2010 Nationwide Tour
The 2010 Nationwide Tour was the 21st Nationwide Tour season. It ran from January 28 to October 31. The season consisted of 29 official money golf tournaments; six of which were played outside of the United States. The top 25 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2011.
Schedule
The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2010 schedule. The numbers in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
Jan 31 | Michael Hill New Zealand Open | New Zealand | Bobby Gates | 16 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia |
Feb 7 | Moonah Classic | Australia | Jim Herman | 16 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia |
Feb 28 | Panama Claro Championship | Panama | Fran Quinn | 16 | |
Mar 7 | Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open | Colombia | Steve Pate | 14 | New tournament |
Mar 28 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Louisiana | Fabián Gómez | 14 | |
Apr 18 | Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae | California | Kevin Chappell | 14 | |
Apr 25 | South Georgia Classic | Georgia | Ewan Porter | 14 | |
May 2 | Stadion Athens Classic at UGA | Georgia | Martin Piller | 14 | |
May 16 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | South Carolina North Carolina | Justin Hicks | 14 | |
May 23 | Rex Hospital Open | North Carolina | John Riegger | 14 | |
Jun 6 | Melwood Prince George's County Open | Maryland | Tommy Gainey | 14 | |
Jun 20 | Fort Smith Classic | Arkansas | Chris Kirk | 14 | |
Jun 27 | Mexico Open Bicentenary | Mexico | Jamie Lovemark | 14 | |
Jul 11 | Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic | Canada | Peter Tomasulo | 14 | |
Jul 18 | Chiquita Classic | Ohio | Tommy Gainey | 14 | New tournament |
Jul 25 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational | Ohio | D. J. Brigman | 14 | |
Aug 1 | Cox Classic | Nebraska | Martin Piller | 14 | |
Aug 8 | Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open | Kansas | Jhonattan Vegas | 14 | |
Aug 15 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | Missouri | Hunter Haas | 14 | |
Aug 29 | Knoxville News Sentinel Open | Tennessee | Chris Kirk | 14 | |
Sep 5 | Mylan Classic | Pennsylvania | Kevin Kisner | 14 | New tournament |
Sep 12 | Utah Championship | Utah | Michael Putnam | 14 | |
Sep 19 | Albertsons Boise Open | Idaho | Hunter Haas | 14 | |
Sep 26 | WNB Golf Classic | Texas | Nate Smith | 14 | |
Oct 3 | Soboba Golf Classic | California | Steven Bowditch | 14 | |
Oct 10 | Chattanooga Classic | Tennessee | Scott Gardiner | 14 | |
Oct 17 | Miccosukee Championship | Florida | Jason Gore | 14 | |
Oct 24 | Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open | Florida | David Mathis | 14 | New tournament |
Oct 31 | Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island | South Carolina | Brendan Steele | 20 |
Leading money winners
The table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2010 Nationwide Tour season. For the list of the top 25 golfers, given PGA Tour memberships for the 2010 season, see 2010 Nationwide Tour graduates.Rank | Player | Country | Prize money |
1 | Jamie Lovemark | 452,951 | |
2 | Chris Kirk | 411,206 | |
3 | Hunter Haas | 408,047 | |
4 | Tommy Gainey | 403,957 | |
5 | Daniel Summerhays | 391,742 | |
6 | Brendan Steele | 346,258 | |
7 | Jhonattan Vegas | 336,334 | |
8 | Martin Piller | 331,927 | |
9 | Kevin Chappell | 326,507 | |
10 | Tag Ridings | 282,616 |
There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website .