A closer look at the Nationwide Tour  PGATOUR.com Contributor The break in the Nationwide Tour action continues for another week before play resumes with its annual two-week trek Down Under in Australia and New Zealand. Let's take a look at the Nationwide Tour by the numbers: 0 -- Title defenses in the Tour's 17-year history. 1 -- Times three victories in a row has been accomplished -- by Jason Gore in 2005.  Jason Gore is the only player in Nationwide Tour history to win three consecutive starts. (Martin/WireImage) 2 -- Former members who won the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA TOUR's leading money winners -- Tom Lehman (1996) and David Duval (1998). 3 -- 59s posted by Notah Begay in 1998, Doug Dunakey in 1998 and Gore in 2005. 4 -- Most victories in a calendar year, by Sean Murphy in 1993. 5 -- Countries where tournaments were held -- United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Panama. 6 -- Most career victories, a record shared by Matt Gogel, Murphy and Gore. 7 -- Players who earned performance promotions to the PGA TOUR with three victories in one season -- Chris Smith (1997), Heath Slocum (2001), Chad Campbell (2001), Pat Bates (2001), Patrick Moore (2002), Tom Carter (2003) and Gore. 8 -- Nationwide Tour graduates who became PGA TOUR rookies of the year -- John Daly (1991), Ernie Els (1994), Woody Austin (1995), Stewart Cink (1997), Steve Flesch (1998), Michael Clark II (2000), Jonathan Byrd (2002) and Sean O'Hair (2005). 9 -- Most consecutive birdies -- by Omar Uresti on Nos. 4-12 in the third round of the 1994 Shreveport Open. 10 -- Major championships won by former players and players who won more than $300,000 in 2006, a tour record. 11 -- Largest margin of victory -- By Chris Smith in the 1997 Omaha Classic. 15 -- Tournaments to be televised by the Golf Channel in 2007. 15 -- Most top 10s in a single season -- by Jerry Kelly in 1995. 16 -- Australian members of the Tour in '07, more than any other country other than the United States. 17 -- Countries outside the United States with tournament winners. 18 -- First-round leaders who missed the 36-hole cut. 19 -- Monday qualifiers who went on to win the event. 21 -- Countries represented on tour in 2007. 24 -- Consecutive cuts missed by Ted Potter Jr., in his rookie season in 2004. Potter broke the streak with a tie for 12th in the first event of 2007, the Movistar Panama Classic. 25 -- PGA TOUR cards that will be earned in 2007, up from 20 in 2006 28 -- Members of the Ryder Cup teams, plus one captain (Lehman in 2005). 30 -- Record for strokes under par by Daniel Chopra in the 2004 Henrico Classic. 31 -- Consecutive cuts made by Chris Perry, a streak that began in 1993 and ended in 1996. 32 -- Members of the Presidents Cup teams. 37 -- States where tournaments were staged. 42 -- Double eagles. 46 -- Record number of Nationwide Tour players from 2006 who earned PGA TOUR playing privileges in '07 (22 graduates and 24 via the qualifying tournament). 54 -- International members of the tour this season. 55 -- Fairways hit (out of 56) by Tom Scherrer in the 2005 National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic, a record. 60 -- Champions Tour victories by former players. 62 -- Players who earned at least $100,000 in '06, a record. 67 -- International champions. 68 -- Greens hit in regulation (out of 72) by Boo Weekley in the 2006 Chattanooga Classic, the Tour record. 89 -- Different tournaments conducted. 95 -- Putts by Grant Waite in the 2003 Miccosukee Classic, fewest in history. 106 -- Most consecutive bogey-free holes -- by Heath Slocum in 2001. The streak started on the ninth hole of the first round of the Greater Cleveland Open, stretched through the Dayton Open's 72 holes and ended on the seventh hole in the second round of the Knoxville Open. 117 -- Tournaments decided in a playoff in the 606 starts. 137 -- Lowest 36-hole cut. 154 -- Highest 36-hole cut, 11-over in the 1991 South Texas Open. 199 -- PGA TOUR victories by former players. 258 -- Strokes used by Chris Smith (Omaha Classic in 1997) and Chopra (Henrico Classic in 2004), the lowest total in Nationwide history. 287 -- Highest winning total (one under), by Doug Martin in the 1993 South Texas Open. 288.3 -- Yards of average drive in 2006. 298 -- Number of different tournament winners. 311 -- Holes in one. 315 -- Distance, in yards, of the only hole-in-one on a par-4 hole by Chip Beck. 321 -- Players who cashed at least one check in 2006. 370 -- Most career starts, by Steve Haskins. 422 -- Longest drive, by Bubba Watson in the 2004 Gila River Classic 544 -- Players sent to PGA TOUR. $317,802 -- Prize money won by Jeff Quinney last season, a record for a player who did not win a championship. $495,009 -- Prize money record set by Troy Matteson in 2005. $775,000 -- Purse of the 2007 Nationwide Tour Championship, the largest ever offered. $2,718,766 -- 2004 PGA TOUR earnings by Mark Hensby, most in a following season by a Nationwide Tour graduate. $156,594,950 -- Total prize money distributed to date. |
