2006 Nationwide Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2006. The top 22 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2006 earned their PGA Tour card for 2007.

	2006 Nationwide Tour		2007 PGA Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings ($)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
Ken Duke	1	382,443	31	24	2	37	1,927,102
Johnson Wagner*	2	372,069	33	15	2	98	1,013,024
Cliff Kresge	3	339,763	30	23	T6	113	901,549
Craig Bowden	4	334,671	25	13	T9	172	333,970
Tripp Isenhour	5	321,996	32	14	T5	152	471,980
Jeff Quinney*	6	317,802	29	18	3	57	1,612,056
Boo Weekley	7	312,843	29	20	Win	23	2,613,211
Jason Dufner	8	310,666	32	18	T6	140	574,992
Brandt Snedeker*	9	300,918	29	23	Win	17	2,836,643
Matt Kuchar	10	300,867	26	16	T3	115	886,146
Craig Kanada	11	297,744	34	20	T10	128	743,305
Kevin Stadler	12	294,657	31	16	T2	124	810,876
Andrew Buckle*	13	277,976	26	12	T4	146	513,630
Jim Rutledge*	14	257,979	23	5	T31	226	62,242
Doug LaBelle II*	15	240,174	33	18	T4	138	604,633
Gavin Coles	16	239,141	28	16	T9	147	511,353
Michael Putnam*	17	230,049	29	19	T16	158	422,359
Jarrod Lyle*	18	227,909	24	14	T12 (twice)	164	390,303
Michael Sim*	19	220,432	17	9	T9	162	399,900
Paul Sheehan*	20	216,407	11	1	T64	253	10,143
John Merrick*	21	208,506	29	16	T4	135	649,438
Bryce Molder†	22	205,413	21	7	T6	185	257,593

*PGA Tour rookie for 2007.
^†First-time PGA Tour member, but not a rookie due to having accepted Special Temporary Membership and played 22 tournaments during the 2002 PGA Tour season
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2008 (won or finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 2007[]

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 16	Boo Weekley	Verizon Heritage	−14 (67-69-66-68=270)	1 stroke	Ernie Els
2	Aug 19	Brandt Snedeker	Wyndham Championship	−22 (70-67-66-63=266)	2 strokes	Billy Mayfair, Jeff Overton, Tim Petrovic

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2007[]

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	Mar 5	Boo Weekley Lost in four-man playoff	Honda Classic	Mark Wilson	−5 (72-66-66-71=275)	−5 (71-68-66-70=275)
2	Apr 22	Ken Duke	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Nick Watney	−15 (69-67-68-69=273)	−12 (69-71-66-70=276)
3	Aug 5	Kevin Stadler	Reno-Tahoe Open	Steve Flesch	−15 (63-69-69-72=273)	−10 (74-67-67-70=278)
4	Sep 30	Johnson Wagner	Viking Classic	Chad Campbell	−13 (70-72-64-69=275)	−12 (73-65-68-70=276)

See also[]

• 2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References[]

• All information from here, individual player profiles and golfstats.com.

External links[]

• 2006 Nationwide Tour graduate list on the PGA Tour's official site
• Money list
• Player profiles