2010 Nationwide Tour

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The 2010 Nationwide Tour was the 21st Nationwide Tour season. It ran from January 28 to October 31. The season consisted of 29 official money golf tournaments; six of which were played outside of the United States. The top 25 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2011.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2010 schedule.[1] The numbers 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.

Date Tournament Location Winner OWGR
points
Notes
Jan 31 Michael Hill New Zealand Open New Zealand United States Bobby Gates (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 7 Moonah Classic Australia United States Jim Herman (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the
PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 28 Panama Claro Championship Panama United States Fran Quinn (4) 16
Mar 7 Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open Colombia United States Steve Pate (1) 14 New tournament
Mar 28 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana Argentina Fabián Gómez (1) 14
Apr 18 Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae California United States Kevin Chappell (1) 14
Apr 25 South Georgia Classic Georgia Australia Ewan Porter (2) 14
May 2 Stadion Athens Classic at UGA Georgia United States Martin Piller (1) 14
May 16 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina
North Carolina
United States Justin Hicks (2) 14
May 23 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina United States John Riegger (2) 14
Jun 6 Melwood Prince George's County Open Maryland United States Tommy Gainey (1) 14
Jun 20 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas United States Chris Kirk (1) 14
Jun 27 Mexico Open Bicentenary Mexico United States Jamie Lovemark (1) 14
Jul 11 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Canada United States Peter Tomasulo (2) 14
Jul 18 Chiquita Classic Ohio United States Tommy Gainey (2) 14 New tournament
Jul 25 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Ohio United States D. J. Brigman (2) 14
Aug 1 Cox Classic Nebraska United States Martin Piller (2) 14
Aug 8 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas (1) 14
Aug 15 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri United States Hunter Haas (3) 14
Aug 29 Knoxville News Sentinel Open Tennessee United States Chris Kirk (2) 14
Sep 5 Mylan Classic Pennsylvania United States Kevin Kisner (1) 14 New tournament
Sep 12 Utah Championship Utah United States Michael Putnam (1) 14
Sep 19 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho United States Hunter Haas (4) 14
Sep 26 WNB Golf Classic Texas United States Nate Smith (1) 14
Oct 3 Soboba Golf Classic California Australia Steven Bowditch (2) 14
Oct 10 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee Australia Scott Gardiner (1) 14
Oct 17 Miccosukee Championship Florida United States Jason Gore (7) 14
Oct 24 Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open Florida United States David Mathis (2) 14 New tournament
Oct 31 Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island South Carolina United States Brendan Steele (1) 20

Leading money winners[]

The table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2010 Nationwide Tour season. For the list of the top 25 golfers, given PGA Tour memberships for the 2010 season, see 2010 Nationwide Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Prize money (US$)
1 Jamie Lovemark  United States 452,951
2 Chris Kirk  United States 411,206
3 Hunter Haas  United States 408,047
4 Tommy Gainey  United States 403,957
5 Daniel Summerhays  United States 391,742
6 Brendan Steele  United States 346,258
7 Jhonattan Vegas  Venezuela 336,334
8 Martin Piller  United States 331,927
9 Kevin Chappell  United States 326,507
10 Tag Ridings  United States 282,616

There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here.

References[]

  1. ^ "Web.com Tour Schedule – 2010". ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
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