Nationwide Tour Championship

Nationwide Tour Championship

Tournament information
Location	Charleston, South Carolina
Established	1993
Course(s)	Daniel Island Club (Ralston Creek course)
Par	72
Length	7,446 yards
Tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	S1,000,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Richard Johnson (2007)
To par	-21 Matt Every (2009)
Current champion
Ken Duke

The Nationwide Tour Championship is the year-end golf tournament of the Nationwide Tour. Since 2009, it has been played at the Daniel Island Club, Ralston Creek course in Charleston, South Carolina. The 2011 edition took place October 27–30.

The format of the tournament is stroke play at 18 holes for four days, a total of 72 holes. The field consists of the top 60 players on the money list, all attempting to be among the 25 to earn PGA Tour cards. Since the 2008 edition, the purse has been $1,000,000, with the winner receiving $180,000.

Tournament hosts

Years	Venue	Location
2009–2011	Daniel Island Club (Ralston Creek course)	Charleston, South Carolina
2008	TPC Craig Ranch	McKinney, Texas
2007	Barona Creek Golf Club	Lakeside, California
2006	Houstonian Golf & Country Club	Richmond, Texas
2001–2005	Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill (Senator course)	Prattville, Alabama
1999–2000	Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks	Dothan, Alabama
1998	Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove (Crossings course)	Mobile, Alabama
1997	Grand National Golf Club (Lake course)	Opelika, Alabama
1995-1996	Settindown Creek Golf Club	Roswell, Georgia
1993-1994	Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club	Cornelius, Oregon

Winners

Year	Player	Country	Score	To Par	1st Prize ($)	Purse ($)
Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island
2011	Ken Duke	United States	278	-10	180,000	1,000,000
2010	Brendan Steele	United States	275	-13	180,000	1,000,000
2009	Matt Every	United States	267	-21	180,000	1,000,000
Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch
2008	Matt Bettencourt	United States	267	-17	180,000	1,000,000
Nationwide Tour Championship at Barona Creek
2007	Richard Johnson	Wales	264	-20	139,500	775,000
Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian
2006	Craig Kanada	United States	275	-13	135,000	750,000
Nationwide Tour Championship
2005	David Branshaw	United States	276	-12	117,000	650,000
2004	Nick Watney	United States	273	-15	112,500	625,000
2003	Chris Couch	United States	270	-18	112,500	625,000
Buy.com Tour Championship
2002	Patrick Moore	United States	206*	-10	108,000	600,000
2001	Pat Bates	United States	284	-4	108,000	600,000
2000	Spike McRoy	United States	272	-16	99,000	550,000
Nike Tour Championship
1999	Bob Heintz	United States	283	-5	72,000	400,000
1998	Bob Burns	United States	283	-5	63,000	350,000
1997	Steve Flesch	United States	278	-10	54,000	300,000
1996	Stewart Cink	United States	281	-7	45,000	250,000
1995	Allen Doyle	United States	283	-5	45,000	250,000
1994	Mike Schuchart	United States	277	-11	40,500	225,000
1993	David Duval	United States	277	-7	36,000	200,000

* rain-shortened to 54 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Nationwide Tour Championship - Winners - at www.pgatour.com
2. ^ Natonwide Tour 2009 Guide. PGA Tour. 2008. pp. 3–38. http://issuu.com/kinlo/docs/2009_nwt-media-guide-sec3/38. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 

External links

• Coverage on Nationwide Tour's official site
• Daniel Island Club