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For the fourth time since 1992, the PGA Tour's developmental circuit has a new sponsor: Effective immediately, the Nationwide tour is the Web.com tour. Next year the Web.com will supersede Q school as the main path to the PGA Tour. Here's a brief history.

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SPONSOR	HOGAN	NIKE	BUY.COM	NATIONWIDE	WEB.COM
YEARS	1990--92	1993--99	2000--02	2003--12	2012--
PGA TOUR CARDS AWARDED	5	1993: 10; '97: 15	15	2003: 20; '07: 25	Up to 50
FAMOUS ALUMNI	Tom Lehman Ernie Els	David Toms Jim Furyk	Chad Campbell Heath Slocum	Lucas Glover Zach Johnson	?
HIGHLIGHTS	First John Daly sighting. Never returns after winning '91 PGA	David Duval escapes to PGA Tour, where he's 11th on '95 money list	Tim Clark claims tour's first $100,000 payday at 2000 Boise Open	Jason Gore wins three straight in '05, shooting 59 in last	Check clears
NOTEWORTHY	Hogan's advice to first class of players: "Watch out for buses"	After 83 consecutive starts, Carl Paulson finally wins	Buy.com has financial problems, seeks out of contract, sues PGA Tour	Jerry Rice, 23 over after 27 holes, WDs from event he hosts	Ben Bates, tour leader with 410 starts, moves to senior tour

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BETTMANN/CORBIS (HOGAN)

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MATTHEW HARRIS (LEHMAN)

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PGA TOUR (DUVAL)

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DARREN CARROLL (CAMPBELL)

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CHRIS CONDON/PGA TOUR (JOHNSON)

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JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (RICE)