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1998 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year1998
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events39
most_winsUSA Hale Irwin (7)
honor1Money list
honoree1USA Hale Irwin
honor2Player of the Year
honoree2USA Hale Irwin
honor3Rookie of the Year
honoree3USA Joe Inman
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nextseason[1999](1999-senior-pga-tour)

The 1998 Senior PGA Tour was the 19th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 18MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000USA Gil Morgan (8)
Feb 1Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000AUS David Graham (4)
Feb 8LG ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000USA Gil Morgan (9)
Feb 15GTE ClassicFlorida1,100,000USA Jim Albus (6)
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000USA Larry Nelson (1)
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000USA Hale Irwin (14)
Mar 29Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,000,000USA Lee Trevino (28)
Apr 5**The Tradition**Arizona1,400,650USA **Gil Morgan** (10)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 19**PGA Seniors' Championship**Florida1,500,000USA **Hale Irwin** (15)Senior major championship
Apr 26Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000USA Hale Irwin (16)
May 3Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000USA Hubert Green (1)
May 10Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,100,000USA Jim Dent (12)
May 17Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000USA Larry Ziegler (2)
May 24Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000USA Jay Sigel (5)
May 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000USA Larry Nelson (2)
Jun 7Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,350,000USA John Jacobs (1)
Jun 14BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,300,000JPN Isao Aoki (8)
Jun 21AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,100,000SCO Brian Barnes (3)
Jun 28Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000USA Bob Dickson (1)
Jul 5State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,250,000USA Bruce Summerhays (2)
Jul 12**Ford Senior Players Championship**Michigan2,000,000USA **Gil Morgan** (11)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 19Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000USA Hale Irwin (17)
Jul 26**U.S. Senior Open**California1,500,000USA **Hale Irwin** (18)Senior major championship
Aug 2Utah ShowdownUtah1,000,000USA Gil Morgan (12)
Aug 9**[Senior British Open](1998-senior-british-open)**Northern Ireland£375,000WAL **Brian Huggett** (n/a)Senior major championship
Aug 9Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000USA Leonard Thompson (1)
Aug 16First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000USA George Archer (18)
Aug 23Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000ZAF Gary Player (22)
Aug 30BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000USA Hale Irwin (19)
Sep 6Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000USA Dana Quigley (2)
Sep 13Comfort ClassicIndiana1,150,000ZAF Hugh Baiocchi (2)
Sep 20Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,100,000ZAF Hugh Baiocchi (3)
Sep 27Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000USA Larry Nelson (3)
Oct 4Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000USA Gil Morgan (13)
Oct 11The TransamericaCalifornia1,000,000USA Jim Colbert (19)
Oct 18Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000USA Dana Quigley (3)
Oct 25EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000USA Jay Sigel (6)
Nov 1Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000USA Joe Inman (1)
Nov 8Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000USA Hale Irwin (20)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)WinnersNotes
Dec 6Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000NZL Bob Charles and
son David CharlesTeam event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Hale Irwin2,861,945
2USA Gil Morgan2,179,047
3USA Larry Nelson1,442,476
4USA Jay Sigel1,403,912
5ZAF Hugh Baiocchi1,183,959

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Hale Irwinurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/565749706/title=Jamesnewspaper=The Napa Valley Registerpage=11 (3B in paper)location=Napa, Californiadate=14 December 1998access-date=2 December 2023via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription}}
Rookie of the YearUSA Joe Inman
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Hale Irwin
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Jim Colbert

Notes

References

References

  1. "1999 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology". PGA Tour.
  3. "1998 Money list". PGA Tour.
  4. (14 December 1998). "James". The Napa Valley Register.
  5. "1998 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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