2005 Nationwide Tour

The 2005 Nationwide Tour was the 16th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

2005 Nationwide Tour season

Duration	January 27, 2005 (2005-01-27) – October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30)
Number of official events	30[a]
Most wins	Jason Gore (3)
Money list	Troy Matteson
Player of the Year	Jason Gore
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
Jan 30	BellSouth Panama Championship	Panama	525,000	Vance Veazey (3)	6
Feb 20	Jacob's Creek Open Championship	Australia	A$1,000,000	Steven Bowditch (1)	12	ANZ
Feb 27	ING New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	600,000	Peter O'Malley (n/a)	12	ANZ
Mar 27	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	Louisiana	500,000	Ryan Hietala (1)	6
Apr 24	Virginia Beach Open	Virginia	450,000	Troy Matteson (1)	6
May 1	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina	625,000	Shane Bertsch (2)	6		Pro-Am
May 8	Rex Hospital Open	North Carolina	450,000	Eric Axley (1)	6
May 15	Rheem Classic	Arkansas	475,000	Chris Couch (4)	6
May 22	Henrico County Open	Virginia	450,000	Chad Collins (1)	6
Jun 5	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	450,000	Jason Schultz (1)	6
Jun 12	LaSalle Bank Open	Illinois	750,000	Chris Couch (5)	6
Jun 19	Knoxville Open	Tennessee	475,000	Kim Felton (1)	6
Jun 26	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	Pennsylvania	450,000	Greg Kraft (1)	6
Jul 3	Lake Erie Charity Classic	New York	450,000	Esteban Toledo (1)	6
Jul 10	National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic	West Virginia	600,000	Jason Gore (4)	6
Jul 17	Scholarship America Showdown	Wisconsin	525,000	Jason Gore (5)	6
Jul 24	Canadian PGA Championship	Canada	450,000	Jon Mills (1)	6
Jul 31	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	Kansas	475,000	Joe Daley (2)	6
Aug 7	Cox Classic	Nebraska	625,000	Jason Gore (6)[d]	6
Aug 14	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Missouri	550,000	Roger Tambellini (2)	6
Aug 21	Xerox Classic	New York	550,000	Rick Price (1)	6		New tournament
Aug 28	Cleveland Open	Ohio	450,000	Andrew Johnson (1)	6		New tournament
Sep 4	Alberta Classic	Canada	450,000	Peter Tomasulo (1)	6
Sep 11	Envirocare Utah Classic	Utah	475,000	Garrett Willis (1)	6
Sep 18	Mark Christopher Charity Classic	California	475,000	Troy Matteson (2)	6
Sep 25	Albertsons Boise Open	Idaho	650,000	Greg Chalmers (1)	6
Oct 2	Oregon Classic	Oregon	450,000	Jeff Gove (3)	6
Oct 9	Gila River Golf Classic	Arizona	450,000	David McKenzie (1)	6
Oct 16	Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic	Texas	475,000	Kris Cox (1)	6
Oct 23	Miccosukee Championship	Florida	–	Canceled[e]	–
Oct 30	Nationwide Tour Championship	Alabama	650,000	David Branshaw (2)	6		Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2005 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[5][6] The top 21 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2006 PGA Tour.^[7]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Troy Matteson	495,009
2	Jason Gore	356,579
3	Chris Couch	337,205
4	Steven Bowditch	333,329
5	Jon Mills	325,806

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Jason Gore	[8]

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
2. 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.
3. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.
4. Gore earned immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, as this was his third win of the season.^[3]
5. Canceled due to Hurricane Wilma.^[4]