1998 PGA Tour

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.

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	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Jan 11	Mercedes Championships	California	Phil Mickelson (12)	271 (−17)	1,700,000	306,000
Jan 18	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	California	Fred Couples (13)	332 (−28)	2,300,000	414,000
Jan 25	Phoenix Open	Arizona	Jesper Parnevik (1)	269 (−15)	2,500,000	450,000
Feb 8	Buick Invitational	California	Scott Simpson (7)	204 (−12)	2,100,000	378,000
Feb 15	United Airlines Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	John Huston (4)	260 (−28)	1,800,000	324,000
Feb 22	Tucson Chrysler Classic	Arizona	David Duval (4)	269 (−19)	2,000,000	360,000
Mar 1	Nissan Open	California	Billy Mayfair (4)	272 (−12)	2,100,000	378,000
Mar 8	Doral-Ryder Open	Florida	Michael Bradley (2)	278 (−10)	2,000,000	360,000
Mar 15	Honda Classic	Florida	Mark Calcavecchia (10)	270 (−18)	1,800,000	324,000
Mar 22	Bay Hill Invitational	Florida	Ernie Els (6)	274 (−14)	2,000,000	360,000
Mar 29	The Players Championship	Florida	Justin Leonard (4)	278 (−10)	4,000,000	720,000
Apr 5	Freeport-McDermott Classic	Louisiana	Lee Westwood (1)	273 (−15)	1,700,000	306,000
Apr 12	Masters Tournament	Georgia	Mark O'Meara (15)	279 (−9)	3,200,000	576,000
Apr 19	MCI Classic	South Carolina	Davis Love III (13)	266 (−18)	1,900,000	342,000
Apr 26	Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic	North Carolina	Trevor Dodds (1)	276 (−12)	2,200,000	396,000
May 3	Shell Houston Open	Texas	David Duval (5)	276 (−12)	2,000,000	360,000
May 10	BellSouth Classic	Georgia	Tiger Woods (7)	271 (−17)	1,800,000	324,000
May 17	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	John Cook (10)	265 (−15)	2,500,000	450,000
May 24	MasterCard Colonial	Texas	Tom Watson (39)	265 (−15)	2,300,000	414,000
May 31	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Fred Couples (14)	271 (−17)	2,200,000	396,000
Jun 7	Kemper Open	Maryland	Stuart Appleby (2)	274 (−10)	2,000,000	360,000
Jun 14	Buick Classic	New York	J. P. Hayes (1)	201 (−12)	1,800,000	324,000
Jun 21	U.S. Open	California	Lee Janzen (8)	280 (E)	3,000,000	535,000
Jun 28	Motorola Western Open	Illinois	Joe Durant (1)	271 (−17)	2,200,000	396,000
Jul 5	Canon Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	Olin Browne (1)	266 (−14)	2,000,000	360,000
Jul 12	Quad City Classic	Illinois	Steve Jones (8)	263 (−17)	1,550,000	279,000
Jul 19	Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic	Mississippi	Fred Funk (5)	270 (−18)	1,200,000	216,000
Jul 19	British Open	England	Mark O'Meara (16)	280 (E)	2,750,000	493,500
Jul 26	CVS Charity Classic	Massachusetts	Steve Pate (6)	269 (−15)	1,500,000	270,000
Aug 2	FedEx St. Jude Classic	Tennessee	Nick Price (17)	268 (−16)	1,800,000	324,000
Aug 9	Buick Open	Michigan	Billy Mayfair (5)	271 (−17)	1,800,000	324,000
Aug 16	PGA Championship	Washington	Vijay Singh (6)	271 (−9)	3,000,000	540,000
Aug 17	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am*	California	Phil Mickelson (13)	202 (−14)	2,500,000	450,000
Aug 23	Sprint International	Colorado	Vijay Singh (7)	47 (Stableford)	2,000,000	360,000
Aug 30	Greater Vancouver Open	Canada	Brandel Chamblee (1)	265 (−19)	2,000,000	360,000
Aug 30	NEC World Series of Golf	Ohio	David Duval (6)	269 (−11)	2,250,000	405,000
Sep 6	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Jeff Sluman (3)	265 (−19)	1,800,000	324,000
Sep 13	Bell Canadian Open	Canada	Billy Andrade (3)	275 (−13)	2,200,000	396,000
Sep 20	B.C. Open	New York	Chris Perry (1)	273 (−15)	1,500,000	270,000
Sep 27	Westin Texas Open	Texas	Hal Sutton (9)	270 (−18)	1,700,000	306,000
Oct 4	Buick Challenge	Georgia	Steve Elkington (9)	267 (−21)	1,500,000	270,000
Oct 11	Michelob Championship at Kingsmill	Virginia	David Duval (7)	268 (−16)	1,900,000	342,000
Oct 18	Las Vegas Invitational	Nevada	Jim Furyk (3)	335 (−25)	2,000,000	360,000
Oct 23	National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney	Florida	John Huston (5)	272 (−16)	2,000,000	360,000
Nov 1	The Tour Championship	Georgia	Hal Sutton (10)	274 (−6)	4,000,000	720,000

* The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was shortened to 54 holes due to rain. The first two rounds were completed the week of February 1, but the third and final round was rescheduled for August 17.^[1]

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Leaders[]

Scoring Average leaders

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

Source:^[3]

Money List leaders

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

Source:^[4]

Career Money List leaders

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

Source:^[5]

Awards[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• PGA Tour official site