1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

none __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 38 players who earned 1998 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1997.PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament results The Oklahoman December 9, 1997 26 PlacePlayerPGA TourstartsCutsmadeNotes 1 USA Scott Verplank 255 131 2 PGA Tour wins 2 USA Blaine McCallister 405 234 5 PGA Tour wins T3 USA Lee Porter 57 16 T3 TTO Stephen Ames 3 3 2 European Tour wins; 1 Nike Tour win T5 USA Spike McRoy 28 7 T5 USA Franklin Langham 36 15 1 Nike Tour win T7 USA Sonny Skinner 83 32 2 Nike Tour wins T7 USA Jim McGovern 227 125 1 PGA Tour win T9 USA Bob Gilder 603 398 6 PGA Tour wins T9 USA John Riegger 55 17 T9 USA Bruce Fleisher 434 267 1 PGA Tour win T9 IRL Richie Coughlan 0 0 T9 USA Vance Veazey 0 0 T9 USA Guy Hill 3 1 T9 USA Hugh Royer III 66 25 4 Nike Tour wins T9 USA Kent Jones 2 1 T17 SWE Niclas Fasth 0 0 3 Challenge Tour wins T17 USA Kevin Wentworth 1 0 T17 USA J. P. Hayes 88 42 1 Nike Tour win T20 USA Tim Conley 26 10 2 Nike Tour wins T20 USA Jim Estes 6 0 1 Nike Tour win T20 MEX Esteban Toledo 33 12 T20 USA Steve Jurgensen 38 20 1 Nike Tour win T20 IRL Keith Nolan 0 0 T20 USA Tom Pernice Jr. 163 62 T26 USA John Morse 114 60 1 PGA Tour win T26 USA Clark Dennis 146 63 1 Nike Tour win T26 USA Craig Barlow 1 0 T26 AUS Bradley Hughes 48 22 4 PGA Tour of Australasia wins T26 USA Dicky Pride 118 45 1 PGA Tour win T26 CAN Mike Weir 16 4 T26 USA Jeff Gallagher 35 12 1 Nike Tour win T33 USA Bob Friend 47 22 1 Nike Tour win T33 MYS Iain Steel 1 0 1 Nike Tour win T33 USA Mark Wurtz 58 28 1 Nike Tour win T33 USA Bobby Gage 2 0 T33 USA Tim Loustalot 24 6 2 Nike Tour wins T33 USA Lan Gooch 3 0 #FFD800 darkgray PGA Tour rookie in 1998 1998 Results PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($)USA Scott Verplank 27 22 02 2 18 1,223,436USA Blaine McCallister 30 22 11 T11 125 228,304USA Lee Porter 30 17 03 3 95 325,415TTO Stephen Ames* 16 10 03 3 83 357,859USA Spike McRoy 32 12 06 T6 145 179,770USA Franklin Langham 30 18 02 T2 117 248,412USA Sonny Skinner 31 14 20 T20 179 109,418USA Jim McGovern 28 18 25 T25 180 106,726USA Bob Gilder 31 12 09 T9 143 186,913USA John Riegger 29 16 20 T20 162 150,874USA Bruce Fleisher 25 13 04 4 134 201,086IRL Richie Coughlan* 31 18 09 T9 151 174,035USA Vance Veazey* 29 6 33 T33 212 41,145USA Guy Hill* 27 11 24 T24 199 71,495USA Hugh Royer III 31 11 05 T5 166 143,963USA Kent Jones* 29 17 12 T12 171 133,339SWE Niclas Fasth* 15 3 30 T30 245 20,360USA Kevin Wentworth* 28 12 09 T9 119 245,174USA J. P. Hayes 22 12 01 Win 51 555,272USA Tim Conley 26 10 05 5 169 140,355USA Jim Estes* 26 8 16 T16 197 73,438MEX Esteban Toledo 30 18 03 T3 93 327,244USA Steve Jurgensen 29 20 06 T6 187 88,783IRL Keith Nolan* 25 4 47 T47 251 17,203USA Tom Pernice Jr. 27 15 02 2 55 520,400USA John Morse 23 7 17 T17 210 43,140USA Clark Dennis 26 14 03 T3 75 401,440USA Craig Barlow* 29 13 14 T14 183 98,111AUS Bradley Hughes 23 10 02 T2 80 370,767USA Dicky Pride 26 4 27 T27 234 27,680CAN Mike Weir* 27 13 05 T5 131 218,967USA Jeff Gallagher 29 18 06 T6 113 259,769USA Bob Friend 30 14 02 2 57 491,189MYS Iain Steel* 24 7 40 T40 232 29,143USA Mark Wurtz 23 4 17 T17 213 40,215USA Bobby Gage* 23 5 22 T22 225 33,881USA Tim Loustalot 24 11 02 T2 152 172,918USA Lan Gooch* 22 1 48 T48 340 3,173 *PGA Tour rookie in 1998 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished inside the top 125) #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150) #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished outside the top 150) Winners on the PGA Tour in 1998 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up1Jun 14USA J. P. HayesBuick Classic−12 (66-67-68=201)PlayoffUSA Jim Furyk Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score1Apr 26USA Scott VerplankLost in playoffGreater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNAM Trevor Dodds−12 (68-69-70-69=276)−12 (67-71-66-72=276)2–3Jul 19USA Franklin LanghamDeposit Guaranty Golf ClassicUSA Fred Funk−18 (69-64-69-68=270)−16 (67-67-70-68=272)USA Tim Loustalot−16 (69-69-68-66=272)4Jul 26AUS Bradley HughesCVS Charity ClassicUSA Steve Pate−15 (70-65-67-67=269)−14 (68-69-67-66=270)5Aug 9USA Scott Verplank (2)Buick OpenUSA Billy Mayfair−17 (70-69-65-67=271)−15 (71-67-71-64=273)6Aug 17USA Tom Pernice Jr.AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmUSA Phil Mickelson−14 (65-70-67=202)−13 (67-69-67=203)7Sep 13USA Bob FriendLost in playoffBell Canadian OpenUSA Billy Andrade−11 (68-69-69-69=275)−11 (69-67-68-71=275) See also 1997 Nike Tour graduates References Category:PGA Tour Qualifying School PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates