2005 Nationwide Tour

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:27 pm

How good is the Nationwide Tour in preparing the golfers for the PGA Tour?

Take a look at the list of golfers on the Nationwide Tour who won the Player of the Year award of NW Tour.

1990 Jeff Maggert
1991 Tom Lehman
1992 John Flannery
1993 Sean Murphy
1994 Chris Per
1995 Jerry Kelly
1996 Stewart Cink
1997 Chris Smith (115th on the PGA money list)
1998 Bob Burns (130th on the money list)
1999 Carl Paulson
2000 Spike McRoy
2001 Chad Campbell
2002 Patrick Moore
2003 Zach Johnson
2004 Jimmy Walker

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:03 pm

Feb. 2-8 BellSouth Panama Championship; Purse: $500,000; Panama GC
Panama City, Panama (winner: Jimmy Walker)

Feb. 16-22 Jacob's Creek Open *; Purse: $771,528; Kooyonga GC, Adelaide, Australia; (Euan Walters) TGC

Feb. 23-29 New Zealand PGA Championship *; Purse: $730,262; Clearwater CC, Christchurch, New Zealand (Gavin Coles) TGC

March 22-28 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Presented by Dynamic Industries; Purse: $475,000; Le Triomphe CC, Broussard, La. (Jimmy Walker)

April 12-18 First Tee Arkansas Classic Presented by Stephens, Inc.; Purse: $500,000; Diamante CC, Hot Springs Village, Ark. (Daniel Chopra)

April 19-25 Rheem Classic Presented by Times Record; Purse: $475,000; Hardscrabble CC, Fort Smith, Ark. (Franklin Langham)

April 26-May 2 BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs; Purse: $600,000; The Cliffs G&CC Greenville, S.C. (Ryuji Imada) TGC

May 3-9 Chattanooga Classic Presented by Cummings Cove and RealtyCenter/GMAC; Purse: $450,000; Black Creek Club Chattanooga, Tenn. (Justin Bolli)

May 17-23 Henrico County Open; Purse: $450,000; The Dominion Club Richmond, Va. (Daniel Chopra) TGC

May 24-30 SAS Carolina Classic; Purse: $525,000; TPC at Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, N.C. (Chris Anderson)

May 31-June 6 Knoxville Open Presented by Food City; Purse: $475,000; Fox Den CC, Knoxville, Tenn. (Hunter Haas)

June 7-13 LaSalle Bank Open; Purse: $650,000; The Glen Club, Glenview, Ill. (Brendan Jones) TGC

June 14-20 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic; Purse: $450,000; Glenmaura National GC, Scranton, Pa. (D.A. Points)

June 21-27 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort; Purse: $450,000; Peek'n Peak Resort & Conference Center, Findley Lake, N.Y. (Kevin Stadler) TGC

June 28-July 4 The Reese's Cup Classic; Purse: $450,000; Hershey GC (East Course), Hershey, Pa. (Ben Bates)

July 5-11 Scholarship America Showdown; Purse: $475,000; Troy Burne GC, Hudson, Wisc. (Kevin Stadler) TGC

July 12-18 Pete Dye West Virginia Classic Presented by National Mining Association; Purse: $600,000; Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport, W. Va. (D.A. Points) TGC

July 19-25 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Presented by MasterCard; Purse: $450,000; Whistle Bear GC, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (Charles Warren) TGC

July 26-Aug. 1 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Presented by Cox Communications; Purse: $475,000; Crestview CC, Wichita, Kan. (Bradley Hughes)

Aug. 2-8 Cox Classic; Purse: $600,000; Champions Run, Omaha, Neb. (Charles Warren) TGC

Aug. 9-15 Price Cutter Charity Championship; Purse: $525,000 Highland Springs CC, Springfield, Mo. (Brad Ott)

Aug. 16-22 Alberta Classic; Purse: $450,000; Redwood Meadows, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (David Hearn) TGC

Aug. 23-29 Envirocare Utah Classic; Purse: $450,000; Willow Creek CC
Sandy, Utah (Brett Wetterich)

Sept. 6-12 Virginia Beach Open Presented by ACS Systems & Engineering, Inc.; Purse: $450,000; TPC of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Va. (James Driscoll)

Sept. 13-19 Oregon Classic Presented by Kendall Automotive Group;
Purse: $450,000; Shadow Hills CC, Junction City, Ore. (Jeff Quinney)

Sept. 20-26 Albertsons Boise Open Presented by First Health; Purse: $600,000; Hillcrest CC, Boise, Idaho (Scott Gump) TGC

Sept. 27-Oct. 3 Mark Christopher Charity Classic Presented by Adelphia;
Purse: $450,000; Empire Lakes GC, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Scott Dunlap)

Oct. 4-10 Gila River Golf Classic at Wild Horse Pass Resort; Purse: $475,000; Whirlwind GC (Cattail Course), Phoenix, Ariz. (Chris Nallen) TGC

Oct. 11-17 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic; Purse: $450,000; Midland CC, Midland, Texas (Charley Hoffman)

Oct. 18-24 Miccosukee Championship; Purse: $500,000; Miccosukee G&CC, Miami, Fla. (D.J. Trahan) TGC

Oct. 25-31 Nationwide Tour Championship; Purse: $625,000; Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill (Senator Course), Prattville, Ala. (Nick Watney) TGC

KEY: * Joint-sanctioned with Australasian Tour

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:55 pm

Swamy says that Arjun Atwal isn't planning to play much on the Nationwide Tour this year. He plans to use his 18 starts on the PGA tour. And when he isn't playing PGA events, he plans to play on the European PGA tour, for which of course he is still eligible this year (because of his 2003 Malaysian Open win). Unfortunately, he won't be able to come to the Malaysian Open, as he expects to be playing a PGA tournament that week.

V Krishnaswamy · Post by **V Krishnaswamy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:06 am

You know PKB, even though he told me he will probably not go on Nationwide, my guess if he is caught in a situation with nothing to do for a week or two, he might just turn up at NW. He did say that he will try and Monday qualify for PGA events, when he doesn;t get in.,
Anyway, all I can say, he only needs to win once on PGA not to bother abt NW!!! And that he can do in the first few of his 18 starts.
Swamy

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:08 am

The Monday qualifier is a good concept if one can qualify or the NW Tour event is nearby. Daniel made it into the field atleast once last year via the Monday qualifier.

The NW Tour events are held in "smaller" markets for air travel and often do not have direct flights from big cities (sites of PGA Tour events). If the Monday qualifier does not pan out then Tuesday will be spent in travelling to the NW Tour site and that leaves only Wednesday to get used to the golf course.

Arjun has the talent to win on the PGA Tour but there are so many quality players each week that winning is really hard.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:47 am

True Bhushan, Arjun should chalk out proper plan .. And he is having helping hand from Daniel and also very good example of Daniel ... So why he is not concentrating on NW more than European PGA tour ... Becoz in end he always tell everybody that PGA Tour is his final goal.

Jaydeep.

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:35 am

I think 18 events are actually probably enough for him to stay in touch with US courses. I find nothing wrong with him attempting the EPGA events whenever he has the time -- especially as his eligibility for EPGA only runs through this year.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:08 pm

I think that it is a good idea for Arjun to play on the EPGA Tour until Qatar Open since it is impossible to get a direct entry into the PGA tournaments in the early part of the PGA season for players ranked in the 126-150. Once the biggies like Tiger, Ernie, Phil, etc have had their share of success on the PGA Tour in the first six months, they start going abroad to make "easy" money. That is when the players ranked 126-150 start getting into the field of PGA tournaments.

The media keeps talking about 18 events that Arjun can enter in the 2005 PGA season. I think that it will require Arjun to play week after week without any rest, wait until Wednesdays to see if he can enter some events because someone does not show up at the last minute, and play some Monday qualifiers, etc.

How many players ranked in the 126-150 range earned the next year's PGA Tour card simply by playing the limited PGA schedule? I will have to do some research to find the answer but if someone alreadty knows it then please share it with us. My guess is that rarely has someone under those circumstances made it into the PGA.

mohitb272 · Post by **mohitb272** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:41 pm

Hi
I am new to this forum though I am keeping track of our 'Indian connection' players. Arjun and Vijay came up with decent performances today but Daniel failed to make the cut. Hope Arjun finishes in the top 10 and makes decent money to get a 2006 PGA card. Would love to read live comments about the weekend game of Arjun and Vijay.

Sandeep · Post by **Sandeep** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:01 am

Hey mohit we have a thread where we discuss this. Anyway, is there any chat session thos weekend? I am obsessed with golf in just 3 weeks time

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BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:01 am

Welcome Mohit.

We are following the progress of Arjun, Daniel and Vijay at the PGA Tour thread in the tournament section of the golf forum. You can post your comments in that thread.

The golf forum is divided into three parts - Players threads, Tournament threads and General threads.

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I will lock this thread.

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