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
← 1997
1999 →

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[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 18MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (8)
Feb 1Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000Australia David Graham (4)
Feb 8LG ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (9)
Feb 15GTE ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Jim Albus (6)
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Larry Nelson (1)
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000United States Hale Irwin (14)
Mar 29Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,000,000United States Lee Trevino (28)
Apr 5The TraditionArizona1,400,650United States Gil Morgan (10)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 19PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (15)Senior major championship
Apr 26Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (16)
May 3Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000United States Hubert Green (1)
May 10Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,100,000United States Jim Dent (12)
May 17Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000United States Larry Ziegler (2)
May 24Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Jay Sigel (5)
May 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Larry Nelson (2)
Jun 7Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,350,000United States John Jacobs (1)
Jun 14BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,300,000Japan Isao Aoki (8)
Jun 21AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,100,000Scotland Brian Barnes (3)
Jun 28Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000United States Bob Dickson (1)
Jul 5State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,250,000United States Bruce Summerhays (2)
Jul 12Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000United States Gil Morgan (11)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 19Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000United States Hale Irwin (17)
Jul 26U.S. Senior OpenCalifornia1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (18)Senior major championship
Aug 2Utah ShowdownUtah1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (12)
Aug 9Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£375,000Wales Brian Huggett (n/a)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Aug 9Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000United States Leonard Thompson (1)
Aug 16First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000United States George Archer (18)
Aug 23Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000South Africa Gary Player (22)
Aug 30BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (19)
Sep 6Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000United States Dana Quigley (2)
Sep 13Comfort ClassicIndiana1,150,000South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (2)
Sep 20Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,100,000South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (3)
Sep 27Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000United States Larry Nelson (3)
Oct 4Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Gil Morgan (13)
Oct 11The TransamericaCalifornia1,000,000United States Jim Colbert (19)
Oct 18Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Dana Quigley (3)
Oct 25EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000United States Jay Sigel (6)
Nov 1Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000United States Joe Inman (1)
Nov 8Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000United 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 6Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000New 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]

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

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Hale Irwin[4]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Joe Inman[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Hale Irwin[5]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited 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. 1 2 3 "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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