2009 Nationwide Tour Schedule Released

The 2009 Nationwide Tour schedule came out today and there weren't a whole lot of surprises.  Some things to note, though:

• There are 3 $1 million purse events next season - the new one being the Soboba Classic in the last week of September
• There are three new domestic tournaments on the schedule -- the Stonebrae Classic in the San Francisco area April 2-5, the Christmas In October Classic outside Kansas City August 20-23 and the $1 million Soboba Classic in San Jacinto, Calif., October 1-4.
• No tournament has a purse of less than $525,000 - a new record for minimum purse. 
• The total purse is a little over $19 million.