1998 Nike Tour


The 1998 Nike Tour season was the eighth season of the Nike Tour, the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, now known as the Web.com Tour. The top fifteen players on the final money list earned PGA Tour cards for 1999.

Schedule

The season ran from January 8 to October 25 and consisted of 30 events. All of the tournament names began with "Nike", e. g. "Nike Lakeland Classic"; this is eliminated here for brevity.
DateTournamentLocationWinner
Jan 11Lakeland ClassicFlorida Casey Martin
Jan 18South Florida ClassicFlorida Eric Johnson
Feb 8Greater Austin OpenTexas Michael Allen
Mar 22Monterrey OpenMexico Joe Ogilvie
Mar 29Louisiana OpenLouisiana John Wilson
Apr 12Shreveport OpenLouisiana Vance Veazey
Apr 19Upstate ClassicSouth Carolina Tom Scherrer
Apr 26Huntsville OpenAlabama Dennis Paulson
May 3South Carolina ClassicSouth Carolina Gene Sauers
May 10Carolina ClassicNorth Carolina Brian Bateman
May 17Dominion OpenVirginia Bob Burns
May 31Knoxville OpenTennessee Robin Freeman
Jun 7Miami Valley OpenOhio Craig Bowden
Jun 14Cleveland OpenOhio Doug Dunakey
Jun 21Lehigh Valley OpenPennsylvania Eric Booker
Jun 28Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Joe Ogilvie
Jul 5Hershey OpenPennsylvania Michael Clark II
Jul 19St. Louis Golf ClassicMissouri Chris Starkjohann
Jul 26Wichita OpenKansas Emlyn Aubrey
Aug 2Dakota Dunes OpenSouth Dakota John Maginnes
Aug 9Omaha ClassicNebraska Matt Gogel
Aug 16Ozarks OpenMissouri Anthony Painter
Aug 23Fort Smith ClassicArkansas Mark Hensby
Aug 30Permian Basin OpenTexas Stiles Mitchell
Sep 13Tri-Cities OpenWashington Matt Gogel
Sep 20Boise OpenIdaho Mike Sposa
Sep 27Oregon ClassicOregon Charles Raulerson
Oct 4San Jose OpenCalifornia Robin Freeman
Oct 11Inland Empire OpenCalifornia Charles Raulerson
Oct 25Nike Tour ChampionshipAlabama Bob Burns

Money list

For a complete list of the top fifteen players on the final money list, who earned PGA Tour cards for 1999, see 1998 Nike Tour graduates.
RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1Bob Burns178,664
2Robin Freeman169,389
3Joe Ogilvie157,812
4Eric Booker153,526
5John Maginnes145,210
6Dennis Paulson145,065
7Charles Raulerson142,976
8Woody Austin140,955
9Mike Sposa140,139
10Notah Begay III136,289