__NOTOC__ This is a list of the 38 players who earned 1998 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1997.
PlacePlayerPGA TourstartsCutsmadeNotes 1 Scott Verplank 255 131 2 PGA Tour wins 2 Blaine McCallister 405 234 5 PGA Tour wins T3 Lee Porter 57 16 T3 Stephen Ames 3 3 2 European Tour wins; 1 Nike Tour win T5 Spike McRoy 28 7 T5 Franklin Langham 36 15 1 Nike Tour win T7 Sonny Skinner 83 32 2 Nike Tour wins T7 Jim McGovern 227 125 1 PGA Tour win T9 Bob Gilder 603 398 6 PGA Tour wins T9 John Riegger 55 17 T9 Bruce Fleisher 434 267 1 PGA Tour win T9 Richie Coughlan 0 0 T9 Vance Veazey 0 0 T9 Guy Hill 3 1 T9 Hugh Royer III 66 25 4 Nike Tour wins T9 Kent Jones 2 1 T17 Niclas Fasth 0 0 3 Challenge Tour wins T17 Kevin Wentworth 1 0 T17 J. P. Hayes 88 42 1 Nike Tour win T20 Tim Conley 26 10 2 Nike Tour wins T20 Jim Estes 6 0 1 Nike Tour win T20 Esteban Toledo 33 12 T20 Steve Jurgensen 38 20 1 Nike Tour win T20 Keith Nolan 0 0 T20 Tom Pernice Jr. 163 62 T26 John Morse 114 60 1 PGA Tour win T26 Clark Dennis 146 63 1 Nike Tour win T26 Craig Barlow 1 0 T26 Bradley Hughes 48 22 4 PGA Tour of Australasia wins T26 Dicky Pride 118 45 1 PGA Tour win T26 Mike Weir 16 4 T26 Jeff Gallagher 35 12 1 Nike Tour win T33 Bob Friend 47 22 1 Nike Tour win T33 Iain Steel 1 0 1 Nike Tour win T33 Mark Wurtz 58 28 1 Nike Tour win T33 Bobby Gage 2 0 T33 Tim Loustalot 24 6 2 Nike Tour wins T33 Lan Gooch 3 0 PGA Tour rookie in 1998
1998 Results PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($) Scott Verplank 27 22 18 1,223,436 Blaine McCallister 30 22 125 228,304 Lee Porter 30 17 95 325,415 Stephen Ames* 16 10 83 357,859 Spike McRoy 32 12 145 179,770 Franklin Langham 30 18 117 248,412 Sonny Skinner 31 14 179 109,418 Jim McGovern 28 18 180 106,726 Bob Gilder 31 12 143 186,913 John Riegger 29 16 162 150,874 Bruce Fleisher 25 13 134 201,086 Richie Coughlan* 31 18 151 174,035 Vance Veazey* 29 6 212 41,145 Guy Hill* 27 11 199 71,495 Hugh Royer III 31 11 166 143,963 Kent Jones* 29 17 171 133,339 Niclas Fasth* 15 3 245 20,360 Kevin Wentworth* 28 12 119 245,174 J. P. Hayes 22 12 51 555,272 Tim Conley 26 10 169 140,355 Jim Estes* 26 8 197 73,438 Esteban Toledo 30 18 93 327,244 Steve Jurgensen 29 20 187 88,783 Keith Nolan* 25 4 251 17,203 Tom Pernice Jr. 27 15 55 520,400 John Morse 23 7 210 43,140 Clark Dennis 26 14 75 401,440 Craig Barlow* 29 13 183 98,111 Bradley Hughes 23 10 80 370,767 Dicky Pride 26 4 234 27,680 Mike Weir* 27 13 131 218,967 Jeff Gallagher 29 18 113 259,769 Bob Friend 30 14 57 491,189 Iain Steel* 24 7 232 29,143 Mark Wurtz 23 4 213 40,215 Bobby Gage* 23 5 225 33,881 Tim Loustalot 24 11 152 172,918 Lan Gooch* 22 1 340 3,173 *PGA Tour rookie in 1998 T = Tied The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished inside the top 125) The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150) 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 14 J. P. HayesBuick Classic−12 (66-67-68=201)Playoff Jim Furyk
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score1Apr 26 Scott VerplankLost in playoffGreater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Trevor Dodds−12 (68-69-70-69=276)−12 (67-71-66-72=276)2–3Jul 19 Franklin LanghamDeposit Guaranty Golf Classic Fred Funk−18 (69-64-69-68=270)−16 (67-67-70-68=272) Tim Loustalot−16 (69-69-68-66=272)4Jul 26 Bradley HughesCVS Charity Classic Steve Pate−15 (70-65-67-67=269)−14 (68-69-67-66=270)5Aug 9 Scott Verplank (2)Buick Open Billy Mayfair−17 (70-69-65-67=271)−15 (71-67-71-64=273)6Aug 17 Tom Pernice Jr.AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Phil Mickelson−14 (65-70-67=202)−13 (67-69-67=203)7Sep 13 Bob FriendLost in playoffBell Canadian Open Billy Andrade−11 (68-69-69-69=275)−11 (69-67-68-71=275)
See also 1997 Nike Tour graduates
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