2006 Nationwide Tour

The 2006 Nationwide Tour was the 17th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

2006 Nationwide Tour season

Duration	January 26, 2006 (2006-01-26) – November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)
Number of official events	31
Most wins	Tripp Isenhour (2) Craig Kanada (2) Brandt Snedeker (2) Kevin Stadler (2) Johnson Wagner (2)
Money list	Ken Duke
Player of the Year	Ken Duke
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OWGR points increase

In July 2005, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that the minimum points awarded to Nationwide Tour events, beginning in 2006, would be increased from 6 to 14.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.^[2][3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
Jan 29	Movistar Panama Championship	Panama	550,000	Tripp Isenhour (3)	14
Feb 19	Jacob's Creek Open Championship	Australia	A$1,000,000	Paul Sheehan (1)	16	ANZ
Feb 26	ING New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	600,000	Jim Rutledge (1)	16	ANZ
Mar 26	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	Louisiana	500,000	Johnson Wagner (1)	14
Apr 2	Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship	California	600,000	Tripp Isenhour (4)	14		New tournament
Apr 23	Athens Regional Foundation Classic	Georgia	500,000	Paul Gow (3)	14		New tournament
Apr 30	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina	625,000	Ken Duke (1)	14		Pro-Am
May 7	Virginia Beach Open	Virginia	450,000	Andrew Buckle (1)	14
May 14	Rheem Classic	Arkansas	500,000	Darron Stiles (4)	14
May 21	Henrico County Open	Virginia	450,000	Matt Kuchar (2)	14
June 4	Rex Hospital Open	North Carolina	450,000	Brenden Pappas (1)	14
June 11	LaSalle Bank Open	Illinois	750,000	Jason Dufner (2)	14
June 18	Knoxville Open	Tennessee	475,000	Hunter Haas (2)	14
June 25	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	475,000	Kyle Reifers (1)	14
Jul 2	Peek'n Peak Classic	New York	560,000	John Merrick (1)	14
Jul 16	Scholarship America Showdown	Minnesota	550,000	Brandt Snedeker (1)	14
Jul 23	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Missouri	550,000	Doug LaBelle II (1)	14
Jul 30	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	Kansas	500,000	Kevin Johnson (4)	14
Aug 6	Cox Classic	Nebraska	650,000	Johnson Wagner (2)	14
Aug 13	Xerox Classic	New York	575,000	Kevin Stadler (3)	14
Aug 20	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	Pennsylvania	475,000	Craig Bowden (3)	14
Aug 27	National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic	West Virginia	600,000	Jason Enloe (1)	14
Sep 3	Legend Financial Group Classic	Ohio	500,000	Gavin Coles (3)	14
Sep 10	Utah EnergySolutions Championship	Utah	475,000	Craig Kanada (1)	14
Sep 17	Albertsons Boise Open	Idaho	650,000	Kevin Stadler (4)	14
Sep 24	Oregon Classic	Oregon	450,000	Cliff Kresge (3)	14
Oct 8	Mark Christopher Charity Classic	California	600,000	Kevin Na (1)	14
Oct 15	Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic	Texas	475,000	Brandt Snedeker (2)	14
Oct 22	PalmettoPride Classic	South Carolina	500,000	Michael Sim (1)	14		New tournament
Oct 29	Miccosukee Championship	Florida	500,000	Bryce Molder (1)	14
Nov 12	Nationwide Tour Championship	Texas	750,000	Craig Kanada (2)	20

Money list

For full rankings, see 2006 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[4][5] The top 22 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2007 PGA Tour.^[6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Ken Duke	382,443
2	Johnson Wagner	372,069
3	Cliff Kresge	339,763
4	Craig Bowden	334,671
5	Tripp Isenhour	321,996

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Ken Duke	[7][5]

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.