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 Tour2006 PGA Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings ($)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Troy Matteson*1495,0093218Win361,778,597
United States Jason Gore#2356,5792914T7118717,005
United States Chris Couch3337,2052710Win661,356,731
Australia Steven Bowditch*4333,3292227625611,160
Canada Jon Mills*5325,806276T4222765,494
United States Jerry Smith6267,75729175137568,213
United States David Branshaw7266,7242920T4119706,346
United States Shane Bertsch8263,3733419T7123697,059
Australia Mathew Goggin9260,0902610T2861,076,142
United States Kris Cox10257,3522812T3148517,836
Australia David McKenzie*11253,17428127160425,228
United States Roger Tambellini12248,975257T21212116,685
Colombia Camilo Villegas*13233,2182918T2 (twice)381,742,112
Australia Greg Chalmers14233,063288T32 (twice)203151,265
United States Jason Schultz*15230,4072810T24204147,424
United States Eric Axley*16227,9972916Win731,274,580
United States Vance Veazey17227,6352010T23191207,077
Australia Nathan Green*18217,2723024T2411,700,803
United States Charley Hoffman*19212,3222921T5821,115,193
United States Jeff Gove20210,6742916T6107793,477
United States Bubba Watson*21202,4372715T3901,019,264

*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.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunners-up
1 Apr 30 United States Chris Couch Zurich Classic of New Orleans −19 (70-70-68-65=269) 1 stroke United States Fred Funk, United States Charles Howell III
2 Sep 24 United States Eric Axley Valero Texas Open −15 (68-63-63-71=265) 3 strokes United States Anthony Kim, England Justin Rose,
United States Dean Wilson
3 Oct 15 United States Troy Matteson Frys.com Open −22 (67-65-64-69=265) 1 stroke Sweden Daniel Chopra, United States Ben Crane

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2006

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

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References

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