__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1997. The top 15 players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1997 earned their PGA Tour card for 1998.
1997 Nike Tour1998 PGA TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings ($)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($) Chris Smith 1 225,201 31 16 144 184,933 Mark Carnevale 2 184,997 32 15 150 174,470 Chris DiMarco 3 135,513 31 17 111 260,334 Steve Flesch* 4 133,190 29 14 35 777,186 Trevor Dodds 5 130,983 29 18 33 791,340 Barry Cheesman 6 120,033 32 15 100 310,535 J. L. Lewis 7 119,829 32 15 104 287,753 Brian Kamm 8 118,005 28 10 189 87,326 R. W. Eaks 9 117,665 34 11 137 199,499 Glen Hnatiuk* 10 116,381 30 15 165 148,098 Joe Daley 11 105,297 27 8 211 42,092 Ben Bates* 12 105,089 31 22 112 260,225 Harrison Frazar* 13 104,023 26 16 63 461,633 Mike Small* 14 102,079 26 8 178 112,336 Bobby Wadkins 15 101,717 32 15 154 171,854 *PGA Tour rookie for 1998.
T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (won or finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished outside the top 150).
Winners on the PGA Tour in 1998 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up1Apr 26 Trevor DoddsWon on first playoff holeGreater Greensboro Chrysler Classic−12 (68-69-70-69=276)Playoff Scott Verplank
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score1Apr 5 Steve FleschFreeport-McDermott Classic Lee Westwood−15 (69-68-67-69=273)−12 (66-68-71-71=276)2May 17 Harrison FrazarGTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic John Cook−15 (66-68-66-65=265)−12 (64-68-66-70=268)
See also 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
References Money list