1998 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 16, 1998 (1998-01-16) – November 8, 1998 (1998-11-08)
Number of official events39
Most winsUnited States Hale Irwin (7)
Money listUnited States Hale Irwin
Player of the YearUnited States Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUnited States Joe Inman
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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.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 18 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,000,000 United States Gil Morgan (8)
Feb 1 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 850,000 Australia David Graham (4)
Feb 8 LG Championship Florida 1,200,000 United States Gil Morgan (9)
Feb 15 GTE Classic Florida 1,100,000 United States Jim Albus (6)
Feb 23 American Express Invitational Florida 1,200,000 United States Larry Nelson (1)
Mar 16 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,100,000 United States Hale Irwin (14)
Mar 29 Southwestern Bell Dominion Texas 1,000,000 United States Lee Trevino (28)
Apr 5 The Tradition Arizona 1,400,650 United States Gil Morgan (10) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 19 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (15) Senior major championship
Apr 26 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 United States Hale Irwin (16)
May 3 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,150,000 United States Hubert Green (1)
May 10 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,100,000 United States Jim Dent (12)
May 17 Saint Luke's Classic Missouri 1,000,000 United States Larry Ziegler (2)
May 24 Bell Atlantic Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000 United States Jay Sigel (5)
May 31 Pittsburgh Senior Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000 United States Larry Nelson (2)
Jun 7 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,350,000 United States John Jacobs (1)
Jun 14 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,300,000 Japan Isao Aoki (8)
Jun 21 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,100,000 Scotland Brian Barnes (3)
Jun 28 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 United States Bob Dickson (1)
Jul 5 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,250,000 United States Bruce Summerhays (2)
Jul 12 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,000,000 United States Gil Morgan (11) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 19 Ameritech Senior Open Illinois 1,300,000 United States Hale Irwin (17)
Jul 26 U.S. Senior Open California 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (18) Senior major championship
Aug 2 Utah Showdown Utah 1,000,000 United States Gil Morgan (12)
Aug 9 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £375,000 Wales Brian Huggett (n/a) Senior major championship[b]
Aug 9 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,500,000 United States Leonard Thompson (1)
Aug 16 First of America Classic Michigan 1,000,000 United States George Archer (18)
Aug 23 Northville Long Island Classic New York 1,000,000 South Africa Gary Player (22)
Aug 30 BankBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,000,000 United States Hale Irwin (19)
Sep 6 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,100,000 United States Dana Quigley (2)
Sep 13 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,150,000 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (2)
Sep 20 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,100,000 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (3)
Sep 27 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,300,000 United States Larry Nelson (3)
Oct 4 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 United States Gil Morgan (13)
Oct 11 The Transamerica California 1,000,000 United States Jim Colbert (19)
Oct 18 Raley's Gold Rush Classic California 1,000,000 United States Dana Quigley (3)
Oct 25 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,000,000 United States Jay Sigel (6)
Nov 1 Pacific Bell Senior Classic California 1,100,000 United States Joe Inman (1)
Nov 8 Energizer Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,000,000 United States 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.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winners Notes
Dec 6 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000 New Zealand Bob Charles and
son David Charles		 Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Hale Irwin 2,861,945
2 United States Gil Morgan 2,179,047
3 United States Larry Nelson 1,442,476
4 United States Jay Sigel 1,403,912
5 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi 1,183,959

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Hale Irwin [4]
Rookie of the Year United States Joe Inman [4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) United States Hale Irwin [5]
Comeback Player of the Year United States Jim Colbert [4]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ^ "1999 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "1998 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "James". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. December 14, 1998. p. 11 (3B in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1998 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

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