2005 Nationwide Tour graduates

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
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

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

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

• 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

• Schedule
• Money list
• Player profiles