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Updated October 24, Featured Video. Your Privacy Rights. That first event in was won by Mike Springer , who went on to win two more times that year and finish fourth on the money list. Since then, he has added four more victories, including another major championship, the British Open. Tom Lehman first established himself as a top-flight player on the Tour.

But was the breakthrough season in his comeback. He won three times that year and was the circuit's leading money-winner. His successful campaign made him the Tour's third Player of the Year. On Aug. Sean Murphy was the star of the Tour. He added a sixth title in Daly had already collected his second career win in the B.

Open, and others were beginning to earn their own hardware. The Tour Championship also was established in as a climax to the season. Rookie David Duval won the first Tour Championship, which featured only the top 50 money-winners during the year. On the Tour, Chris Perry showed that consistency has its own rewards. Although six players collected multiple victories that year, Perry's lone title in the Utah Classic and his consistent strong play over the course of the season earned him Player of the Year honors.

He made every cut that season. The Tour season saw a number of firsts. During the second round of the Shreveport Open, Omar Uresti set a record with nine consecutive birdies. Besides winning twice, Kelly posted 15 top finishes. Stewart Cink was the top story of the Tour season. He won three times, including the season-ending Tour Championship, and collected 14 top finishes in only 21 events.

The season also marked the first year of the three-win promotion, which grants immediate access to the PGA TOUR for any player who wins three Nationwide Tour events in a season. Chris Smith was the first player to earn this promotion. On the Nationwide Tour, Smith had a record-breaking season.

Michael Putnam. Craig Barlow. Jeff Gove. Kyle Reifers. Bob May. Todd Demsey. Blake Adams. Josh Teater. Brian Stuard. Jhonattan Vegas. Won Lee. Michael Arnaud. David Peoples. Seung-su Han. Adam Short. Garrett Osborn. Chris Anderson. Scott Brown. Jim Rutledge. Jay Delsing. Sal Spallone. Esteban Toledo. Chris Kirk. Chris Tidland. Andrew Svoboda.

Jon Mills. Dustin Bray. Phil Tataurangi. Martin Piller. David Branshaw. Alistair Presnell. Henrik Bjornstad.

Grant Waite. David McKenzie. Andrew Buckle. Brian Smock. Scott Gardiner. Brent Delahoussaye. Jason Enloe. Stuart Deane. Marco Dawson. Rob Grube. Oskar Bergman. Jim Herman. Tjaart van der Walt. Jin Park. Vance Veazey. John Kimbell. Brendan Steele. Geoffrey Sisk.