2008 Nationwide Tour

The 2008 Nationwide Tour was the 19th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

2008 Nationwide Tour season

Duration	January 24, 2008 (2008-01-24) – November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Matt Bettencourt (2) Colt Knost (2) Jarrod Lyle (2) Scott Piercy (2)
Money list	Matt Bettencourt
Player of the Year	Brendon de Jonge
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
Jan 27	Panama Movistar Championship	Panama	600,000	Scott Dunlap (2)	14
Feb 3	Mexico Open	Mexico	625,000	Jarrod Lyle (1)	14		New to Nationwide Tour
Feb 17	HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	650,000	Darron Stiles (n/a)	12	ANZ	Unofficial win[c]
Feb 24	Moonah Classic	Australia	750,000	Ewan Porter (1)	16	ANZ	New tournament
Mar 30	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	Louisiana	525,000	Gavin Coles (4)	14
Apr 6	Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship	California	600,000	Aron Price (1)	14
Apr 20	Athens Regional Foundation Classic	Georgia	525,000	Robert Damron (1)	14
Apr 27	Henrico County Open	Virginia	500,000	Greg Chalmers (2)	14
May 4	South Georgia Classic	Georgia	625,000	Bryan DeCorso (1)	14
May 11	Fort Smith Classic	Arkansas	550,000	Colt Knost (1)	14
May 18	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina	675,000	David Mathis (1)	14		Pro-Am
May 25	Melwood Prince George's County Open	Maryland	650,000	Jeff Klauk (2)	14
Jun 1	Bank of America Open	Illinois	750,000	Kris Blanks (1)	14
Jun 8	Rex Hospital Open	North Carolina	500,000	Scott Gutschewski (2)	14
Jun 22	Knoxville Open	Tennessee	500,000	Jarrod Lyle (2)	14
Jun 29	Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic	Canada	800,099	Justin Hicks (1)	14		New tournament
Jul 13	Nationwide Tour Players Cup	West Virginia	1,000,000	Rick Price (2)	14
Jul 20	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Missouri	600,000	Colt Knost (2)	14
Jul 27	Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational	Ohio	750,000	Bill Lunde (1)	14
Aug 3	Cox Classic	Nebraska	700,000	Ryan Hietala (2)	14
Aug 10	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	Kansas	525,000	Scott Piercy (1)	14
Aug 17	Xerox Classic	New York	600,000	Brendon de Jonge (1)	14
Aug 24	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	Pennsylvania	525,000	Scott Piercy (2)	14
Sep 7	Utah Championship	Utah	550,000	Brendon Todd (1)	14
Sep 14	Albertsons Boise Open	Idaho	725,000	Chris Tidland (1)	14
Sep 21	Oregon Classic	Oregon	500,000	Matt Bettencourt (1)	14
Oct 12	WNB Golf Classic	Texas	525,000	Marc Leishman (1)	14
Oct 19	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	500,000	Arjun Atwal (1)	14
Oct 26	Miccosukee Championship	Florida	625,000	D. A. Points (4)	14
Nov 9	Nationwide Tour Championship	Texas	1,000,000	Matt Bettencourt (2)	20		Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2008 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[4][5] The top 25 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 PGA Tour.^[6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Matt Bettencourt	447,863
2	Brendon de Jonge	437,035
3	Jeff Klauk	407,418
4	Jarrod Lyle	382,738
5	Bill Lunde	341,446

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Brendon de Jonge	[7]

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.
3. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather. Due to the event's length, this win is not officially recognized as a Nationwide Tour victory.^[3]