Time to rank the Sweet 16 Nationwide Tour graduates

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Sweet 16

Inside the PGA TOUR ranks the 16 best Nationwide Tour grads: Watch: Nos. 1-8  | Nos. 9-16

Nationwide Tour graduates have accounted for 300 wins on the PGA TOUR, with the 300th coming Sunday thanks to Martin Laird's win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.

With the Nationwide Tour reaching that milestone the same week that the Sweet 16 competed in college basketball's March Madness, our friends at Inside the PGA TOUR started to wonder: Which players would make up the Sweet 16 of the Nationwide Tour?

The list was hard to pare down, but they finally came up with 16 names of Nationwide Tour graduates who would be worthy of a spot in the Sweet 16 (see related video links above).

Now it's your turn. CLICK HERE to rank the top Nationwide Tour graduates.

The candidates

Here's the list of Sweet 16 names in alphabetical order

Here's the list of Sweet 16 names in alphabetical order, along with a quick check of their credentials. CLICK HERE to rank them in the order of best Nationwide Tour graduates: STUART APPLEBY 2 Nationwide wins; 9 PGA TOUR wins; tied TOUR record with 59 JONATHAN BYRD 1 Nationwide win; 5 PGA TOUR wins CHAD CAMPBELL 3 Nationwide wins; 4 PGA TOUR wins STEWART CINK 3 Nationwide wins; 6 PGA TOUR wins; won 2009 British Open TIM CLARK 2 Nationwide wins; 1 PGA TOUR win; won 2010 PLAYERS Championship JOHN DALY 1 Nationwide win; 5 PGA TOUR wins; won two majors CHRIS DiMARCO 1 Nationwide win; 3 PGA TOUR wins DAVID DUVAL 2 Nationwide wins; 13 PGA TOUR wins; once ranked No. 1 in world JIM FURYK 1 Nationwide win; 16 PGA TOUR wins; won 2010 FedExCup LUCAS GLOVER 1 Nationwide win; 2 PGA TOUR wins; won 2009 U.S. Open ZACH JOHNSON 2 Nationwide wins; 7 PGA TOUR wins; won 2007 Masters MATT KUCHAR 1 Nationwide win; 3 PGA TOUR wins TOM LEHMAN 4 Nationwide wins; 5 PGA TOUR wins; also 2 Champions Tour wins HEATH SLOCUM 3 Nationwide wins; 4 PGA TOUR wins DAVID TOMS 2 Nationwide wins; 12 PGA TOUR wins; won 2001 PGA Championship NICK WATNEY 1 Nationwide win; 3 PGA TOUR wins