2006 Nationwide Tour Graduates
Encyclopedia
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.
* PGA Tour rookie for 2007.
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2008 (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).
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
in 2006. The top 22 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2006 earned their PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
card for 2007.
|2006 Nationwide Tour | |2007 PGA Tour | ||||||
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Player | Money list rank | Earnings ($) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings ($) |
Ken Duke Ken Duke Kenneth Wootson Duke is an American professional golfer.Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour... |
1 | 382,443 | 31 | 24 | 2nd | 37 | 1,927,102 |
Johnson Wagner Johnson Wagner Montford Johnson Wagner is an American professional golfer.-Professional career:Wagner is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2006. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2007 season by finishing 2nd on the money list in the Nationwide Tour in 2006... * |
2 | 372,069 | 33 | 15 | 2nd | 98 | 1,013,024 |
Cliff Kresge Cliff Kresge Clifford Terry Kresge is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour since 1997.... |
3 | 339,763 | 30 | 23 | T6 | 113 | 901,549 |
Craig Bowden Craig Bowden Craig David Bowden is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Bowden has gone back and forth between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour during his career. He is currently a member of the PGA Tour after finishing in the top 25 on the 2009... |
4 | 334,671 | 25 | 13 | T9 | 172 | 333,970 |
Tripp Isenhour Tripp Isenhour John Henry "Tripp" Isenhour III is an American professional golfer.Isenhour was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He played golf collegiately at Georgia Tech and turned professional in 1990.... |
5 | 321,996 | 32 | 14 | T5 | 152 | 471,980 |
Jeff Quinney Jeff Quinney Jeffrey Michael Quinney is an American professional golfer.Quinney was born in Eugene, Oregon. He had a successful amateur career, winning the U.S. Amateur in 2000, and represented the USA in the Walker Cup in 2001.... * |
6 | 317,802 | 29 | 18 | 3rd | 57 | 1,612,056 |
Boo Weekley Boo Weekley Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his... |
7 | 312,843 | 29 | 20 | Win | 23 | 2,613,211 |
Jason Dufner Jason Dufner Jason Dufner is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Dufner was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to the Washington, D.C. area when he was 11 years old, and then to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when he was 14. It was there that he started playing golf, and... |
8 | 310,666 | 32 | 18 | T6 | 140 | 574,992 |
Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri... * |
9 | 300,918 | 29 | 23 | Win | 17 | 2,836,643 |
Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:... |
10 | 300,867 | 26 | 16 | T3 | 115 | 886,146 |
Craig Kanada Craig Kanada Craig Andrew Kanada is an American professional golfer. He was born in Portland, Oregon.Kanada currently plays on the Nationwide Tour. He also played on the Nationwide Tour in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006... * |
11 | 297,744 | 34 | 20 | T10 | 128 | 743,305 |
Kevin Stadler Kevin Stadler Kevin Stadler is an American professional golfer.Stadler was born in Reno, Nevada, and is the son of former Masters champion and 13-time winner on the PGA Tour, Craig Stadler. He moved with his family to Denver, Colorado, where he attended Kent Denver School, excelling on the school's golf team... |
12 | 294,657 | 31 | 16 | T2 | 124 | 810,876 |
Andrew Buckle Andrew Buckle Andrew Nicholas Buckle is an Australian professional golfer.Buckle was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur.Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his... * |
13 | 277,976 | 26 | 12 | T4 | 146 | 513,630 |
Jim Rutledge Jim Rutledge James Edgar Rutledge is a Canadian professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Rutledge was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He won the Canadian Juvenile Championship in 1975 at the Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria and the Canadian Junior Championship in 1977. He turned... * |
14 | 257,979 | 23 | 5 | T31 | 226 | 62,242 |
Doug LaBelle II Doug LaBelle II Douglas Norman LaBelle II is an American professional golfer.LaBelle is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He was previously a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2006. He has also played on the Canadian Tour from 1999 to 2002 and the PGA Tour of Australasia from 2000 to 2002... * |
15 | 240,174 | 33 | 18 | T4 | 138 | 604,633 |
Gavin Coles Gavin Coles Gavin Coles is an Australian professional golfer.Coles is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and the PGA Tour in 2003, 2005 and 2007.-Nationwide Tour wins :... |
16 | 239,141 | 28 | 16 | T9 | 147 | 511,353 |
Michael Putnam Michael Putnam Michael John Putnam is an American professional golfer. He is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour.Putnam was born in Tacoma, Washington. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2006. He had two 2nd place finishes on the Nationwide Tour in 2006 including losing in a playoff at the Rheem Classic.... |
17 | 230,049 | 29 | 19 | T16 | 158 | 422,359 |
Jarrod Lyle Jarrod Lyle Jarrod Lyle is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Personal life:Lyle was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. He got his start in golf at age six when he caddied for his father. He says teeing off in his first Australian tournament is his biggest thrill in... * |
18 | 227,909 | 24 | 14 | T12 (twice) | 164 | 390,303 |
Michael Sim Michael Sim -Amateur career:Sim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and moved to Australia when he was 5 years old. He was the top ranked amateur in the world in 2005 having won four titles during the year including the Sunnehanna Amateur, which boasts major winners Ben Crenshaw and Tommy Aaron amongst its list of... * |
19 | 220,432 | 17 | 9 | T9 | 162 | 399,900 |
Paul Sheehan* | 20 | 216,407 | 11 | 1 | T64 | 253 | 10,143 |
John Merrick John Merrick (golfer) John Sampson Merrick is an American professional golfer.Merrick was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He grew up playing Recreation Park municipal golf course, a classic layout by William F. Bell. He attended Wilson Classical High School where he won the Moore League High School... * |
21 | 208,506 | 29 | 16 | T4 | 135 | 649,438 |
Bryce Molder Bryce Molder Bryce Wade Molder is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Molder was born in Harrison, Arkansas and attended public school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Conway, Arkansas... * |
22 | 205,413 | 21 | 7 | T6 | 185 | 257,593 |
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2008 (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-up |
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1. | Apr 16 | Boo Weekley Boo Weekley Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his... |
Verizon Heritage Verizon Heritage The RBC Heritage, known for much of its history as the Heritage Classic, is a PGA Tour FedEx Cup event, first played in 1969. The venue has been the Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina... |
1 stroke | Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
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2. | Aug 19 | Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri... |
Wyndham Championship | 2 strokes | Billy Mayfair Billy Mayfair William Fred Mayfair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour .-Early years and amateur career:Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he had won a number of junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's... , Jeff Overton Jeff Overton Jeffrey Laurence Overton is an American professional golfer.Overton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in Sports Marketing and Management.... , Tim Petrovic Tim Petrovic Tim Petrovic is an American professional golfer.Petrovic was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has won one PGA Tour tournament, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in 2005.... |
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2007
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
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1. | Mar 5 | Boo Weekley Boo Weekley Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his... Lost in four-man playoff |
Honda Classic Honda Classic The Honda Classic is a PGA Tour golf tournament that is played each March in Florida. It was founded in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic. In 1981, American Motors backed the tournament. Since 1982, American Honda Motor Co., Inc... |
Mark Wilson Mark Wilson (golfer) Mark Joseph Wilson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Wilson was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and currently resides in Elmhurst, Illinois.-Professional career:... |
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2. | Apr 22 | Ken Duke Ken Duke Kenneth Wootson Duke is an American professional golfer.Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour... |
Zurich Classic of New Orleans Zurich Classic of New Orleans The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in New Orleans, Louisiana; its historic date has been in April, but was moved to March in 2008. Zurich Financial Services is the main sponsor of the tournament.From the event's inception through... |
Nick Watney Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship.... |
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3. | Aug 5 | Kevin Stadler Kevin Stadler Kevin Stadler is an American professional golfer.Stadler was born in Reno, Nevada, and is the son of former Masters champion and 13-time winner on the PGA Tour, Craig Stadler. He moved with his family to Denver, Colorado, where he attended Kent Denver School, excelling on the school's golf team... |
Reno-Tahoe Open Reno-Tahoe Open The Reno-Tahoe Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in northwestern Nevada. Founded in 1999, it is an alternate event played annually in August at the , located midway between Reno and Lake Tahoe. Opened in 1997, the par-72 course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and plays at ; its... |
Steve Flesch Steve Flesch Stephen J. Flesch is an American professional golfer, competing on the PGA Tour.Flesch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky. After graduation he played golf at the University of Kentucky and turned professional in 1990.Flesch finished in... |
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4. | Sep 30 | Johnson Wagner Johnson Wagner Montford Johnson Wagner is an American professional golfer.-Professional career:Wagner is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2006. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2007 season by finishing 2nd on the money list in the Nationwide Tour in 2006... |
Viking Classic | Chad Campbell Chad Campbell David Chad Campbell is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas and grew up in west Texas. He was a member of a strong junior college men's golf squad during the years he played at Midland College... |