1997 Nike Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1997. The top 15 players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1997 earned their PGA Tour card for 1998. 1997 Nike Tour1998 PGA TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings ($)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($)USA Chris Smith 1 225,201 31 16 07 T7 144 184,933USA Mark Carnevale 2 184,997 32 15 07 T7 150 174,470USA Chris DiMarco 3 135,513 31 17 09 T9 (twice) 111 260,334USA Steve Flesch* 4 133,190 29 14 02 2 35 777,186NAM Trevor Dodds 5 130,983 29 18 01 Win 33 791,340USA Barry Cheesman 6 120,033 32 15 03 3 100 310,535USA J. L. Lewis 7 119,829 32 15 04 4 104 287,753USA Brian Kamm 8 118,005 28 10 13 13 189 87,326USA R. W. Eaks 9 117,665 34 11 07 T7 137 199,499CAN Glen Hnatiuk* 10 116,381 30 15 14 T14 165 148,098USA Joe Daley 11 105,297 27 8 27 T27 211 42,092USA Ben Bates* 12 105,089 31 22 08 T8 112 260,225USA Harrison Frazar* 13 104,023 26 16 02 T2 63 461,633USA Mike Small* 14 102,079 26 8 09 T9 178 112,336USA Bobby Wadkins 15 101,717 32 15 15 T15 154 171,854 *PGA Tour rookie for 1998. T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (won or finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150). Red background indicates 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-up1Apr 26NAM Trevor DoddsWon on first playoff holeGreater Greensboro Chrysler Classic−12 (68-69-70-69=276)PlayoffUSA Scott Verplank Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score1Apr 5USA Steve FleschFreeport-McDermott ClassicENG Lee Westwood−15 (69-68-67-69=273)−12 (66-68-71-71=276)2May 17USA Harrison FrazarGTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicUSA John Cook−15 (66-68-66-65=265)−12 (64-68-66-70=268) See also 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates References Money list Category:Korn Ferry Tour Category:PGA Tour Nike Tour graduates Nike Tour graduates