2011 Nationwide Tour
The 2011 Nationwide Tour was the 22nd Nationwide Tour season. It ran from February 24 to October 30. The season consisted of 26 official money golf tournaments; three 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 2012.
Schedule
The table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2011 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 |
Feb 27 | Panama Claro Championship | Panama | Mathew Goggin | 14 | |
Mar 6 | Pacific Rubiales Bogotá Open | Colombia | Brenden Pappas | 10 | Official money, unofficial win - tournament shortened to 36 holes by weather |
Mar 27 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Louisiana | Brett Wetterich | 14 | |
Apr 17 | Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae | California | Daniel Chopra | 14 | Shortened to 54 holes |
May 1 | South Georgia Classic | Georgia | Ted Potter Jr. | 14 | Won as a Monday qualifier |
May 8 | Stadion Classic at UGA | Georgia | Russell Henley | 14 | Won as an amateur |
May 22 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | South Carolina | Garth Mulroy | 14 | |
Jun 5 | Melwood Prince George's County Open | Maryland | Steve Wheatcroft | 14 | |
Jun 12 | The Rex Hospital Open | North Carolina | Kyle Thompson | 14 | |
Jun 19 | Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open | Kansas | Mathew Goggin | 14 | |
Jun 26 | Mexico Open | Mexico | Erik Compton | 14 | |
Jul 17 | Chiquita Classic | Ohio | Russell Knox | 14 | |
Jul 24 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational | Ohio | Harris English | 14 | Won as an amateur |
Jul 31 | Utah Championship | Utah | J. J. Killeen | 14 | |
Aug 7 | Cox Classic | Nebraska | J. J. Killeen | 14 | |
Aug 14 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | Missouri | Steve Friesen | 14 | Won as a Monday qualifier |
Aug 21 | Midwest Classic | Kansas | James Nitties | 14 | |
Aug 28 | News Sentinel Open | Tennessee | Kirk Triplett | 14 | Oldest winner in Tour history |
Sep 4 | Mylan Classic | Pennsylvania | Gary Christian | 14 | |
Sep 18 | Albertsons Boise Open | Idaho | Jason Kokrak | 14 | Last player to gain entry into the field |
Sep 25 | Soboba Golf Classic | California | Ted Potter Jr. | 14 | |
Oct 2 | WNB Golf Classic | Texas | Danny Lee | 14 | |
Oct 9 | Children's Hospital Classic | Tennessee | Miguel Carballo | 14 | |
Oct 16 | Miccosukee Championship | Florida | Jason Kokrak | 14 | |
Oct 23 | Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open | Florida | Gavin Coles | 14 | |
Oct 30 | Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island | South Carolina | Ken Duke | 20 |
Money leaders
The table shows the final top 10 money winners for the 2011 Nationwide Tour season. For the list of the top 25 golfers, given PGA Tour memberships for the 2012 season, see 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates.Rank | Player | Country | Prize money |
1 | J. J. Killeen | 414,273 | |
2 | Ted Potter Jr. | 402,470 | |
3 | Mathew Goggin | 378,492 | |
4 | Jason Kokrak | 338,092 | |
5 | Jonas Blixt | 327,020 | |
6 | Danny Lee | 326,100 | |
7 | Ken Duke | 313,241 | |
8 | Scott Brown | 282,502 | |
9 | Gary Christian | 260,054 | |
10 | Miguel Carballo | 258,833 |
There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website .