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2005 Nationwide Tour graduates

Golfers graduating to PGA Tour

NOTOC 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 ($)	Starts	Cuts
made	Best
finish	Money list
rank	Earnings ($)
USA Troy Matteson*	1	495,009	32	18	36	1,778,597
USA Jason Gore#	2	356,579	29	14	118	717,005
USA Chris Couch	3	337,205	27	10	66	1,356,731
AUS Steven Bowditch*	4	333,329	22	2	256	11,160
CAN Jon Mills*	5	325,806	27	6	227	65,494
USA Jerry Smith	6	267,757	29	17	137	568,213
USA David Branshaw	7	266,724	29	20	119	706,346
USA Shane Bertsch	8	263,373	34	19	123	697,059
AUS Mathew Goggin	9	260,090	26	10	86	1,076,142
USA Kris Cox	10	257,352	28	12	148	517,836
AUS David McKenzie*	11	253,174	28	12	160	425,228
USA Roger Tambellini	12	248,975	25	7	212	116,685
COL Camilo Villegas*	13	233,218	29	18	38	1,742,112
AUS Greg Chalmers	14	233,063	28	8	203	151,265
USA Jason Schultz*	15	230,407	28	10	204	147,424
USA Eric Axley*	16	227,997	29	16	73	1,274,580
USA Vance Veazey	17	227,635	20	10	191	207,077
AUS Nathan Green*	18	217,272	30	24	41	1,700,803
USA Charley Hoffman*	19	212,322	29	21	82	1,115,193
USA Jeff Gove	20	210,674	29	16	107	793,477
USA Bubba Watson*	21	202,437	27	15	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	USA Chris Couch	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	−19 (70-70-68-65=269)	1 stroke	USA Fred Funk, USA Charles Howell III
2	Sep 24	USA Eric Axley	Valero Texas Open	−15 (68-63-63-71=265)	3 strokes	USA Anthony Kim, ENG Justin Rose,
USA Dean Wilson
3	Oct 15	USA Troy Matteson	Frys.com Open	−22 (67-65-64-69=265)	1 stroke	SWE Daniel Chopra, USA Ben Crane

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2006

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	Jan 29	AUS Nathan Green
lost in three-man playoff	Buick Invitational	USA Tiger Woods	−10 (71-68-67-72=278)	−10 (67-70-69-72=278)
2	Feb 5	COL Camilo Villegas	FBR Open	USA J. B. Holmes	−21 (68-64-65-66=263)	−14 (68-67-66-69=270)
3	Mar 5	COL Camilo Villegas (2)	Ford Championship at Doral	USA Tiger Woods	−20 (64-67-68-69=268)	−19 (65-66-71-67=269)
4	Jul 9	AUS Mathew Goggin	Cialis Western Open	ZAF Trevor Immelman	−13 (69-66-69-67=271)	−11 (69-69-66-69=273)
5	Oct 22	USA Troy Matteson	FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort	USA Joe Durant	−25 (69-65-64-65=263)	−21 (67-65-65-70=267)

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