1996 Nike Tour

The 1996 Nike Tour was the seventh season of the Nike Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

1996 Nike Tour season
DurationFebruary 22, 1996 (1996-02-22) – October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20)
Number of official events29
Most winsUnited States Michael Christie (3)
United States Stewart Cink (3)
Money listUnited States Stewart Cink
Player of the YearUnited States Stewart Cink
← 1995
1997 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Notes
Feb 25Nike San Jose OpenCalifornia200,000United States Larry Silveira (1)
Mar 3Nike Inland Empire OpenCalifornia200,000United States Jim Estes (1)
Mar 17Nike Monterrey OpenMexico225,000United States David Berganio Jr. (1)
Mar 31Nike Louisiana OpenLouisiana250,000United States Paul Stankowski (1)
Apr 7Nike Tallahassee OpenFlorida200,000United States P. J. Cowan (1)
Apr 14Nike South Carolina ClassicSouth Carolina200,000United States Dave Rummells (1)
Apr 21Nike Alabama ClassicAlabama200,000United States P. H. Horgan III (3)
Apr 28Nike Shreveport OpenLouisiana200,000United States Tim Loustalot (2)
May 12Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast ClassicMississippi200,000United States Joe Durant (1)
May 19Nike Carolina ClassicNorth Carolina200,000Canada Glen Hnatiuk (3)
May 26Nike Greater Greenville ClassicSouth Carolina200,000United States Michael Christie (2)
Jun 2Nike Dominion OpenVirginia200,000United States Olin Browne (4)
Jun 9Nike Cleveland OpenOhio200,000United States Greg Twiggs (1)
Jun 16Nike Knoxville OpenTennessee200,000United States Eric Johnson (1)
Jun 23Nike Ozarks OpenMissouri200,000United States Stewart Cink (1)
Jun 30Nike Dakota Dunes OpenSouth Dakota250,000United States Gary Webb (1)
Jul 14Nike Buffalo OpenNew York200,000United States Jimmy Green (1)
Jul 21Nike Philadelphia ClassicNorth Carolina200,000United States Brett Quigley (1)
Jul 28Nike Miami Valley OpenOhio200,000United States J. P. Hayes (1)
Aug 4Nike Gateway ClassicMissouri200,000United States Tim Conley (2)
Aug 11Nike Omaha ClassicNebraska200,000United States Rocky Walcher (1)New tournament
Aug 18Nike Wichita OpenKansas200,000United States Rick Cramer (1)
Aug 25Nike Permian Basin OpenTexas200,000United States Michael Christie (3)
Sep 8Nike Colorado ClassicColorado200,000United States Stewart Cink (2)New tournament
Sep 14Nike Utah ClassicUtah200,000United States Michael Christie (4)
Sep 22Nike Boise OpenIdaho250,000United States Matt Gogel (1)
Sep 29Nike Tri-Cities OpenWashington200,000New Zealand Phil Tataurangi (1)
Oct 6Nike Olympia OpenWashington200,000United States Michael Clark II (1)New tournament
Oct 20Nike Tour ChampionshipGeorgia250,000United States Stewart Cink (3)Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 1996 Nike Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3] The top 10 players on the tour earned status to play on the 1997 PGA Tour.[4][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Stewart Cink251,699
2United States Michael Christie193,971
3United States Joe Durant159,386
4United States David Berganio Jr.146,047
5United States Brett Quigley123,763

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the YearUnited States Stewart Cink[5]

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Nike Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Nike Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nike Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

References
  1. "Web.com Tour chronology". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. "1996 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  3. "Cink takes Nike title". The Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. October 21, 1996. p. 8 (3B in paper). Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Google News Archive. ...earned $45,000 for his third victory of the year to push his tour-record total to $251,699. The top 10 on the money list qualified for the 1997 PGA Tour.
  4. "Web.com Tour past players gaining exempt PGA Tour status". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  5. Dewalt, Gregg (October 23, 1996). "Cink was simply dominant". Times Daily. Florence, Alabama. p. 13 (3D in paper). Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Google News Archive. Winning the Nike Tour Championship by four strokes over David Berganio guaranteed Cink of Player of the Year honors.
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