2005 Nationwide Tour

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The 2005 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 27 to October 30. The season consisted of 31 official money golf tournaments, five of which were played outside the United States. The top 21 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2006.

Schedule[]

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

Week Tournament State/Country Winner
Jan 27-30 BellSouth Panama Championship Panama United States Vance Veazey (3)
Feb 17-20 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Australia Australia Steven Bowditch (1)
Feb 24-27 ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand Australia Peter O'Malley (2)
Mar 24-27 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana United States Ryan Hietala (1)
Apr 21-24 Virginia Beach Open Virginia United States Troy Matteson (1)
Apr 29 - May 1 BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs South Carolina United States Shane Bertsch (2)
May 5-8 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina United States Eric Axley (1)
May 12-15 Rheem Classic Arkansas United States Chris Couch (4)
May 19-22 Henrico County Open Virginia United States Chad Collins (1)
Jun 2-5 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee United States Jason Schultz (1)
Jun 9-12 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois United States Chris Couch (5)
Jun 16-19 Knoxville Open Tennessee Australia Kim Felton (1)
Jun 23-26 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania United States Greg Kraft (1)
Jun 30 - Jul 1 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort New York Mexico Esteban Toledo (1)
Jul 7-10 National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic West Virginia United States Jason Gore (4)
Jul 14-17 Scholarship America Showdown Wisconsin United States Jason Gore (5)
Jul 21-24 Canadian PGA Championship Canada Canada Jon Mills (1)
Jul 28-31 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas United States Joe Daley (2)
Aug 4-7 Cox Classic Nebraska United States Jason Gore (6)
Aug 11-14 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri United States Roger Tambellini (2)
Aug 18-21 Xerox Classic New York United States Rick Price (1)
Aug 25-28 Cleveland Open Ohio United States Andrew Johnson (1)
Sep 1-4 Alberta Classic Canada United States Peter Tomasulo (1)
Sep 8-11 Envirocare Utah Classic Utah United States Garrett Willis (1)
Sep 15-18 Mark Christopher Charity Classic California United States Troy Matteson (2)
Sep 22-25 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho Australia Greg Chalmers (1)
Sep 30 - Oct 2 Oregon Classic Oregon United States Jeff Gove (3)
Oct 6-9 Gila River Golf Classic Arizona Australia David McKenzie (1)
Oct 13-16 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic Texas United States Kris Cox (1)
Oct 20-23 Miccosukee Championship Florida cancelled due to Hurricane Wilma
Oct 27-30 Nationwide Tour Championship Alabama United States David Branshaw (2)

Leading money winners[]

Rank Player Country Prize money (US$)
1 Troy Matteson  United States 495,009
2 Jason Gore  United States 356,579
3 Chris Couch  United States 337,205
4 Steven Bowditch  Australia 333,329
5 Jon Mills  Canada 325,806
6 Jerry Smith  United States 267,757
7 David Branshaw  United States 266,724
8 Shane Bertsch  United States 263,373
9 Mathew Goggin  Australia 260,090
10 Kris Cox  United States 257,352

Full money list

See also[]

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