The 1998 PGA Tour was the 83rd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 30th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes Jan 11 Mercedes Championships California 1,700,000 Phil Mickelson (12) 58 Winners-only event Jan 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 2,300,000 Fred Couples (13) 48 Pro-Am Jan 25 Phoenix Open Arizona 2,500,000 Jesper Parnevik (1) 54 Feb 8 Buick Invitational California 2,100,000 Scott Simpson (7) 40 Feb 15 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,800,000 John Huston (4) 40 Feb 22 Tucson Chrysler Classic Arizona 2,000,000 David Duval (4) 50 Mar 1 Nissan Open California 2,100,000 Billy Mayfair (4) 50 Mar 8 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 2,000,000 Michael Bradley (2) 60 Mar 15 Honda Classic Florida 1,800,000 Mark Calcavecchia (10) 50 Mar 22 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 2,000,000 Ernie Els (6) 72 Invitational Mar 29 The Players Championship Florida 4,000,000 Justin Leonard (4) 80 Flagship event Apr 5 Freeport-McDermott Classic Louisiana 1,700,000 Lee Westwood (1) 44 Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia 3,200,000 Mark O'Meara (15) 100 Major championship Apr 19 MCI Classic South Carolina 1,900,000 Davis Love III (13) 60 Invitational Apr 26 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 2,200,000 Trevor Dodds (1) 42 May 3 Shell Houston Open Texas 2,000,000 David Duval (5) 42 May 10 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Tiger Woods (7) 48 May 17 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 2,500,000 John Cook (10) 60 May 24 MasterCard Colonial Texas 2,300,000 Tom Watson (39) 58 Invitational May 31 Memorial Tournament Ohio 2,200,000 Fred Couples (14) 66 Invitational Jun 7 Kemper Open Maryland 2,000,000 Stuart Appleby (2) 46 Jun 14 Buick Classic New York 1,800,000 J. P. Hayes (1) 40 Jun 21 U.S. Open California 3,000,000 Lee Janzen (8) 100 Major championship Jun 28 Motorola Western Open Illinois 2,200,000 Joe Durant (1) 54 Jul 5 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 2,000,000 Olin Browne (1) 50 Jul 12 Quad City Classic Illinois 1,550,000 Steve Jones (8) 22 Jul 19 The Open Championship England £1,700,000 Mark O'Meara (16) 100 Major championship Jul 19 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 1,200,000 Fred Funk (5) 20 Alternate event Jul 26 CVS Charity Classic Massachusetts 1,500,000 Steve Pate (6) 32 Aug 2 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,800,000 Nick Price (17) 44 Aug 9 Buick Open Michigan 1,800,000 Billy Mayfair (5) 44 Aug 16 PGA Championship Washington 3,000,000 Vijay Singh (6) 100 Major championship Aug 17 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 2,500,000 Phil Mickelson (13) 44 Pro-Am Aug 23 Sprint International Colorado 2,000,000 Vijay Singh (7) 62 Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 2,250,000 David Duval (6) 62 Limited-field event Aug 30 Greater Vancouver Open Canada 2,000,000 Brandel Chamblee (1) 30 Alternate event Sep 6 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,800,000 Jeff Sluman (3) 38 Sep 13 Bell Canadian Open Canada 2,200,000 Billy Andrade (3) 42 Sep 20 B.C. Open New York 1,500,000 Chris Perry (1) 24 Sep 27 Westin Texas Open Texas 1,700,000 Hal Sutton (9) 36 Oct 4 Buick Challenge Georgia 1,500,000 Steve Elkington (9) 54 Oct 11 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 1,900,000 David Duval (7) 46 Oct 18 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 2,000,000 Jim Furyk (3) 48 Oct 23 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida 2,000,000 John Huston (5) 58 Nov 1 The Tour Championship Georgia 4,000,000 Hal Sutton (10) 60 Tour Championship

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesJan 4Andersen Consulting World Championship of GolfArizona3,650,000 Colin Montgomerie58Limited-field eventNov 8Subaru Sarazen World OpenGeorgia2,000,000 Dudley Hart38Nov 15Franklin Templeton Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,300,000 Steve Elkington and Greg Normann/aTeam eventNov 19PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000 Tiger Woodsn/aLimited-field eventNov 22World Cup of GolfNew Zealand1,300,000 David Carter and Nick Faldon/aTeam eventWorld Cup of Golf Individual Trophy200,000 Scott Verplankn/aNov 29Skins GameCalifornia600,000 Mark O'Mearan/aLimited-field eventDec 6JCPenney ClassicFlorida875,000 Meg Mallon and Steve Paten/aTeam eventDec 13Presidents CupAustralian/aTeam Internationaln/aTeam event

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

Position Player Prize money ($)1 David Duval 2,591,0312 Vijay Singh 2,238,9983 Jim Furyk 2,054,3344 Tiger Woods 1,841,1175 Hal Sutton 1,838,7406 Phil Mickelson 1,837,2467 Mark O'Meara 1,786,6998 Justin Leonard 1,671,8239 Fred Couples 1,650,38910 John Huston 1,544,110

Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Mark O'Meara PGA Player of the Year Mark O'Meara Rookie of the Year Steve Flesch Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) David Duval Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) David Duval Comeback Player of the Year Scott Verplank

See also 1998 Nike Tour 1998 Senior PGA Tour

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