The 2011 Nationwide Tour was the 22nd Nationwide Tour

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 season. It ran from February 24 to October 30. The season consisted of 26 official money golf

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 tournaments; three of which were played outside of the United State]. The top 25 players

2011 Nationwide Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2011. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2011 earned their PGA Tour card for 2012.*PGA Tour rookie in 2012-External links:*...

 on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour

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 card for 2012.

Schedule

The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2011 schedule. 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 Official World Golf Rankings The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers... points	Notes
Feb 27	Panama Claro Championship	Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...	Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...  (3)	14
Mar 6	Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open The Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open presented by Samsung is a golf tournament on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour. It was first played in 2010 at The Country Club of Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia...	Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	Brenden Pappas Brenden Pappas Brenden Pappas is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Early life:Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, South Africa. He is the youngest of three brothers, Sean and Deane . He and brother Deane attended the University of Arkansas where he graduated in 1993...  (n/a)	10	Official money, unofficial win - tournament shortened to 36 holes by weather
Mar 27	Chitimacha Louisiana Open Chitimacha Louisiana Open The Chitimacha Louisiana Open is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually at Le Triomphe Country Club in Broussard, Louisiana, USA.The 2011 purse was $550,000, with $99,000 going to the winner....	Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...	Brett Wetterich Brett Wetterich Brett Milton Wetterich is an American professional golfer.Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Oak Hills High School and Wallace State Community College...  (3)	14
Apr 17	Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Daniel Chopra Daniel Chopra Daniel Samir Chopra is a Swedish professional golfer.Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age...  (3)	14
May 1	South Georgia Classic South Georgia Classic The South Georgia Classic is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Georgia.The 2011 purse was $625,000, with $112,500 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...	Ted Potter, Jr. Ted Potter, Jr. Ted Potter, Jr. is an American professional golfer from Silver Springs, Florida.Potter was born in Ocala, Florida. He graduated, class of 2002, from Lake Weir High School in southeastern Marion County, Florida. Potter is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He is a left-handed golfer, but...  (1)	14	Won as a Monday qualifier
May 8	Stadion Classic at UGA	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...	Russell Henley (am) (1)	14	Won as an amateur
May 22	BMW Charity Pro-Am	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...	Garth Mulroy Garth Mulroy Garth David Mulroy is a South African professional golfer.Mulroy was born in Durban. He attended college in the United States at North Carolina State University, where he was an NCAA Division I All-American...  (2)	14
Jun 5	Melwood Prince George's County Open Melwood Prince George's County Open The Melwood Prince George's County Open is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. In 2010, it was played on the University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Maryland...	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...	Steve Wheatcroft Steve Wheatcroft Steve Wheatcroft is an American professional golfer.Wheatcroft was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania and attended Indiana University earning a degree in Sports Marketing and Management. He turned professional in 2001 and has played in several tours over the years. His first victory came at the...  (1)	14
Jun 12	The Rex Hospital Open	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	Kyle Thompson Kyle Thompson Kyle Thompson is an American professional golfer.Thompson is currently a member of the PGA Tour. Thompson was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2007. He won two events in 2007 which put him in the top 25 on the money list which earned him a PGA Tour card for 2008...  (3)	14
Jun 19	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open The Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually at the Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kansas, U.S...	Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...	Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...  (4)	14
Jun 26	Mexico Open	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	Erik Compton Erik Compton Erik Compton is a Norwegian-American professional golfer.Compton was born in Miami, Florida to an American father and a Norwegian mother and holds dual citizenship. He attended the University of Georgia and played on the 2001 Palmer Cup and Walker Cup teams.-Medical condition:Compton has been...  (1)	14
Jul 17	Chiquita Classic Chiquita Classic The Chiquita Classic is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played for the first time in July 2010 at TPC River's Bend in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tommy Gainey won the inaugural event in 2010 by 3 strokes at 27-under-par. The 2011 purse was US$550,000, with $99,000 going to the...	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Russell Knox Russell Knox Russell Knox is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Knox played on the NGA Hooters Tour from 2008 to 2010, picking up two victories in the process...  (1)	14
Jul 24	Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational The Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played for the first time in July 2007 at The Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Jack Nicklaus, a former Ohio State golfer and Upper Arlington native, serves...	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Harris English Harris English Harris English is an American professional golfer.English was born in Thomasville, Georgia. He played college golf at the University of Georgia....  (am) (1)	14	Won as an amateur
Jul 31	Utah Championship	Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	J. J. Killeen J. J. Killeen Joseph James "J.J." Killeen is an American professional golfer.Killeen was born in San Diego, California. He played college golf at Texas Christian University...  (1)	14
Aug 7	Cox Classic Cox Classic The Cox Classic presented by Lexus of Omaha is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually at Champions Run in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.The 2011 purse was $725,000, with $130,500 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....	J. J. Killeen J. J. Killeen Joseph James "J.J." Killeen is an American professional golfer.Killeen was born in San Diego, California. He played college golf at Texas Christian University...  (2)	14
Aug 14	Price Cutter Charity Championship Price Cutter Charity Championship The Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper is a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played at the Highland Springs Country Club in Springfield, Missouri, USA...	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...	Steve Friesen Steve Friesen Steve Friesen is an American professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Friesen attended the University of Nebraska where in 1999 he won the Ben Hogan Award for the nations top scholar-athlete and was also named All-America honorable mention...  (1)	14	Won as a Monday qualifier
Aug 21	Midwest Classic	Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...	James Nitties James Nitties James Evangelo Nitties is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Nitties was born in Melbourne, Australia. He suffered from juvenile arthritis as a child and young adult, which restricted his flexibility. This caused him to have to take pain killers to restrict...  (1)	14
Aug 28	News Sentinel Open	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	Kirk Triplett Kirk Triplett Kirk Alan Triplett is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Triplett was born in Moses Lake, Washington, and grew up in Pullman. He graduated from Pullman High School in 1980 and accepted a golf scholarship to the University of Nevada in Reno,...  (1)	14
Sep 4	Mylan Classic Mylan Classic The Mylan Classic presented by CONSOL Energy is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played for the first time in September 2010 at Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh...	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...	Gary Christian Gary Christian Gary Christian is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Christian was born in Carshalton, England. He played college golf at Auburn University and turned professional in 1997. Christian was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 1999 and has been a member since 2006...  (2)	14
Sep 18	Albertsons Boise Open Albertsons Boise Open The Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft is a professional golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour, played annually in mid-September at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise, Idaho. In 2011, the 22nd Boise Open was held September 15-18 and won by Jason Kokrak by two strokes.Albertsons, a major...	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....	Jason Kokrak Jason Kokrak Jason Kokrak is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Amateur career:Kokrak was born in North Bay, Ontario, and played high school golf at JFK High School in Warren, Ohio, where he twice led his team to the Ohio Boy's state championship as Division III medalist...  (1)	14	Last player to gain entry into the field
Sep 25	Soboba Golf Classic	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Ted Potter, Jr. Ted Potter, Jr. Ted Potter, Jr. is an American professional golfer from Silver Springs, Florida.Potter was born in Ocala, Florida. He graduated, class of 2002, from Lake Weir High School in southeastern Marion County, Florida. Potter is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He is a left-handed golfer, but...  (2)	14
Oct 2	WNB Golf Classic	Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	Danny Lee Danny Lee (golfer) Danny Jin-Myung Lee is a professional golfer from Rotorua, New Zealand. Lee was born in South Korea and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. His name in Hangul is 이진명. He became a naturalized New Zealander on 2 September 2008 at Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High...  (1)	14
Oct 9	Children's Hospital Classic	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	Miguel Carballo Miguel Carballo Miguel Ángel Carballo is an Argentine professional golfer who plays mainly on the Nationwide Tour. Known affectionately as "El Tati" Carballo, he is the first Argentine to win on the Nationwide Tour...  (2)	14
Oct 16	Miccosukee Championship Miccosukee Championship The Miccosukee Championship is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually at the Miccosukee Golf & Country Club in Miami, Florida, USA.The 2011 purse was $600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.-Winners:*2011 Jason Kokrak...	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Jason Kokrak Jason Kokrak Jason Kokrak is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Amateur career:Kokrak was born in North Bay, Ontario, and played high school golf at JFK High School in Warren, Ohio, where he twice led his team to the Ohio Boy's state championship as Division III medalist...  (2)	14
Oct 23	Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open The Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played for the first time in October 2010 at TPC Sawgrass's Dye's Valley Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The 2010 purse was US$600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner....	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	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 :...  (5)	14
Oct 30	Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...	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...  (2)	20

Leading money winners

The table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2011 Nationwide Tour season. For the list of the top 25 golfers, given PGA Tour

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 memberships for the 2012 season, see 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates

2011 Nationwide Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2011. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2011 earned their PGA Tour card for 2012.*PGA Tour rookie in 2012-External links:*...

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Rank	Player	Country	Prize money (US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )
1	J. J. Killeen J. J. Killeen Joseph James "J.J." Killeen is an American professional golfer.Killeen was born in San Diego, California. He played college golf at Texas Christian University...		414,273
2	Ted Potter, Jr. Ted Potter, Jr. Ted Potter, Jr. is an American professional golfer from Silver Springs, Florida.Potter was born in Ocala, Florida. He graduated, class of 2002, from Lake Weir High School in southeastern Marion County, Florida. Potter is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He is a left-handed golfer, but...		402,470
3	Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...		378,492
4	Jason Kokrak Jason Kokrak Jason Kokrak is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Amateur career:Kokrak was born in North Bay, Ontario, and played high school golf at JFK High School in Warren, Ohio, where he twice led his team to the Ohio Boy's state championship as Division III medalist...		338,092
5	Jonas Blixt Jonas Blixt Jonas Blixt is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Amateur career:Blixt was born in Nässjö, Sweden. He played golf at Florida State University during which time he was a second-team All-American selection in 2007 and a first-team All-American in 2008. He was...		327,020
6	Danny Lee Danny Lee (golfer) Danny Jin-Myung Lee is a professional golfer from Rotorua, New Zealand. Lee was born in South Korea and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. His name in Hangul is 이진명. He became a naturalized New Zealander on 2 September 2008 at Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High...		326,100
7	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...		313,241
8	Scott Brown		282,502
9	Gary Christian Gary Christian Gary Christian is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Christian was born in Carshalton, England. He played college golf at Auburn University and turned professional in 1997. Christian was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 1999 and has been a member since 2006...		260,054
10	Miguel Carballo Miguel Carballo Miguel Ángel Carballo is an Argentine professional golfer who plays mainly on the Nationwide Tour. Known affectionately as "El Tati" Carballo, he is the first Argentine to win on the Nationwide Tour...		258,833

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