2009 Nationwide Tour

The 2009 Nationwide Tour was the 20th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

2009 Nationwide Tour season

Duration	February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05) – October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Michael Sim (3)
Money list	Michael Sim
Player of the Year	Michael Sim
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
Feb 8	Panama Digicel Championship	Panama	600,000	Vance Veazey (4)	14
Mar 1	Moonah Classic	Australia	600,000	Alistair Presnell (1)	16	ANZ
Mar 8	HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	600,000	Steven Alker (2)	16	ANZ
Mar 15	Michael Hill New Zealand Open	New Zealand	600,000	Alex Prugh (1)	16	ANZ	New to Nationwide Tour
Mar 29	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	Louisiana	550,000	Bubba Dickerson (1)	14
Apr 5	Stonebrae Classic	California	600,000	Michael Sim (2)	14		New tournament
Apr 19	Athens Regional Foundation Classic	Georgia	550,000	Patrick Sheehan (2)	14
Apr 26	South Georgia Classic	Georgia	625,000	Garth Mulroy (1)	14
May 17	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina	700,000	Michael Sim (3)	14		Pro-Am
May 31	Rex Hospital Open	North Carolina	525,000	Kevin Johnson (5)	14
Jun 7	Melwood Prince George's County Open	Maryland	675,000	Mathias Grönberg (1)	14
Jun 14	Knoxville Open	Tennessee	525,000	Kevin Johnson (6)	14
Jun 21	Fort Smith Classic	Arkansas	550,000	Jason Enloe (2)	14
Jun 28	Nationwide Tour Players Cup	West Virginia	600,000	Tom Gillis (1)	14
Jul 12	Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic	Canada	800,099	Roger Tambellini (3)	14
Jul 26	Cox Classic	Nebraska	725,000	Rich Barcelo (1)	14
Aug 2	Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational	Ohio	775,000	Derek Lamely (1)	14
Aug 9	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	Kansas	550,000	Chris Tidland (2)	14
Aug 16	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Missouri	625,000	Justin Bolli (3)	14
Aug 23	Christmas in October Classic	Kansas	625,000	Michael Sim (4)[c]	14		New tournament
Aug 30	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	Pennsylvania	525,000	Gary Christian (1)	14
Sep 6[d] May 24	Mexico Open	Mexico	650,000	Troy Merritt (1)	14
Sep 13	Utah Championship	Utah	550,000	Josh Teater (1)	14
Sep 20	Albertsons Boise Open	Idaho	725,000	Fran Quinn (3)	14
Sep 27	WNB Golf Classic	Texas	525,000	Garrett Willis (2)	14
Oct 4	Soboba Classic	California	1,000,000	Jerod Turner (1)	14		New tournament
Oct 11	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	500,000	Chris Baryla (1)	14
Oct 18	Miccosukee Championship	Florida	625,000	Chad Collins (2)	14
Oct 25	Nationwide Tour Championship	South Carolina	1,000,000	Matt Every (1)	20		Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2009 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 2010 PGA Tour.^[6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Michael Sim	644,142
2	Chad Collins	415,114
3	Blake Adams	399,749
4	Derek Lamely	374,998
5	Tom Gillis	364,529

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Michael Sim	[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.
3. Sim earned immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, as this was his third win of the season.^[2]
4. Rescheduled due to the swine flu pandemic in Mexico.^[3]