Inside the field: Panama Digicel Championship
Feb. 4, 2009
A total of 132 players will participate in the opening tournament of the 2009 Nationwide Tour -- the Panama Digicel Championship. We've analyzed the field based on these categories:
| 2008 Tournament Winners |
| Gavin Coles |
1 |
Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries |
| Bryan DeCorso |
1 |
South Georgia Classic Pres'd by First State Bank and Trust Company |
| Scott Dunlap |
1 |
Panama Digicel Championship |
| Justin Hicks |
1 |
Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Presented by Samsung |
| Ryan Hietala |
1 |
Cox Classic Presented by Lexus of Omaha |
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| PGA TOUR Winners |
| Guy Boros |
1 |
1996 Greater Vancouver Open |
| Bob Burns |
1 |
2002 Children's Miracle Network Classic |
| Tom Byrum |
1 |
1989 Kemper Open |
| Michael Clark II |
1 |
2000 John Deere Classic |
| Keith Clearwater |
2 |
1987 Colonial National Invitation, Centel Classic |
| Carlos Franco |
4 |
1999 COMPAQ Classic of New Orleans, '99 Greater Milwaukee Open, 2000 COMPAQ Classic of New Orleans, 2004 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee |
| Mike Heinen |
1 |
1994 Shell Houston Open |
| Neal Lancaster |
1 |
1994 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic |
| Ian Leggatt |
1 |
2002 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open |
| Len Mattiace |
2 |
2002 Nissan Open, FedEx St. Jude Classic |
| Jim McGovern |
1 |
1993 Shell Houston Open |
| John Morse |
1 |
1995 United Airlines Hawaiian Open |
| Steve Pate |
6 |
1987 Southwest Golf Classic, 1988 MONY Tournament of Champions, '88 Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open, 1991 Honda Classic, 1992 Buick Invitational, 1998 CVS Charity Classic |
| David Peoples |
2 |
1991 Buick Southern Open, 1992 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic |
| Dicky Pride |
1 |
1994 FedEx St. Jude Classic |
| Tom Scherrer |
1 |
2000 Kemper Insurance Open |
| Ted Schulz |
2 |
1989 Southern Open, 1991 Nissan Los Angeles Open |
| Chris Smith |
1 |
2002 Buick Classic |
| Phil Tataurangi |
1 |
2002 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas |
| Grant Waite |
1 |
1993 Kemper Open |
| Garrett Willis |
1 |
2001 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open |
| Willie Wood |
1 |
1996 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic |
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| Past Winners of the Panama Digicel Championship |
| Vance Veazey (2005) |
| Tripp Isenhour (2006) |
| Miguel Angel Carballo (2007) |
| Scott Dunlap (2008) |
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| International players |
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Argentina |
Martin Monguzzi, Sebastian L. Saavedra, Miguel Angel Carballo, Clodomiro Carranza, Sebastian Fernandez, Fabian Gomez, Rafael Gomez, Rudolfo Gonzalez, Mauricio Molina, Paulo Pinto |
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Australia |
Andrew Buckle, Gavin Coles, Nick Flanagan, Scott Gardiner, Paul Gow, Won Joon Lee, Michael Sim |
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Canada |
Bryan DeCorso, Brad Fritsch, David Hearn, Ian Leggatt, Jon Mills, Dustin Risdon, Jim Rutledge, Brennan Webb, |
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Chile |
Benjamin Alvarado |
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Colombia |
Manuel Villegas, Jesus Amaya, Camilo Benedetti, Diego Vanegas |
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El Salvador |
Fernando Figueroa |
 |
England |
Gary Christian |
 |
Korea |
Seung-su Han, Jin Park |
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Mexico |
Esteban Toledo |
 |
New Zealand |
Phil Tataurangi, Grant Waite |
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Norway |
Henrik Bjornstad |
 |
Paraguay |
Carlos Franco |
 |
South Africa |
Brenden Pappas |
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Sweden |
Jonas Blixt |
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| Field updates |
| Here are the most recent changes to the Panama Digicel Championship field: |
| Carlos Franco |
Withdrew to play as first alternate in Buick Invitational |
| Ted Schulz |
Withdrew after deadline |
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