2004 Nationwide Tour

2004 Nationwide Tour season
DurationFebruary 5, 2004 (2004-02-05) – October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)
Number of official events31
Most winsSweden Daniel Chopra (2)
United States D. A. Points (2)
United States Kevin Stadler (2)
United States Jimmy Walker (2)
United States Charles Warren (2)
Money listUnited States Jimmy Walker
Player of the YearUnited States Jimmy Walker
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The 2004 Nationwide Tour was the 15th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
Feb 8 BellSouth Panama Championship Panama 500,000 United States Jimmy Walker (1) 6 New tournament
Feb 22 Jacob's Creek Open Australia 700,000 Australia Euan Walters (1) 12 ANZ
Feb 29 New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand 700,000 Australia Gavin Coles (2) 12 ANZ
Mar 28 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana 475,000 United States Jimmy Walker (2) 6
Apr 18 First Tee Arkansas Classic Arkansas 500,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (1) 6
Apr 25 Rheem Classic Arkansas 475,000 United States Franklin Langham (2) 6
May 2 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina 600,000 Japan Ryuji Imada (2) 6 Pro-Am
May 9 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee 450,000 United States Justin Bolli (1) 6
May 23 Henrico County Open Virginia 450,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (2) 6
May 30 SAS Carolina Classic North Carolina 525,000 United States Chris Anderson (1) 6
Jun 6 Knoxville Open Tennessee 475,000 United States Hunter Haas (1) 6
Jun 13 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois 600,000 Australia Brendan Jones (1) 6
Jun 20 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania 450,000 United States D. A. Points (2) 6
Jun 27 Lake Erie Charity Classic New York 450,000 United States Kevin Stadler (1) 6
Jul 4 Reese's Cup Classic Pennsylvania 450,000 United States Ben Bates (2) 6
Jul 11 Scholarship America Showdown Wisconsin 475,000 United States Kevin Stadler (2) 6 New tournament
Jul 18 Pete Dye West Virginia Classic West Virginia 600,000 United States D. A. Points (2) 6 New tournament
Jul 25 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Canada 450,000 United States Charles Warren (2) 6
Aug 1 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas 475,000 Australia Bradley Hughes (1) 6
Aug 8 Cox Classic Nebraska 600,000 United States Charles Warren (3) 6
Aug 15 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri 525,000 United States Brad Ott (1) 6
Aug 22 Alberta Classic Canada 450,000 Canada David Hearn (1) 6
Aug 29 Envirocare Utah Classic Utah 450,000 United States Brett Wetterich (2) 6
Sep 12 Virginia Beach Open Virginia 450,000 United States James Driscoll (1) 6
Sep 19 Oregon Classic Oregon 450,000 United States Jeff Quinney (1) 6
Sep 26 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho 600,000 United States Scott Gump (3) 6
Oct 3 Mark Christopher Charity Classic California 450,000 United States Scott Dunlap (1) 6
Oct 10 Gila River Classic Arizona 475,000 United States Chris Nallen (1) 6
Oct 17 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic Texas 450,000 United States Charley Hoffman (1) 6
Oct 24 Miccosukee Championship Florida 500,000 United States D. J. Trahan (1) 6
Oct 31 Nationwide Tour Championship Alabama 625,000 United States Nick Watney (1) 6 Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2005 PGA Tour.[5]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Jimmy Walker 371,346
2 United States D. A. Points 332,815
3 Japan Ryuji Imada 313,185
4 United States Franklin Langham 312,896
5 United States Nick Watney 301,988

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year United States Jimmy Walker [6]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Nationwide Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Nationwide Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nationwide Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
  2. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

  1. ^ "2004 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 30, 2004. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "2005 Nationwide Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "2004 Nationwide Tour money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 29, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Watney wins Nationwide Tour Championship". PGA Tour. October 31, 2004. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved September 1, 2023. Leading money-winner Jimmy Walker heads up the group of the top 20 players on the money list who earned their Tour cards. Walker, with $371,346 for the season...
  5. ^ "Nationwide Tour's top 20". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 3, 2004. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Walker Named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year". Golf Channel. November 7, 2004. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2023.