1998 Senior PGA Tour

The 1998 Senior PGA Tour was the 19th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $45,850,650, including four majors. Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1998 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 15, 1998 (1998-01-15) – November 8, 1998 (1998-11-08)
Number of official events38
Most wins7 United States Hale Irwin
Money leaderUnited States Hale Irwin
Player of the YearUnited States Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUnited States Joe Inman
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1999 →

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. Senior majors are shown in bold.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 18MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (8)195 (−21)200,000
Feb 1Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000Australia David Graham (4)202 (−11)127,500
Feb 8LG ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (9)210 (−6)180,000
Feb 15GTE ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Jim Albus (6)207 (−6)165,000
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Larry Nelson (1)203 (−13)180,000
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000United States Hale Irwin (14)200 (−13)165,000
Mar 29Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,000,000United States Lee Trevino (28)205 (−11)150,000
Apr 5The TraditionArizona1,400,650United States Gil Morgan (10)276 (−12)210,000
Apr 19PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (15)275 (−13)270,000
Apr 26Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (16)281 (−6)210,000
May 3Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000United States Hubert Green (1)203 (−13)172,500
May 10The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,100,000United States Jim Dent (12)207 (−9)165,000
May 17Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000United States Larry Ziegler (2)208 (−2)150,000
May 24Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Jay Sigel (5)205 (−11)165,000
May 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Larry Nelson (2)204 (−12)165,000
Jun 7Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,350,000United States John Jacobs (1)206 (−10)202,500
Jun 14BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,300,000Japan Isao Aoki (8)198 (−18)195,000
Jun 21AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,100,000Scotland Brian Barnes (1)277 (−11)165,000
Jun 28Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000United States Bob Dickson (1)207 (−9)165,000
Jul 5State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,250,000United States Bruce Summerhays (2)206 (−10)187,500
Jul 12Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000United States Gil Morgan (11)267 (−21)300,000
Jul 19Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000United States Hale Irwin (17)201 (−15)195,000
Jul 26U.S. Senior OpenCalifornia1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (18)285 (+1)267,500
Aug 2Utah ShowdownUtah1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (12)200 (−16)150,000
Aug 9Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000United States Leonard Thompson (1)134 (−10)225,000
Aug 16First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000United States George Archer (18)199 (−17)150,000
Aug 23Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000South Africa Gary Player (19)204 (−12)150,000
Aug 30BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (19)201 (−15)150,000
Sep 6Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Dana Quigley (2)200 (−10)165,000
Sep 13Comfort ClassicIndiana1,150,000South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (2)196 (−20)172,500
Sep 20Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,100,000South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (3)133 (−7)165,000
Sep 27Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000United States Larry Nelson (3)200 (−16)195,000
Oct 4Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Gil Morgan (13)198 (−12)225,000
Oct 11The TransamericaCalifornia1,000,000United States Jim Colbert (19)205 (−11)150,000
Oct 18Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Dana Quigley (3)203 (−13)150,000
Oct 25EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000United States Jay Sigel (6)201 (−12)150,000
Nov 1Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000United States Joe Inman (1)202 (−11)165,000
Nov 8Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000United States Hale Irwin (20)274 (−14)347,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Hale Irwin United States68.59
2Gil Morgan United States69.46
3Larry Nelson United States69.87
4Dave Stockton United States70.49
5Vicente Fernández Argentina70.51

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Hale Irwin United States2,861,945227
2Gil Morgan United States2,179,047256
3Larry Nelson United States1,442,476233
4Jay Sigel United States1,403,912322
5Hugh Baiocchi South Africa1,183,959352

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings($)Wins
1Jim Colbert United States8,249,21019
2Lee Trevino United States8,165,92728
3Dave Stockton United States7,676,55214
4Bob Charles New Zealand7,646,95823
5Hale Irwin United States7,620,25320

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Hale Irwin United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Hale Irwin United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Hale Irwin United States
Rookie of the YearJoe Inman United States
Comeback Player of the YearJim Colbert United States

See also

References
  1. "1999 PGA Tour Champions Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
  2. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1998 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1998 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1998 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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