2008 Nationwide Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2008. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2008 earned their PGA Tour card for 2009.

2008 Nationwide Tour 2009 PGA Tour
Player Money list
rank
Earnings ($) Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Matt Bettencourt* 1 447,863 31 17 T5 111 740,037
Zimbabwe Brendon de Jonge 2 437,035 29 16 T7 139 536,696
United States Jeff Klauk* 3 407,418 29 21 4/T4 (twice) 71 1,243,696
Australia Jarrod Lyle 4 382,738 21 11 T6 175 275,195
United States Bill Lunde* 5 341,446 27 15 T4 102 825,691
United States Colt Knost* 6 329,509 24 11 T25 193 180,754
United States Darron Stiles 7 324,627 20 6 T9 188 199,385
Australia Greg Chalmers 8 321,930 26 15 T2 89 1,058,286
United States Scott Piercy* 9 320,187 28 16 T5 90 1,032,716
England Greg Owen 10 309,805 30 19 T9 109 763,517
United States Peter Tomasulo* 11 296,704 25 5 T16 201 128,706
United States Rick Price* 12 284,922 21 6 T54 216 66,689
United States Kris Blanks* 13 280,588 20 9 T7 170 307,130
United States David Mathis* 14 276,412 27 15 T17 160 364,959
United States Casey Wittenberg* 15 271,919 25 10 T7 159 376,076
United States D. A. Points 16 266,696 29 19 3 66 1,320,021
India Arjun Atwal 17 259,186 12 4 T33 209 76,676
Australia Aron Price* 18 249,144 27 20 T6 144 487,454
Australia Marc Leishman* T19 244,224 28 18 T2 47 1,742,243
United States Brendon Todd* T19 244,224 21 5 T12 186 203,841
United States Scott Gutschewski 21 238,215 19 5 T17 192 183,375
United States Spencer Levin* 22 236,185 25 13 T7 141 531,240
United States Bryce Molder 23 234,631 21 13 T2 63 1,381,211
United States Matt Weibring* 24 228,155 22 11 T8 138 542,066
United States Ricky Barnes* 25 218,902 23 11 T2 120 684,863

*PGA Tour rookie for 2009.
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 126 and 150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 150).

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 Jun 14 United States Bryce Molder St. Jude Classic United States Brian Gay −18 (64-66-66-66=262) −13 (69-63-65-70=267)
2 Jun 22 United States Ricky Barnes U.S. Open United States Lucas Glover −4 (69-64-70-73=276) −2 (67-65-70-76=278)
3 Aug 2 Australia Greg Chalmers Buick Open United States Tiger Woods −20 (71-63-65-69=268) −17 (66-68-69-68=271)
4 Sep 13 Australia Marc Leishman BMW Championship United States Tiger Woods −19 (68-67-62-68=265) −11 (67-69-68-69=273)

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