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