The 2000 Buy.com Tour season ran from February 3 to October 29. The season consisted of 30 official money golf

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 tournaments, of which 29 were played in the United States

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  The top 15 players

2000 Buy.com Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Buy.com Tour in 2000. The top 15 players on the Buy.com Tour's money list in 2000 earned their PGA Tour card for 2001.*PGA Tour rookie for 2001.T = Tied...

 on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour

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 card for 2001

2001 PGA Tour

The 2001 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 47 official money events and two events were cancelled due to the terrorist attacks on September 11. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 10 first-time winners...

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Schedule

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

Week	Tournament	Location	Winner
Feb 3-6	Florida Classic Florida Classic (Nationwide Tour event) The Florida Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1999 to 2001. It was played at the Gainesville Country Club in Gainesville, Florida.The purse in 2001 was US$425,000, with $76,500 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Fran Quinn Fran Quinn Fran Quinn, Jr. is a professional golfer from the United States who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Quinn was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and attended Northwestern University where he graduated in 1987 with a degree in Economics...  (2)
Feb 10-13	Lakeland Classic Lakeland Classic The Lakeland Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1997 to 2000. It was played at the Grasslands Golf & Country Club in Lakeland, Florida.The purse in 2000 was US$400,000, with $72,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Donnie Hammond Donnie Hammond Donald William Hammond is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour....  (1)
Mar 2-5	Mississippi Gulf Coast Open Mississippi Gulf Coast Open The Mississippi Gulf Coast Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1999 to 2000. It was played at The Oaks Golf Club in Pass Christian, Mississippi.The purse in 2000 was US$400,000, with $72,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...	Tripp Isenhour Tripp Isenhour John Henry "Tripp" Isenhour III is an American professional golfer.Isenhour was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He played golf collegiately at Georgia Tech and turned professional in 1990....  (1)
Mar 16-19	Monterrey Open Monterrey Open (Nationwide Tour event) The Monterrey Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1993 to 2001. It was played at the Club Campestre in San Pedro Garza García, a suburb of Monterrey, Mexico.The purse in 2001 was US$450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	Briny Baird Briny Baird Michael Jancey "Briny" Baird is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Baird was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He played varsity golf in the 7th grade at Miami Country Day...  (1)
Mar 30 - Apr 2	Louisiana Open	Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...	Rob McKelvey Rob McKelvey Rob McKelvey is an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour.McKelvey joined the Nationwide Tour in 1996. In his rookie year on Tour he recorded three top-10 finishes with his best result coming at the NIKE Dominion Open where he finished in a tie for second...  (1)
Apr 13-16	Shreveport Open Shreveport Open The Shreveport Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1991 to 2002. It was played at the Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport, Louisiana...	Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...	Kent Jones Kent Jones (golfer) Kent Jones is an American professional golfer.Jones was born in Portales, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with Bachelor's and Masters degrees in business administration...  (1)
Apr 27-30	South Carolina Classic South Carolina Classic The South Carolina Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1991 to 2000. It was played at the Country Club of South Carolina in Florence, South Carolina.The purse in 2000 was US$400,000, with $72,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...	Jeff Gallagher Jeff Gallagher Jeffrey Gallagher is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour. He is the younger brother of five-time PGA Tour winner Jim Gallagher, Jr. and LPGA player Jackie Gallagher-Smith....  (2)
May 4-7	Knoxville Open Knoxville Open The News Sentinel Open Presented By Pilot is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually at the Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. It is one of four original Tour events still played. The Knoxville News Sentinel was named the title sponsor of the tournament on...	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	J. J. Henry (1)
May 11-14	Richmond Open	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	Steve Runge (1)
May 18-21	Virginia Beach Open Virginia Beach Open The Virginia Beach Open was a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played annually at The TPC of Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.The 2006 purse was $450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	Ryuji Imada Ryuji Imada is a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.Imada was born in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. He came to the United States when he was 14 to attend a Tampa golf academy for Asian players. His instructor was Richard Abele, who became his legal guardian. Under Abele's teaching, he won several of the top ...  (1)
Jun 1-4	Steamtown Classic	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...	Jeff Hart (1)
Jun 8-11	Dayton Open Dayton Open The Dayton Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1999 to 2003. It was played at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace, in the Dayton, Ohio suburb of Centerville.The purse in 2003 was $450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Ian Leggatt Ian Leggatt Ian Donald Leggatt is a Canadian professional golfer.Leggatt was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He has won one PGA Tour event and one Nationwide Tour event....  (1)
Jun 15-18	Greater Cleveland Open Greater Cleveland Open This article is about the former Nationwide Tour event, for information on the former PGA Tour event, see Cleveland Open.The Greater Cleveland Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It ran from 1990 to 2001...	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Deane Pappas Deane Pappas Deane Pappas is a South African professional golfer. He has won twice on both the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour and on the second-tier United States based BUY.COM Tour, now the Nationwide Tour....  (1)
Jun 22-25	Greensboro Open Greensboro Open The Greensboro Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1998 to 2000. It was played at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.The purse in 2000 was US$400,000, with $72,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	Kent Jones Kent Jones (golfer) Kent Jones is an American professional golfer.Jones was born in Portales, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with Bachelor's and Masters degrees in business administration...  (2)
Jun 29 - Jul 2	Carolina Classic	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	Mark Hensby Mark Hensby Mark Adam Hensby is an Australian professional golfer.Hensby was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Tamworth, New South Wales and attended Tamworth High School, leaving at the age of 16 to work as a postie while spending most of his time on the golf course...  (2)
Jul 6-9	Hershey Open The Reese's Cup Classic The Reese's Cup Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1997 to 2004. It was played at the Hershey Country Club, East Course, in Hershey, Pennsylvania...	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...	Paul Gow Paul Gow Paul Gow is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Gow was born in Sydney, Australia. He turned professional in 1993....  (2)
Jul 13-16	Upstate Classic	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...	Shane Bertsch Shane Bertsch Shane Thomas Bertsch is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bertsch was born in Denver, Colorado. He turned professional in 1994....  (1)
Jul 20-23	Wichita Open	Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...	Ben Crane Ben Crane Benjamin McCully Crane is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open...  (1)
Jul 27-30	Dakota Dunes Open Dakota Dunes Open The Dakota Dunes Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It ran from 1990 to 2001. It was played in Sioux City, Iowa from 1990 to 1992...	South Dakota South Dakota South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...	Spike McRoy Spike McRoy Robert Lynn "Spike" McRoy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.-Early years and education:...  (1)
August 3-6	Omaha Classic	Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....	David Berganio, Jr. David Berganio, Jr. David Berganio, Jr. is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Berganio was born in Los Angeles, California. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links twice while playing college golf at the University of Arizona with Jim Furyk...  (3)
Aug 10-13	Ozarks Open	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...	Pat Perez Pat Perez Patrick P. Perez is an American professional golfer.Perez was born in Phoenix, Arizona and is of Mexican American descent. He experienced his first PGA Tour victory in 2009 at the Bob Hope Classic...  (1)
Aug 17-20	Fort Smith Classic	Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...	Tim Clark (1)
Aug 24-27	Permian Basin Open	Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...	Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson (golfer) Kevin Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-College career:Johnson was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Clemson University and was Clemson's first three-time All-American in golf...  (3)
Aug 31 - Sep 3	Utah Classic	Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	Andy Morse Andy Morse Andy Morse is an American professional golfer.Morse was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He turned professional in 1984. Morse played on the Southern Africa Tour in 1988 and 1989 and the Nationwide Tour from 1990 to 1993 and 2000 to 2005. He also played on the NGA Hooters Tour where he won seven...  (1)
Sep 7-10	Tri-Cities Open Tri-Cities Open The Tri-Cities Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It ran annually from 1991 to 2001. It was played at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland, Washington.In 2001 the winner earned $76,500.-Winners:BUY.COM Tri-Cities Open...	Washington	Darron Stiles Darron Stiles Darron Gary Stiles is an American professional golfer.Stiles was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was a three-time All-America at Florida Southern College and was a member of the 1995 NCAA Division II National Championship team....  (2)
Sep 14-17	Boise Open	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....	Tim Clark (2)
Sep 21-24	Oregon Classic Oregon Classic The Oregon Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1998 to 2008. It was played at the Shadow Hills Country Club in Junction City, Oregon, USA.The 2008 purse was $500,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...	Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...	Keoke Cotner Keoke Cotner Keoke Cotner is an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour.Cotner joined the Nationwide Tour in 2000. In his rookie year on Tour he recorded three top-10 finishes and won the BUY.COM Oregon Classic. The following year he also recorded three top-10 finishes while finishing in...  (1)
Sep 28 - Oct 1	Monterey Peninsula Classic Monterey Peninsula Classic The Monterey Peninsula Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 2000 to 2003. It was played in Seaside, California at the Bayonet and Black Horse courses, formerly part of Fort Ord....	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Richard Johnson Richard Johnson (golfer) Richard Johnson is a Welsh professional golfer.Johnson led the Nationwide Tour money list in 2007 to get his PGA Tour card for the 2008 season, but was unable to retain his card...  (2)
Oct 5-8	New Mexico Classic New Mexico Classic The New Mexico Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1999 to 2000. It was played at the Santa Ana Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico near Albuquerque.The purse in 2000 was US$425,000, with $76,500 going to the winner.-Winners:...	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	Jason Gore Jason Gore Jason William Gore is an American professional golfer.Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He first attended the University of Arizona before transferring to Pepperdine University. While at Pepperdine, he was part of their NCAA Division I Championship team in 1997. He also played on the...  (1)
Oct 12-15	Inland Empire Open	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Scott Petersen (1)
Oct 23-29	Buy.com Tour Championship	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	Spike McRoy Spike McRoy Robert Lynn "Spike" McRoy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.-Early years and education:...  (2)

Leading money winners

Rank	Player	Country	Prize money (US$)
1	Spike McRoy Spike McRoy Robert Lynn "Spike" McRoy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.-Early years and education:...		300,638
2	Mark Hensby Mark Hensby Mark Adam Hensby is an Australian professional golfer.Hensby was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Tamworth, New South Wales and attended Tamworth High School, leaving at the age of 16 to work as a postie while spending most of his time on the golf course...		291,757
3	Tim Clark		288,056
4	Briny Baird Briny Baird Michael Jancey "Briny" Baird is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Baird was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He played varsity golf in the 7th grade at Miami Country Day...		271,897
5	Ian Leggatt Ian Leggatt Ian Donald Leggatt is a Canadian professional golfer.Leggatt was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He has won one PGA Tour event and one Nationwide Tour event....		259,724
6	Chris Smith Chris Smith (golfer) Christopher McClain Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991, and an All-America selection as a...		236,541
7	Kent Jones Kent Jones (golfer) Kent Jones is an American professional golfer.Jones was born in Portales, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with Bachelor's and Masters degrees in business administration...		220,081
8	Tripp Isenhour Tripp Isenhour John Henry "Tripp" Isenhour III is an American professional golfer.Isenhour was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He played golf collegiately at Georgia Tech and turned professional in 1990....		219,630
9	Paul Gow Paul Gow Paul Gow is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Gow was born in Sydney, Australia. He turned professional in 1993....		209,449
10	John Riegger John Riegger John Riegger is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Riegger was born in Metropolis, Illinois. He graduated from Lamar University in 1985 and turned professional that year....		200,904

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