1993 Nike Tour

1993 Nike Tour season

Duration	February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18) – October 17, 1993 (1993-10-17)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Sean Murphy (4)
Money list	Sean Murphy
Player of the Year	Sean Murphy
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The 1993 Nike Tour was the fourth season of the Nike Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Nike title sponsorship

In August 1992, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Nike, Inc., being renamed as the Nike Tour. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1993 season. ^{[2] [3]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Feb 21	Nike Yuma Open	Arizona	150,000	Ron Streck (1)
Mar 7	Nike Monterrey Open	Mexico	200,000	Olin Browne (3)	New tournament
Mar 21	Nike Louisiana Open	Louisiana	150,000	R. W. Eaks (2)
Mar 28	Nike Panama City Beach Classic	Florida	150,000	Mike Schuchart (1)
Apr 4	Nike South Texas Open	Texas	150,000	Doug Martin (1)
Apr 18	Nike Shreveport Open	Louisiana	150,000	Sonny Skinner (1)
Apr 25	Nike Central Georgia Open	Georgia	150,000	Sean Murphy (2)
May 2	Nike South Carolina Classic	South Carolina	150,000	Hugh Royer III (1)
May 9	Nike Greater Greenville Classic	South Carolina	150,000	Sean Murphy (3)
May 16	Nike Knoxville Open	Tennessee	175,000	Tim Conley (1)
May 23	Nike Miami Valley Open	Ohio	175,000	Emlyn Aubrey (1)	New tournament
Jun 6	Nike Dominion Open	Virginia	175,000	Ángel Franco (1)	New tournament
Jun 13	Nike Cleveland Open	Ohio	275,000	Stan Utley (1)
Jun 20	Nike Connecticut Open	Connecticut	150,000	Dave Stockton Jr. (1)
Jun 27	Nike New England Classic	Maine	150,000	John Morse (1)
Jul 4	Nike White Rose Classic	Pennsylvania	200,000	Curt Byrum (1)	New tournament
Jul 11	Nike Hawkeye Open	Iowa	150,000	Dave Stockton Jr. (2)
Jul 18	Nike Dakota Dunes Open	South Dakota	175,000	Alan Pate (1)
Jul 25	Nike Ozarks Open	Missouri	175,000	Tommy Tolles (1)
Aug 1	Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic	Mississippi	150,000	Jim Furyk (1)
Aug 8	Nike Permian Basin Open	Texas	150,000	Franklin Langham (1)
Aug 15	Nike New Mexico Charity Classic	New Mexico	175,000	Chris Patton (1)	New tournament
Aug 22	Nike Wichita Open	Kansas	150,000	David Duval (1)
Aug 29	Nike Texarkana Open	Arkansas	150,000	Hugh Royer III (2)
Sep 12	Nike Tri-Cities Open	Washington	150,000	Steve Jurgensen (1)
Sep 19	Nike Utah Classic	Utah	150,000	Sean Murphy (4)
Sep 26	Nike Boise Open	Idaho	200,000	Tommy Moore (1)
Oct 3	Nike Sonoma County Open	California	150,000	Sean Murphy (5)
Oct 10	Nike Bakersfield Open	California	150,000	Clark Dennis (1)
Oct 17	Nike Tour Championship	Oregon	200,000	David Duval (2)	New tournament Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 1993 Nike Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[4] The top 10 players on the money list earned status to play on the 1994 PGA Tour. ^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Sean Murphy	166,293
2	Doug Martin	147,003
3	Stan Utley	144,127
4	Bob May	132,656
5	John Morse	122,627

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Sean Murphy	[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. "Nike new tour sponsor". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. August 27, 1992. p. 22 (10 in paper). Retrieved September 3, 2023– via Google News Archive.
2. "Web.com Tour chronology". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
3. "1994 Nike Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
4. "1993 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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. "Price, Stockton top players". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Sarasota, Florida. January 7, 1994. p. 68 (3C in paper). Retrieved September 3, 2023– via Google News Archive. Sean Murphy won player of the year on the Nike Tour...

External links

• Official website