2004 Nationwide Tour

The 2004 Nationwide Tour was the 15th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

2004 Nationwide Tour season

Duration	February 5, 2004 (2004-02-05) – October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)
Number of official events	31
Most wins	Daniel Chopra (2) D. A. Points (2) Kevin Stadler (2) Jimmy Walker (2) Charles Warren (2)
Money list	Jimmy Walker
Player of the Year	Jimmy Walker
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
Feb 8	BellSouth Panama Championship	Panama	500,000	Jimmy Walker (1)	6		New tournament
Feb 22	Jacob's Creek Open	Australia	700,000	Euan Walters (1)	12	ANZ
Feb 29	New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	700,000	Gavin Coles (2)	12	ANZ
Mar 28	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	Louisiana	475,000	Jimmy Walker (2)	6
Apr 18	First Tee Arkansas Classic	Arkansas	500,000	Daniel Chopra (1)	6
Apr 25	Rheem Classic	Arkansas	475,000	Franklin Langham (2)	6
May 2	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina	600,000	Ryuji Imada (2)	6		Pro-Am
May 9	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	450,000	Justin Bolli (1)	6
May 23	Henrico County Open	Virginia	450,000	Daniel Chopra (2)	6
May 30	SAS Carolina Classic	North Carolina	525,000	Chris Anderson (1)	6
Jun 6	Knoxville Open	Tennessee	475,000	Hunter Haas (1)	6
Jun 13	LaSalle Bank Open	Illinois	600,000	Brendan Jones (1)	6
Jun 20	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	Pennsylvania	450,000	D. A. Points (2)	6
Jun 27	Lake Erie Charity Classic	New York	450,000	Kevin Stadler (1)	6
Jul 4	Reese's Cup Classic	Pennsylvania	450,000	Ben Bates (2)	6
Jul 11	Scholarship America Showdown	Wisconsin	475,000	Kevin Stadler (2)	6		New tournament
Jul 18	Pete Dye West Virginia Classic	West Virginia	600,000	D. A. Points (2)	6		New tournament
Jul 25	Samsung Canadian PGA Championship	Canada	450,000	Charles Warren (2)	6
Aug 1	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	Kansas	475,000	Bradley Hughes (1)	6
Aug 8	Cox Classic	Nebraska	600,000	Charles Warren (3)	6
Aug 15	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Missouri	525,000	Brad Ott (1)	6
Aug 22	Alberta Classic	Canada	450,000	David Hearn (1)	6
Aug 29	Envirocare Utah Classic	Utah	450,000	Brett Wetterich (2)	6
Sep 12	Virginia Beach Open	Virginia	450,000	James Driscoll (1)	6
Sep 19	Oregon Classic	Oregon	450,000	Jeff Quinney (1)	6
Sep 26	Albertsons Boise Open	Idaho	600,000	Scott Gump (3)	6
Oct 3	Mark Christopher Charity Classic	California	450,000	Scott Dunlap (1)	6
Oct 10	Gila River Classic	Arizona	475,000	Chris Nallen (1)	6
Oct 17	Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic	Texas	450,000	Charley Hoffman (1)	6
Oct 24	Miccosukee Championship	Florida	500,000	D. J. Trahan (1)	6
Oct 31	Nationwide Tour Championship	Alabama	625,000	Nick Watney (1)	6		Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3][4] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2005 PGA Tour.^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jimmy Walker	371,346
2	D. A. Points	332,815
3	Ryuji Imada	313,185
4	Franklin Langham	312,896
5	Nick Watney	301,988

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Jimmy Walker	[6]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Nationwide Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Nationwide Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nationwide Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
2. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.