2008 Nationwide Tour Eligibility Requirements

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1. Tournament Winners
Winners of Nationwide Tour cosponsored events in the last calendar year or during the current year.
Miguel Carballo
Skip Kendall
John Kimbell
Franklin Langham
Chris Riley
Daniel Summerhays

2. Past Champions of Current Week's Event

3. Top Finishers from Previous Year
If not otherwise exempt, players finishing 26rd to 60th on the final official Nationwide Tour money list from the previous year.
David McKenzie
B.J. Staten
Jeremy Anderson
Scott Gardiner
Jeff Klauk
Garth Mulroy
Vance Veazey
Chris Nallen
D.A. Points
David Hearn
Aron Price
Esteban Toledo
Greg Chalmers
Tjaart van der Walt
David Mathis
Peter Tomasulo
Bob Burns
Kelly Grunewald
Brock MacKenzie
Gary Christian
Rick Price
Garrett Willis
Tee McCabe
Fabian Gomez
Hunter Haas
Arjun Atwal

4. Number of Finishers Nearest 50 from PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament
The next number of finishers, nearest 50, in order of finish from the immediately previous PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

Bob May
Bubba Dickerson
Kris Blanks
Kris Cox
Bill Lunde
Matt Every
Harrison Frazar
D.H. Lee
Jonathan Fricke
Steve Allan
Spencer Levin
Bob Heintz
Brendon de Jonge
Oskar Bergman
Garrett Osborn
Kevin Johnson
Sebastian Fernandez
Tom Carter
Grant Waite
Darron Stiles
Jarrod Lyle
Matt Hansen
Andrew Bonhomme
J.J. Killeen
Darren Angel
Scott Gordon
Chris Anderson
Jeff Gove
Bret Guetz
Scott Parel
Chris Tidland
Greg Owen
Geoffrey Sisk
Jim Herman
Tyler Aldridge
Henrik Bjornstad
Josh Broadaway
Bryan DeCorso

5. Former Fully-Exempt PGA TOUR Members

Jeff Brehaut
Mark Brooks
Robert Damron
Brent Geiberger

6. PGA TOUR Members 48-49 Years Old

7. PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament

8. Open Qualifying
Fourteen (14) low scores from Open Qualifying.

9. Host PGA Selections
Three (3) members of the PGA Section in which the event is held, selected on a competitive basis by such host PGA Section.

10. Sponsor Exemptions
On invitation of the tournament sponsor, a maximum of four (4) players, including amateurs with USGA handicaps of zero (0) or less.

11. Top 25 from Previous Event
If not otherwise exempt, the top-25 finishing professionals and those tied for 25th place in the immediately preceding Nationwide Tour event (on a space-available basis).

12. Special Members / Medical
NA

13. PGA TOUR Member Not Exempt for Current TOUR Event
If needed to fill the field, PGA TOUR members who are not eligible for the PGA TOUR event occurring simultaneously with the Nationwide Tour event.

14. PGA TOUR Extended Money List (151-200)
Tripp Isenhour
Anders Hansen
Bob Tway
Michael Putnam
Dicky Pride
Lee Janzen
Glen Day
Rich Barcelo
Craig Bowden
David Branshaw
Greg Kraft
Kyle Reifers
D.J. Brigman
Paul Gow
Bryce Molder
Craig Lile
Scott Gutschewski
John Daly
Neal Lancaster
Tom Byrum
Tom Johnson
Dan Forsman
Jay Delsing

15. PGA TOUR Past Champions, Team Winners, Veteran Members (beyond No. 150 on the money list)

16. Nationwide Tour Past Champions (years 2-4)
Roger Tambellini
Joe Daley
Peter O'Malley
Ben Bates
Jason Enloe
Jim Rutledge
Paul Sheehan
Andrew Johnson
Kim Felton
Jason Schultz
Ryan Hietala
Steven Bowditch
Scott Dunlap
Brad Ott
Bradley Hughes
Brendan Jones
Euan Walters

17. Additional Finishers from PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament and Extended Money List (61-100)
Alex Prugh
Todd Fischer
Brad Weesner
Patrick Damon
David Morland IV
Casey Wittenberg
Jon Turcott
Colt Knost
Matt Bettencourt
Josh McCumber
Dave Schultz
Brad Fritsch
Lee Curry
Keoke Cotner
Nick Malinowski
Ricky Barnes
Anders Hultman
Jason Caron
Gibby Gilbert, III
Chris Baryla
Ben Willman
Rob Bradley
Tommy Tolles
Brenden Steele
Tyler Williamson
Jon Rusk
Chris Parra
Michael Boyd
Justin Hicks
Chris Kirk
Brad Iles
Brian Smock
Pat Bates
Mark Walker
Lee M. Williamson
Christo Greyling
Matt Weibring
Keith Nolan
Adam Fox
Danny Ellis
Brent Delahoussaye
Bryn Parry
Scott Harrington
Kevin Gessino-Kraft
Zoran Zorkic
Deane Pappas
Chris Kamin
Chris Thompson
Scott Piercy
Marc Leishman
Andres Gonzales
Camilo Benedetti
Chad Ginn
Randy Leen
Jaco van Zyl
Mike Sposa
Lee Williams
Wade Ormsby
Kyle McCarthy
Matt Call
Brian Stuard
Reid Edstrom
Tim O'Neal
David Roesch
Won Joon Lee
Brendon Todd
Mike Wendling
Brad Lamb
Madalitso Muthiya
Jeremy Pope
Pete Jordan
Steve Hart
Kieran Staunton
Kelly Sellers
Cameron Percy

18. Non-exempt Special Members/Medical

Doug Barron
Warren Schutte

19. PGA TOUR Past Champions

20. PGA TOUR Temporary Members

21. PGA TOUR Team Championship Winners

22. PGA TOUR Veteran Members

23. Special Temporary Members

24. Nationwide Tour Past Champions (years 5-10)

Glen Hnatiuk
Ryan Howison
Jeff Gallagher
Fran Quinn
James Oh
Jason Buha
Todd Barranger
Jason Hill
Scott Petersen
Andy Morse
Jeff Hart

25. Veteran Members (PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour Career Cuts)

Sonny Skinner
John Elliott
Sean Murphy
P.H. Horgan III
Emlyn Aubrey

26. Additional Open Qualifiers

PERFORMANCE BENEFITS

• Leading Money Winner -- is fully-exempt for the next year on the PGA TOUR and is exempt for THE PLAYERS Championship.

• Three-Win Promotion -- if a player wins three Nationwide Tour events in the same calendar year, he receives an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR. For the year in which he earned the promotion, the player has status via the 25th category on the PGA TOUR "All-Exempt Priority Rankings" (see Section 2 of the PGA TOUR Media Guide). The player has fully-exempt status the next year on the PGA TOUR via Category 22 (same as Leading Money Winner from Nationwide Tour).

• Nos. 2-25 on Final Money List -- are exempt on the PGA TOUR the following year.

• Nos. 26-60 on Final Money List -- are fully exempt the following year on the Nationwide Tour in the event they do not secure their PGA TOUR card via the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

• Nos. 61-100 on Final Money List -- are conditionally exempt for the following year on the Nationwide Tour in the event they do not secure their PGA TOUR card via the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

Note: Players who finish 26-40 on the final Nationwide Tour money list are exempt into the Finals of the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament; players who finish 41-70 are exempt into the Second Stage of the Qualifying Tournament.