,009
2Jason Gore United States356,579
3Chris Couch United States337,205
4Steven Bowditch Australia333,329
5Jon Mills Canada325,806
6Jerry Smith United States267,757
7David Branshaw United States266,724
8Shane Bertsch United States263,373
9Mathew Goggin Australia260,090
10Kris Cox United States257,352

Full money list

See also

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