2001 Buy.com Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Buy.com Tour in 2001. The top 15 players on the Buy.com Tour's money list in 2001 earned their PGA Tour card for 2002.

2001 Buy.com Tour 2002 PGA Tour
Player Money list
rank
Earnings ($) Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Chad Campbell*# 1 394,552 34 21 T3 81 825,474
United States Pat Bates# 2 352,261 29 17 T6 123 537,284
United States Heath Slocum*# 3 339,670 32 15 2 76 864,615
Australia Rod Pampling* 4 271,169 29 19 T4 89 776,903
South Africa Deane Pappas 5 245,265 34 11 2 129 494,404
United States John Rollins 6 242,841 34 27 Win 25 1,956,565
United States Tim Petrovic* 7 239,010 31 15 2 86 797,206
United States Jonathan Byrd* 8 222,244 32 15 Win 39 1,462,713
United States Jeff Gove 9 198,812 30 14 T10 162 271,652
South Africa Brenden Pappas* 10 188,152 25 6 T27 206 83,519
United States Bo Van Pelt 11 175,947 28 10 T25 191 139,357
United States Matt Peterson* 12 169,947 27 13 T10 164 266,543
Canada Richard Zokol 13 167,192 20 6 T38 215 53,437
United States Jason Hill* 14 166,899 24 6 T14 (twice) 188 150,860
New Zealand Michael Long* 15 161,665 27 9 T15 183 157,723

*PGA Tour rookie for 2002.
#Campbell, Bates and Slocum received battlefield promotions to the PGA Tour in 2001 by winning three tournaments on the Buy.com Tour in 2001, becoming only the second, third and fourth players to do so. On the 2001 PGA Tour, their respective results were:

  • Campbell - played three tournaments, with two missed cuts and a solo second at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
  • Bates - played no tournaments.
  • Slocum - played eight tournaments, making six cuts with a best finish of T-37 at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.

T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2003 (finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2003, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2003 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 2002

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 8   John Rollins Bell Canadian Open −16 (70-71-66-65=272) Playoff   Neal Lancaster,   Justin Leonard
2 Oct 27   Jonathan Byrd Buick Challenge −27 (67-66-65-63=261) 1 stroke   David Toms

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2002

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 Apr 21   Heath Slocum WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf   Justin Leonard −14 (67-64-66-73=270) −13 (67-68-66-70=271)
2 Jun 30   Tim Petrovic FedEx St. Jude Classic   Len Mattiace −18 (69-68-65-64=266) −17 (65-68-66-68=267)
3 Nov 4   Deane Pappas Southern Farm Bureau Classic   Luke Donald −15 (66-68-67=201) −14 (66-68-68=202)

See also

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References

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