1998 PGA Tour

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The 1998 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 1. The season consisted of 45 official money events. David Duval won the most tournaments, four, and there were eight first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

[edit] Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st Prize ($)
Jan 11 Mercedes Championship California Flag of the United States Phil Mickelson (12) 271 (-17) 306,000
Jan 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California Flag of the United States Fred Couples (13) 332 (-28) 414,000
Jan 25 Phoenix Open Arizona Flag of Sweden Jesper Parnevik (1) 269 (-15) 450,000
Feb 8 Buick Invitational California Flag of the United States Scott Simpson (7) 204 (-12) 378,000
Feb 15 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii Flag of the United States John Huston (4) 260 (-28) 324,000
Feb 22 Tucson Chrysler Classic Arizona Flag of the United States David Duval (4) 269 (-19) 360,000
Mar 1 Nissan Open California Flag of the United States Billy Mayfair (4) 272 (-12) 378,000
Mar 8 Doral-Ryder Open Florida Flag of the United States Michael Bradley (2) 278 (-10) 360,000
Mar 15 Honda Classic Florida Flag of the United States Mark Calcavecchia (10) 270 (-18) 324,000
Mar 22 Bay Hill Invitational Florida Flag of South Africa Ernie Els (6) 274 (-14) 360,000
Mar 29 The Players Championship Florida Flag of the United States Justin Leonard (4) 278 (-10) 720,000
Apr 5 Freeport-McDermott Classic Louisiana Flag of England Lee Westwood (1) 273 (-15) 306,000
Apr 12 Masters Georgia Flag of the United States Mark O'Meara (15) 279 (-9) 576,000
Apr 19 MCI Classic South Carolina Flag of the United States Davis Love III (13) 266 (-18) 342,000
Apr 26 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina Flag of Namibia Trevor Dodds (1) 276 (-12) 396,000
May 3 Shell Houston Open Texas Flag of the United States David Duval (5) 276 (-12) 360,000
May 10 BellSouth Classic Georgia Flag of the United States Tiger Woods (7) 271 (-17) 324,000
May 17 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Flag of the United States John Cook (10) 265 (-15) 450,000
May 24 MasterCard Colonial Texas Flag of the United States Tom Watson (39) 265 (-15) 414,000
May 31 Memorial Tournament Ohio Flag of the United States Fred Couples (14) 271 (-17) 396,000
Jun 7 Kemper Open Maryland Flag of Australia Stuart Appleby (2) 274 (-10) 360,000
Jun 14 Buick Classic New York Flag of the United States J. P. Hayes (1) 201 (-12) 324,000
Jun 21 U.S. Open California Flag of the United States Lee Janzen (8) 280 (E) 535,000
Jun 28 Motorola Western Open Illinois Flag of the United States Joe Durant (1) 271 (-17) 396,000
Jul 5 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Flag of the United States Olin Browne (1) 266 (-14) 360,000
Jul 12 Quad City Classic Illinois Flag of the United States Steve Jones (8) 263 (-17) 279,000
Jul 19 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi Flag of the United States Fred Funk (5) 270 (-18) 216,000
Jul 19 British Open England Flag of the United States Mark O'Meara (16) 280 (E) 493,500
Jul 26 CVS Charity Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States Steve Pate (6) 269 (-15) 270,000
Aug 2 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee Flag of Zimbabwe Nick Price (17) 268 (-16) 324,000
Aug 9 Buick Open Michigan Flag of the United States Billy Mayfair (5) 271 (-17) 324,000
Aug 16 PGA Championship Washington Flag of Fiji Vijay Singh (6) 271 (-9) 540,000
Aug 17 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California Flag of the United States Phil Mickelson (13) 202 (-14) 450,000
Aug 23 Sprint International Colorado Flag of Fiji Vijay Singh (7) 47 (Stableford) 360,000
Aug 30 Greater Vancouver Open Canada Flag of the United States Brandel Chamblee (1) 265 (-19) 360,000
Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio Flag of the United States David Duval (6) 269 (-11) 405,000
Sep 6 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Flag of the United States Jeff Sluman (3) 265 (-19) 324,000
Sep 13 Bell Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States Billy Andrade (3) 275 (-13) 396,000
Sep 20 B.C. Open New York Flag of the United States Chris Perry (1) 273 (-15) 270,000
Sep 27 Westin Texas Open Texas Flag of the United States Hal Sutton (9) 270 (-18) 306,000
Oct 4 Buick Challenge Georgia Flag of Australia Steve Elkington (9) 267 (-21) 270,000
Oct 11 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia Flag of the United States David Duval (7) 268 (-16) 342,000
Oct 18 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada Flag of the United States Jim Furyk (3) 335 (-25) 360,000
Oct 23 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida Flag of the United States John Huston (5) 272 (-16) 360,000
Nov 1 The Tour Championship Georgia Flag of the United States Hal Sutton (10) 274 (-6) 720,000

[edit] Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank Player Country Average
1 David Duval Flag of the United States United States 69.13
2 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States 69.21
3 Davis Love III Flag of the United States United States 69.41
4 Jim Furyk Flag of the United States United States 69.50
5 Mark O'Meara Flag of the United States United States 69.63

Full 1998 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events Wins
1 David Duval Flag of the United States United States 2,591,031 23 4
2 Vijay Singh Flag of Fiji Fiji 2,238,998 26 2
3 Jim Furyk Flag of the United States United States 2,054,334 28 1
4 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States 1,841,117 20 1
5 Hal Sutton Flag of the United States United States 1,838,740 30 2

Full 1998 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Wins
1 Greg Norman Flag of Australia Australia 11,936,443 20
2 Fred Couples Flag of the United States United States 10,535,876 14
3 Tom Kite Flag of the United States United States 10,447,472 19
4 Mark O'Meara Flag of the United States United States 10,293,473 16
5 Davis Love III Flag of the United States United States 10,012,134 13

Full 1998 Career Official Money List

[edit] Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) David Duval Flag of the United States United States
PGA Player of the Year Mark O'Meara Flag of the United States United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Mark O'Meara Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy) David Duval Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award) David Duval Flag of the United States United States
Rookie of the Year Steve Flesch Flag of the United States United States
Comeback Player of the Year Scott Verplank Flag of the United States United States

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