2005 Nationwide Tour graduates

Golfers graduating to PGA Tour

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2005. The top 21 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2005 earned their PGA Tour card for 2006.

| 2005 Nationwide Tour | 2006 PGA Tour

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Player | Money list
rank | Earnings ($) | Starts | Cuts
made | Best
finish | Money list
rank | Earnings ($)
Troy Matteson* | 1 | 495,009 | 32 | 18 | Win | 36 | 1,778,597
Jason Gore# | 2 | 356,579 | 29 | 14 | T7 | 118 | 717,005
Chris Couch | 3 | 337,205 | 27 | 10 | Win | 66 | 1,356,731
Steven Bowditch* | 4 | 333,329 | 22 | 2 | 76 | 256 | 11,160
Jon Mills* | 5 | 325,806 | 27 | 6 | T42 | 227 | 65,494
Jerry Smith | 6 | 267,757 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 137 | 568,213
David Branshaw | 7 | 266,724 | 29 | 20 | T4 | 119 | 706,346
Shane Bertsch | 8 | 263,373 | 34 | 19 | T7 | 123 | 697,059
Mathew Goggin | 9 | 260,090 | 26 | 10 | T2 | 86 | 1,076,142
Kris Cox | 10 | 257,352 | 28 | 12 | T3 | 148 | 517,836
David McKenzie* | 11 | 253,174 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 160 | 425,228
Roger Tambellini | 12 | 248,975 | 25 | 7 | T21 | 212 | 116,685
Camilo Villegas* | 13 | 233,218 | 29 | 18 | T2 (twice) | 38 | 1,742,112
Greg Chalmers | 14 | 233,063 | 28 | 8 | T32 (twice) | 203 | 151,265
Jason Schultz* | 15 | 230,407 | 28 | 10 | T24 | 204 | 147,424
Eric Axley* | 16 | 227,997 | 29 | 16 | Win | 73 | 1,274,580
Vance Veazey | 17 | 227,635 | 20 | 10 | T23 | 191 | 207,077
Nathan Green* | 18 | 217,272 | 30 | 24 | T2 | 41 | 1,700,803
Charley Hoffman* | 19 | 212,322 | 29 | 21 | T5 | 82 | 1,115,193
Jeff Gove | 20 | 210,674 | 29 | 16 | T6 | 107 | 793,477
Bubba Watson* | 21 | 202,437 | 27 | 15 | T3 | 90 | 1,019,264

*PGA Tour rookie for 2006.
#Gore received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2005 by winning three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2005. On the PGA Tour in 2005, he played in 8 tournaments, making 6 cuts and winning the 84 Lumber Classic.
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2007 (won or finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).

## Winners on the PGA Tour in 2006

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No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up

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1  | Apr 30  |  Chris Couch | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | −19 (70-70-68-65=269)  | 1 stroke  |  Fred Funk,  Charles Howell III
2  | Sep 24  |  Eric Axley | Valero Texas Open | −15 (68-63-63-71=265)  | 3 strokes  |  Anthony Kim,  Justin Rose,
Dean Wilson
3  | Oct 15  |  Troy Matteson | Frys.com Open | −22 (67-65-64-69=265)  | 1 stroke  |  Daniel Chopra,  Ben Crane

## Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2006

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No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score

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1  | Jan 29  |  Nathan Green
lost in three-man playoff | Buick Invitational |  Tiger Woods | −10 (71-68-67-72=278)  | −10 (67-70-69-72=278)
2  | Feb 5  |  Camilo Villegas | FBR Open |  J. B. Holmes | −21 (68-64-65-66=263)  | −14 (68-67-66-69=270)
3  | Mar 5  |  Camilo Villegas (2) | Ford Championship at Doral |  Tiger Woods | −20 (64-67-68-69=268)  | −19 (65-66-71-67=269)
4  | Jul 9  |  Mathew Goggin | Cialis Western Open |  Trevor Immelman | −13 (69-66-69-67=271)  | −11 (69-69-66-69=273)
5  | Oct 22  |  Troy Matteson | FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort |  Joe Durant | −25 (69-65-64-65=263)  | −21 (67-65-65-70=267)

## See also

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* 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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