1998 PGA Tour

Golf tour season October 2023 1998 PGA Tour 1998 1 8 – 1998 11 1 45 USA David Duval (4) Money list USA David Duval PGA Tour Player of the Year USA Mark O'Meara PGA Player of the Year USA Mark O'Meara Rookie of the Year USA Steve Flesch 1997 1999 The 1998 PGA Tour was the 83rd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 30th season since separating from the PGA of America. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1998.html 1998 Tournament schedule PGA Tour 31 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20180909041659/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1998.html 9 September 20181999 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1999_pgatour.pdf PGA Tour 31 October 2023 DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerThe number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.OWGRpointsNotes Jan 11 Mercedes Championships California 1,700,000 USA Phil Mickelson (12) 58 Winners-only event Jan 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 2,300,000 USA Fred Couples (13) 48 Pro-Am Jan 25 Phoenix Open Arizona 2,500,000 SWE Jesper Parnevik (1) 54 Feb 8 Buick Invitational California 2,100,000 USA Scott Simpson (7) 40 Feb 15 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,800,000 USA John Huston (4) 40 Feb 22 Tucson Chrysler Classic Arizona 2,000,000 USA David Duval (4) 50 Mar 1 Nissan Open California 2,100,000 USA Billy Mayfair (4) 50 Mar 8 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 2,000,000 USA Michael Bradley (2) 60 Mar 15 Honda Classic Florida 1,800,000 USA Mark Calcavecchia (10) 50 Mar 22 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 2,000,000 ZAF Ernie Els (6) 72 Invitational Mar 29 The Players Championship Florida 4,000,000 USA Justin Leonard (4) 80 Flagship event Apr 5 Freeport-McDermott Classic Louisiana 1,700,000 ENG Lee Westwood (1) 44 Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia 3,200,000 USA Mark O'Meara (15) 100 Major championship Apr 19 MCI Classic South Carolina 1,900,000 USA Davis Love III (13) 60 Invitational Apr 26 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 2,200,000 NAM Trevor Dodds (1) 42 May 3 Shell Houston Open Texas 2,000,000 USA David Duval (5) 42 May 10 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,800,000 USA Tiger Woods (7) 48 May 17 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 2,500,000 USA John Cook (10) 60 May 24 MasterCard Colonial Texas 2,300,000 USA Tom Watson (39) 58 Invitational May 31 Memorial Tournament Ohio 2,200,000 USA Fred Couples (14) 66 Invitational Jun 7 Kemper Open Maryland 2,000,000 AUS Stuart Appleby (2) 46 Jun 14 Buick Classic New York 1,800,000 USA J. P. Hayes (1) 40 Jun 21 U.S. Open California 3,000,000 USA Lee Janzen (8) 100 Major championship Jun 28 Motorola Western Open Illinois 2,200,000 USA Joe Durant (1) 54 Jul 5 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 2,000,000 USA Olin Browne (1) 50 Jul 12 Quad City Classic Illinois 1,550,000 USA Steve Jones (8) 22 Jul 19 The Open Championship England £1,700,000 USA Mark O'Meara (16) 100 Major championship Jul 19 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 1,200,000 USA Fred Funk (5) 20 Alternate event Jul 26 CVS Charity Classic Massachusetts 1,500,000 USA Steve Pate (6) 32 Aug 2 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,800,000 ZWE Nick Price (17) 44 Aug 9 Buick Open Michigan 1,800,000 USA Billy Mayfair (5) 44 Aug 16 PGA Championship Washington 3,000,000 FJI Vijay Singh (6) 100 Major championship Aug 17First two rounds played in January. AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 2,500,000 USA Phil Mickelson (13) 44 Pro-Am Aug 23 Sprint International Colorado 2,000,000 FJI Vijay Singh (7) 62 Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 2,250,000 USA David Duval (6) 62 Limited-field event Aug 30 Greater Vancouver Open Canada 2,000,000 USA Brandel Chamblee (1) 30 Alternate event Sep 6 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,800,000 USA Jeff Sluman (3) 38 Sep 13 Bell Canadian Open Canada 2,200,000 USA Billy Andrade (3) 42 Sep 20 B.C. Open New York 1,500,000 USA Chris Perry (1) 24 Sep 27 Westin Texas Open Texas 1,700,000 USA Hal Sutton (9) 36 Oct 4 Buick Challenge Georgia 1,500,000 AUS Steve Elkington (9) 54 Oct 11 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 1,900,000 USA David Duval (7) 46 Oct 18 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 2,000,000 USA Jim Furyk (3) 48 Oct 23 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida 2,000,000 USA John Huston (5) 58 Nov 1 The Tour Championship Georgia 4,000,000 USA Hal Sutton (10) 60 Tour Championship Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesJan 4Andersen Consulting World Championship of GolfArizona3,650,000SCO Colin Montgomerie58Limited-field eventNov 8Subaru Sarazen World OpenGeorgia2,000,000USA Dudley Hart38Nov 15Franklin Templeton Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,300,000AUS Steve Elkington andAUS Greg Normann/aTeam eventNov 19PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000USA Tiger Woodsn/aLimited-field eventNov 22World Cup of GolfNew Zealand1,300,000ENG David Carter andENG Nick Faldon/aTeam eventWorld Cup of Golf Individual Trophy200,000USA Scott Verplankn/aNov 29Skins GameCalifornia600,000USA Mark O'Mearan/aLimited-field eventDec 6JCPenney ClassicFlorida875,000USA Meg Mallon andUSA Steve Paten/aTeam eventDec 13Presidents CupAustralian/aTeam Internationaln/aTeam event Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1998.html 1998 Official money PGA Tour https://web.archive.org/web/20160619203213/https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1998.html 19 June 2016 31 October 2023 Position Player Prize money ($)1 USA David Duval 2,591,0312 FIJ Vijay Singh 2,238,9983 USA Jim Furyk 2,054,3344 USA Tiger Woods 1,841,1175 USA Hal Sutton 1,838,7406 USA Phil Mickelson 1,837,2467 USA Mark O'Meara 1,786,6998 USA Justin Leonard 1,671,8239 USA Fred Couples 1,650,38910 USA John Huston 1,544,110 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) USA Mark O'Meara https://www.newspapers.com/image/702845038/ O'Meara named PGA Tour Player of the Year The Wichita Eagle Associated Press Wichita, Kansas 21 November 1998 31 October 2023 39 (7C in paper) Newspapers.com subscription PGA Player of the Year USA Mark O'Meara https://www.newspapers.com/image/177009219/ O'Meara Player of Year Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut 22 October 1998 31 October 2023 190 (C2 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription Rookie of the Year USA Steve Flesch Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) USA David Duval https://www.pgatourmediaguide.com/awards/index/byron-nelson-award 2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide Awards PGA Tour 22 October 2023 Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) USA David Duval https://www.newspapers.com/image/515623102/ Duval wins Vardon Trophy The Californian Harry Blauvelt USA Today Salinas, California 2 November 1998 31 October 2023 9 Newspapers.com subscription Comeback Player of the Year USA Scott Verplank See also 1998 Nike Tour 1998 Senior PGA Tour Notes References External links https://www.pgatour.com/ Category:PGA Tour seasons PGA Tour PGA Tour