Golf tour season
The1998 PGA Tour was the 83rd season of thePGA Tour , the mainprofessional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 30th season since separating from thePGA of America .
The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date Tournament Location PurseUS$ ) Winner[ a] OWGR Notes Jan 11 Mercedes Championships California 1,700,000 Phil Mickelson (12)58 Winners-only event Jan 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 2,300,000 Fred Couples (13)48 Pro-Am Jan 25 Phoenix Open Arizona 2,500,000 Jesper Parnevik (1)54 Feb 8 Buick Invitational California 2,100,000 Scott Simpson (7)40 Feb 15 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,800,000 John Huston (4)40 Feb 22 Tucson Chrysler Classic Arizona 2,000,000 David Duval (4)50 Mar 1 Nissan Open California 2,100,000 Billy Mayfair (4)50 Mar 8 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 2,000,000 Michael Bradley (2)60 Mar 15 Honda Classic Florida 1,800,000 Mark Calcavecchia (10)50 Mar 22 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 2,000,000 Ernie Els (6)72 Invitational Mar 29 The Players Championship Florida 4,000,000 Justin Leonard (4)80 Flagship event Apr 5 Freeport-McDermott Classic Louisiana 1,700,000 Lee Westwood (1)44 Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia 3,200,000 Mark O'Meara 100 Major championship Apr 19 MCI Classic South Carolina 1,900,000 Davis Love III (13)60 Invitational Apr 26 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 2,200,000 Trevor Dodds (1)42 May 3 Shell Houston Open Texas 2,000,000 David Duval (5)42 May 10 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Tiger Woods (7)48 May 17 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 2,500,000 John Cook (10)60 May 24 MasterCard Colonial Texas 2,300,000 Tom Watson (39)58 Invitational May 31 Memorial Tournament Ohio 2,200,000 Fred Couples (14)66 Invitational Jun 7 Kemper Open Maryland 2,000,000 Stuart Appleby (2)46 Jun 14 Buick Classic New York 1,800,000 J. P. Hayes (1)40 Jun 21 U.S. Open California 3,000,000 Lee Janzen 100 Major championship Jun 28 Motorola Western Open Illinois 2,200,000 Joe Durant (1)54 Jul 5 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 2,000,000 Olin Browne (1)50 Jul 12 Quad City Classic Illinois 1,550,000 Steve Jones (8)22 Jul 19 The Open Championship England £1,700,000 Mark O'Meara 100 Major championship Jul 19 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 1,200,000 Fred Funk (5)20 Alternate event Jul 26 CVS Charity Classic Massachusetts 1,500,000 Steve Pate (6)32 Aug 2 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,800,000 Nick Price (17)44 Aug 9 Buick Open Michigan 1,800,000 Billy Mayfair (5)44 Aug 16 PGA Championship Washington 3,000,000 Vijay Singh 100 Major championship Aug 17[ b] AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 2,500,000 Phil Mickelson (13)44 Pro-Am Aug 23 Sprint International Colorado 2,000,000 Vijay Singh (7)62 Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 2,250,000 David Duval (6)62 Limited-field event Aug 30 Greater Vancouver Open Canada 2,000,000 Brandel Chamblee (1)30 Alternate event Sep 6 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,800,000 Jeff Sluman (3)38 Sep 13 Bell Canadian Open Canada 2,200,000 Billy Andrade (3)42 Sep 20 B.C. Open New York 1,500,000 Chris Perry (1)24 Sep 27 Westin Texas Open Texas 1,700,000 Hal Sutton (9)36 Oct 4 Buick Challenge Georgia 1,500,000 Steve Elkington (9)54 Oct 11 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 1,900,000 David Duval (7)46 Oct 18 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 2,000,000 Jim Furyk (3)48 Oct 23 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida 2,000,000 John Huston (5)58 Nov 1 The Tour Championship Georgia 4,000,000 Hal Sutton (10)60 Tour Championship
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date Tournament Location Purse Winner(s) OWGR Notes Jan 4 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf Arizona 3,650,000 Colin Montgomerie 58 Limited-field event Nov 8 Subaru Sarazen World Open Georgia 2,000,000 Dudley Hart 38 Nov 15 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout California 1,300,000 Steve Elkington andGreg Norman n/a Team event Nov 19 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Hawaii 1,000,000 Tiger Woods n/a Limited-field event Nov 22 World Cup of Golf New Zealand 1,300,000 David Carter andNick Faldo n/a Team event World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy 200,000 Scott Verplank n/a Nov 29 Skins Game California 600,000 Mark O'Meara n/a Limited-field event Dec 6 JCPenney Classic Florida 875,000 Meg Mallon andSteve Pate n/a Team event Dec 13 Presidents Cup Australia n/a Team International n/a Team event
Themoney list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3] [ 4]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 David Duval 2,591,031 2 Vijay Singh 2,238,998 3 Jim Furyk 2,054,334 4 Tiger Woods 1,841,117 5 Hal Sutton 1,838,740 6 Phil Mickelson 1,837,246 7 Mark O'Meara 1,786,699 8 Justin Leonard 1,671,823 9 Fred Couples 1,650,389 10 John Huston 1,544,110
^ The 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. ^ First two rounds played in January. ^ "1998 Tournament schedule" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on September 9, 2018. RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 .^ "1999 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF) . PGA Tour. RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 .^ "1998 Official money" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on June 19, 2016. RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 .^a b c d "O'Meara named PGA Tour Player of the Year" The Wichita Eagle . Wichita, Kansas. Associated Press. November 21, 1998. p. 39 (7C in paper). RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.^ "O'Meara Player of Year" Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. October 22, 1998. p. 190 (C2 in paper). RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.^ "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards" . PGA Tour. RetrievedOctober 22, 2023 .^ Blauvelt, Harry (November 2, 1998)."Duval wins Vardon Trophy" The Californian . Salinas, California. USA Today. p. 9. RetrievedOctober 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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