2004 Nationwide Tour

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2004 Nationwide Tour season
DurationFebruary 5, 2004 (2004-02-05) – October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)
Number of official events31
Most wins Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra (2)
Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Stadler (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Charles Warren (2)
Money list Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker
2003
2005

The 2004 Nationwide Tour was the 15th season of the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
Feb 8 BellSouth Panama Championship Panama500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker (1)6New tournament
Feb 22 Jacob's Creek Open Australia700,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Euan Walters (1)12 ANZ
Feb 29 New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand700,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Coles (2)12 ANZ
Mar 28 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana475,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker (2)6
Apr 18 First Tee Arkansas Classic Arkansas500,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra (1)6
Apr 25 Rheem Classic Arkansas475,000 Flag of the United States.svg Franklin Langham (2)6
May 2 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina600,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Imada (2)6Pro-Am
May 9 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Bolli (1)6
May 23 Henrico County Open Virginia450,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra (2)6
May 30 SAS Carolina Classic North Carolina525,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Anderson (1)6
Jun 6 Knoxville Open Tennessee475,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Haas (1)6
Jun 13 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois600,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones (1)6
Jun 20 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania450,000 Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points (2)6
Jun 27 Lake Erie Charity Classic New York450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Stadler (1)6
Jul 4 Reese's Cup Classic Pennsylvania450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Bates (2)6
Jul 11 Scholarship America Showdown Wisconsin475,000 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Stadler (2)6New tournament
Jul 18 Pete Dye West Virginia Classic West Virginia600,000 Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points (2)6New tournament
Jul 25 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Canada450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Warren (2)6
Aug 1 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas475,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bradley Hughes (1)6
Aug 8 Cox Classic Nebraska600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Warren (3)6
Aug 15 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri525,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Ott (1)6
Aug 22 Alberta Classic Canada450,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Hearn (1)6
Aug 29 Envirocare Utah Classic Utah450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Wetterich (2)6
Sep 12 Virginia Beach Open Virginia450,000 Flag of the United States.svg James Driscoll (1)6
Sep 19 Oregon Classic Oregon450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Quinney (1)6
Sep 26 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Gump (3)6
Oct 3 Mark Christopher Charity Classic California450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Dunlap (1)6
Oct 10 Gila River Classic Arizona475,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Nallen (1)6
Oct 17 Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic Texas450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Charley Hoffman (1)6
Oct 24 Miccosukee Championship Florida500,000 Flag of the United States.svg D. J. Trahan (1)6
Oct 31 Nationwide Tour Championship Alabama625,000 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Watney (1)6Tour Championship

Money list

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]

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

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg 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.

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References

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  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...
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