2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 28 players who earned their 2009 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2008.

Place Player PGA Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1 Harrison Frazar 300 177 Shot a 59 in the fourth round; 1 Nationwide Tour win
T2 James Nitties 0 0 1 Von Nida Tour win
T2 Derek Fathauer 2 1 Played on 2008 Palmer Cup team
T4 Chris Stroud 55 22 Played on 2004 Palmer Cup team
T4 John Huston 533 351 7 PGA Tour wins
6 Robert Garrigus 86 51
T7 David Berganio Jr. 136 64 3 Nationwide Tour wins
T7 Webb Simpson 7 3 Played on 2007 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams
T7 James Oh 0 0 1 Nationwide Tour win
T7 Glen Day 409 246 1 PGA Tour win
T11 Notah Begay III 184 93 4 PGA Tour wins
T11 Matt Borchert 0 0
T11 Gary Woodland 0 0
T11 Jason Dufner 79 38 2 Nationwide Tour wins
T11 Troy Kelly 1 0
T11 Jimmy Walker 60 26 3 Nationwide Tour wins
T11 Tyler Aldridge 0 0
T18 Wil Collins 3 1
T18 Leif Olson 1 0
T18 Brian Vranesh 0 0
T18 Chris Riley 254 163 1 PGA Tour win
T18 Ted Purdy 191 105 1 PGA Tour win
T18 Mathias Grönberg 158 76 4 European Tour wins
T18 Yang Yong-eun 43 25 1 European Tour win, 4 Japan Golf Tour wins
T18 Aaron Watkins 1 0
T18 Kent Jones 290 144 2 Nationwide Tour wins
T18 Bob Heintz 132 46 2 Nationwide Tour wins
T18 Jay Williamson 325 166
  • Players in yellow are 2009 PGA Tour rookies.

2009 Results

Player Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
Harrison Frazar 27 19 T7 112 738,615
James Nitties* 26 15 T4 96 931,532
Derek Fathauer* 24 8 T22 203 125,305
Chris Stroud 28 17 T6 113 735,019
John Huston 13 7 T19 199 135,476
Robert Garrigus 25 17 T9 127 657,204
David Berganio Jr. 15 7 T32 205 115,517
Webb Simpson* 30 16 T5 70 1,249,674
James Oh* 20 4 T39 220 57,271
Glen Day 26 14 T13 (twice) 151 445,720
Notah Begay III 14 4 T28 223 54,645
Matt Borchert* 18 4 65 234 34,324
Gary Woodland* 17 8 T28 204 121,031
Jason Dufner 26 19 T2 33 2,190,792
Troy Kelly* 16 3 T51 238 25,828
Jimmy Walker 24 14 T5 125 662,683
Tyler Aldridge* 17 3 T66 (twice) 239 24,370
Wil Collins* 18 5 T26 207 84,569
Leif Olson* 21 5 T3 154 412,966
Brian Vranesh* 20 6 T8 189 198,567
Chris Riley 22 16 T7 129 630,417
Ted Purdy 30 21 T5 100 838,707
Mathias Grönberg 13 6 6 162 354,163
Yang Yong-eun 23 19 Win (twice) 10 3,489,516
Aaron Watkins* 18 6 T7 178 263,969
Kent Jones 24 12 T9 171 301,879
Bob Heintz 20 11 T8 169 312,699
Jay Williamson 22 14 T13 184 240,574

*PGA Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 Mar 8 Yang Yong-eun Honda Classic −9 (68-65-70-68=271) 1 stroke John Rollins
2 Aug 16 Yang Yong-eun (2) PGA Championship −8 (73-70-67-70=280) 3 strokes Tiger Woods

Runner-up on the PGA Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 Sep 7 Jason Dufner Deutsche Bank Championship Steve Stricker −17 (63-72-65-67=267) −16 (66-69-68-65=268)

See also

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