1998 Nike Tour

1998 Nike Tour season

Duration	January 8, 1998 (1998-01-08) – October 25, 1998 (1998-10-25)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Bob Burns (2) Robin Freeman (2) Matt Gogel (2) Joe Ogilvie (2) Charles Raulerson (2)
Money list	Bob Burns
Player of the Year	Bob Burns
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The 1998 Nike Tour was the ninth season of the Nike Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 11	Nike Lakeland Classic	Florida	225,000	Casey Martin (1)
Jan 18	Nike South Florida Open	Florida	225,000	Eric Johnson (2)	New tournament
Feb 8	Nike Greater Austin Open	Texas	225,000	Michael Allen (1)
Mar 22	Nike Monterrey Open	Mexico	250,000	Joe Ogilvie (1)
Mar 29	Nike Louisiana Open	Louisiana	300,000	John Wilson (1)
Apr 12	Nike Shreveport Open	Louisiana	225,000	Vance Veazey (1)
Apr 19	Nike Upstate Classic	South Carolina	225,000	Tom Scherrer (2)
Apr 26	Nike Huntsville Open	Alabama	225,000	Dennis Paulson (1)
May 3	Nike South Carolina Classic	South Carolina	225,000	Gene Sauers (1)
May 10	Nike Carolina Classic	North Carolina	225,000	Brian Bateman (1)
May 17	Nike Dominion Open	Virginia	225,000	Bob Burns (1)
May 31	Nike Knoxville Open	Tennessee	225,000	Robin Freeman (1)
Jun 7	Nike Miami Valley Open	Ohio	225,000	Craig Bowden (1)
Jun 14	Nike Cleveland Open	Ohio	225,000	Doug Dunakey (1)
Jun 21	Nike Lehigh Valley Open	Pennsylvania	225,000	Eric Booker (2)	New tournament
Jun 28	Nike Greensboro Open	North Carolina	225,000	Joe Ogilvie (2)	New tournament
Jul 5	Nike Hershey Open	Pennsylvania	225,000	Michael Clark II (2)
Jul 19	Nike St. Louis Golf Classic	Missouri	225,000	Chris Starkjohann (1)
Jul 26	Nike Wichita Open	Kansas	225,000	Emlyn Aubrey (2)
Aug 2	Nike Dakota Dunes Open	South Dakota	325,000	John Maginnes (2)
Aug 9	Nike Omaha Classic	Nebraska	250,000	Matt Gogel (3)
Aug 16	Nike Ozarks Open	Missouri	225,000	Anthony Painter (1)
Aug 23	Nike Fort Smith Classic	Arkansas	225,000	Mark Hensby (1)	New tournament
Aug 30	Nike Permian Basin Open	Texas	225,000	Stiles Mitchell (1)
Sep 13	Nike Tri-Cities Open	Washington	225,000	Matt Gogel (4)
Sep 20	Nike Boise Open	Idaho	300,000	Mike Sposa (1)
Sep 27	Nike Oregon Classic	Oregon	225,000	Charles Raulerson (1)	New tournament
Oct 4	Nike San Jose Open	California	225,000	Robin Freeman (2)
Oct 11	Nike Inland Empire Open	California	225,000	Charles Raulerson (2)
Oct 25	Nike Tour Championship	Alabama	300,000	Bob Burns (2)	Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 1998 Nike Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[3] [4]} The top 15 players on the money list earned status to play on the 1999 PGA Tour. ^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Bob Burns	178,664
2	Robin Freeman	169,389
3	Joe Ogilvie	157,812
4	Eric Booker	153,526
5	John Maginnes	145,210

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Bob Burns	[6]

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. "1999 Nike Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
3. "1998 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
4. "Burns wins Nike Tour title". Gadsden Times. Gadsden, Alabama. Associated Press. October 25, 1998. p. 52 (B4 in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023– via Google News Archive. His victory is worth $63,000 and moves him to the top of the 1998 Nike Tour money list with $178,664.
5. "Web.com Tour past players gaining exempt PGA Tour status". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
6. Ferguson, Doug (November 21, 1998). "O'Meara golf's Player of the Year". The Madison Courier. Madison, Indiana. Associated Press. p. 17 (B10 in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023– via Google News Archive. Bob Burns was the Nike Tour player of the year.

External links

• Official website