2009 Nationwide Tour graduates
# 2009 Nationwide Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2009. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2009 earned their PGA Tour card for 2010.

| | 2009 Nationwide Tour | 2009 Nationwide Tour | 2010 PGA Tour | 2010 PGA Tour | 2010 PGA Tour | 2010 PGA Tour | 2010 PGA Tour |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Player | Money list rank | Earnings ($) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings |
| Michael Sim# | 1 | 644,142 | 20 | 13 | T2 | 65 | $1,338,926 |
| Chad Collins | 2 | 415,114 | 26 | 18 | T4 | 119 | $815,961 |
| Blake Adams* | 3 | 399,749 | 26 | 15 | T2 | 98 | $963,593 |
| Derek Lamely* | 4 | 374,998 | 28 | 13 | Win | 95 | $972,961 |
| Tom Gillis | 5 | 364,529 | 27 | 21 | T5 | 76 | $1,166,146 |
| Chris Tidland | 6 | 354,510 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 148 | $588,291 |
| Josh Teater* | 7 | 326,438 | 31 | 19 | T3 | 89 | $1,005,323 |
| Cameron Percy* | 8 | 320,715 | 25 | 11 | T2 | 145 | $620,262 |
| Roger Tambellini | 9 | 307,482 | 26 | 12 | T4 | 171 | $370,736 |
| Matt Every* | 10 | 300,936 | 18 | 12 | T8 | 160 | $456,847 |
| Justin Bolli | 11 | 284,537 | 23 | 4 | T23 | 215 | $73,990 |
| Garrett Willis | 12 | 269,856 | 24 | 18 | T4 | 112 | $871,763 |
| Kevin Johnson | 13 | 266,915 | 26 | 5 | T38 | 216 | $69,806 |
| Garth Mulroy* | 14 | 263,126 | 19 | 6 | T6 | 181 | $287,118 |
| Jerod Turner* | 15 | 237,993 | 21 | 8 | T48 | 209 | $91,343 |
| Alex Prugh* | 16 | 233,325 | 28 | 16 | T2 | 70 | $1,272,606 |
| Jeff Gove | 17 | 221,231 | 22 | 5 | T32 | 208 | $92,155 |
| Henrik Bjørnstad | 18 | 218,652 | 26 | 9 | T17 | 186 | $215,913 |
| Chris Baryla* | 19 | 217,680 | 7 | 2 | T62 | 231 | $24,254 |
| Steve Wheatcroft | 20 | 213,165 | 27 | 10 | T3 | 166 | $408,595 |
| Rich Barcelo | 21 | 199,975 | 25 | 10 | T25 | 189 | $188,892 |
| Craig Bowden | 22 | 198,208 | 20 | 8 | T16 | 196 | $140,935 |
| Vance Veazey | 23 | 193,243 | 23 | 6 | T22 | 205 | $111,370 |
| Mathias Grönberg | 24 | 191,743 | 22 | 8 | T3 | 174 | $322,130 |
| Fran Quinn | 25 | 191,467 | 7 | 2 | T23 | 226 | $45,096 |

*PGA Tour rookie in 2010 #Michael Sim received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2009 by winning three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2009. On the PGA Tour in 2009, he played in 3 tournaments and made 3 cuts, including one top 25. T=tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2011 (won finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).

## Winners on the PGA Tour in 2010

| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mar 15 | Derek Lamely | Puerto Rico Open | −19 (69-71-63-66=269) | 2 strokes | Kris Blanks |

## Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2010

| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jan 31 | Michael Sim | Farmers Insurance Open | Ben Crane | −13 (65-71-69-70=275) | −12 (73-62-70-71=276) |
| 2 | May 23 | Blake Adams | HP Byron Nelson Championship | Jason Day | −10 (66-65-67-72=270) | −8 (66-64-70-72=272) |
| 3 | Oct 17 | Alex Prugh | Frys.com Open | Rocco Mediate | −15 (64-65-67-73=269) | −14 (69-66-66-69=270) |
| 4 | Oct 24 | Cameron Percy Lost in three-man playoff | Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open | Jonathan Byrd | −21 (66-63-66-68=263) | −21 (66-68-62-67=263) |
