1998 SENIOR PGA TOUR

The '1998 Senior PGA Tour' was the 19th season since the 'Senior PGA Tour' officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $45,850,650, including four majors. Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Contents

Tournament results

Leaders

Awards

See also

External links

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in 'bold'.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse($)	Winner	Score	1st Prize($)
Jan 18	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,000,000	Gil Morgan (8)	195 (-21)	200,000
Feb 1	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	850,000	David Graham (4)	202 (-11)	127,500
Feb 8	LG Championship	Florida	1,200,000	Gil Morgan (9)	210 (-6)	180,000
Feb 15	GTE Classic	Florida	1,100,000	Jim Albus (6)	207 (-6)	165,000
Feb 23	American Express Invitational	Florida	1,200,000	Larry Nelson (1)	203 (-13)	180,000
Mar 16	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,100,000	Hale Irwin (14)	200 (-13)	165,000
Mar 29	Southwestern Bell Dominion	Texas	1,000,000	Lee Trevino (28)	205 (-11)	150,000
Apr 5	'The Tradition'	Arizona	1,400,650	'Gil Morgan' (10)	276 (-12)	210,000
Apr 19	'PGA Seniors' Championship'	Florida	1,500,000	'Hale Irwin' (15)	275 (-13)	270,000
Apr 26	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (16)	281 (-6)	210,000
May 3	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,150,000	Hubert Green (1)	203 (-13)	172,500
May 10	The Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	1,100,000	Jim Dent (12)	207 (-9)	165,000
May 17	Saint Luke's Classic	Missouri	1,000,000	Larry Ziegler (2)	208 (-2)	150,000
May 24	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	1,100,000	Jay Sigel (5)	205 (-11)	165,000
May 31	Pittsburgh Senior Classic	Pennsylvania	1,100,000	Larry Nelson (2)	204 (-12)	165,000
Jun 7	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	1,350,000	John Jacobs (1)	206 (-10)	202,500
Jun 14	BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland	Tennessee	1,300,000	Isao Aoki (8)	198 (-18)	195,000
Jun 21	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	1,100,000	Brian Barnes (1)	277 (-11)	165,000
Jun 28	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	1,100,000	Bob Dickson (1)	207 (-9)	165,000
Jul 5	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	1,250,000	Bruce Summerhays (2)	206 (-10)	187,500
Jul 12	'Ford Senior Players Championship'	Michigan	2,000,000	'Gil Morgan' (11)	267 (-21)	300,000
Jul 19	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	1,300,000	Hale Irwin (17)	201 (-15)	195,000
Jul 26	'U.S. Senior Open'	California	1,500,000	'Hale Irwin' (18)	285 (1)	267,500
Aug 2	Utah Showdown	Utah	1,000,000	Gil Morgan (12)	200 (-16)	150,000
Aug 9	Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic	Minnesota	1,500,000	Leonard Thompson (1)	134 (-10)	225,000
Aug 16	First of America Classic	Michigan	1,000,000	George Archer (18)	199 (-17)	150,000
Aug 23	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	1,000,000	Gary Player (19)	204 (-12)	150,000
Aug 30	BankBoston Classic	Massachusetts	1,000,000	Hale Irwin (19)	201 (-15)	150,000
Sep 6	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,100,000	Dana Quigley (2)	200 (-10)	165,000
Sep 13	Comfort Classic	Indiana	1,150,000	Hugh Baiocchi (2)	196 (-20)	172,500
Sep 20	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	1,100,000	Hugh Baiocchi (3)	133 (-7)	165,000
Sep 27	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	1,300,000	Larry Nelson (3)	200 (-16)	195,000
Oct 4	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Gil Morgan (13)	198 (-12)	225,000
Oct 11	The Transamerica	California	1,000,000	Jim Colbert (19)	205 (-11)	150,000
Oct 18	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	California	1,000,000	Dana Quigley (3)	203 (-13)	150,000
Oct 25	EMC Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	1,000,000	Jay Sigel (6)	201 (-12)	150,000
Nov 1	Pacific Bell Senior Classic	California	1,100,000	Joe Inman (1)	202 (-11)	165,000
Nov 8	Energizer Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	2,000,000	Hale Irwin (20)	274 (-14)	347,000

Leaders

'Scoring Average leaders'

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Hale Irwin		68.59
2	Gil Morgan		69.46
3	Larry Nelson		69.87
4	Dave Stockton		70.49
5	Vicente Fernandez		70.51

''Full 1998 Scoring Average List''
'Money List leaders'

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Hale Irwin		2,861,945	22	7
2	Gil Morgan		2,179,047	25	6
3	Larry Nelson		1,442,476	23	3
4	Jay Sigel		1,403,912	32	2
5	Hugh Baiocchi		1,183,959	35	2

''Full 1998 Official Money List''
'Career Money List leaders'

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings($)	Wins
1	Jim Colbert		8,249,210	19
2	Lee Trevino		8,165,927	28
3	Dave Stockton		7,676,552	14
4	Bob Charles		7,646,958	23
5	Hale Irwin		7,620,253	20

''Full 1998 Career Official Money List''

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Hale Irwin
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Hale Irwin
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Hale Irwin
Rookie of the Year	Joe Inman
Comeback Player of the Year	Jim Colbert

See also

★ Champions Tour awards

★ Champions Tour records

External links

★ Champions Tour official site

★ 2006 Champions Tour Media Guide