1998 PGA Tour


The 1998 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 1. The season consisted of 45 official money events. David Duval won the most tournaments, four, and there were eight first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

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. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 11Mercedes ChampionshipsCalifornia Phil Mickelson 271 1,700,000306,000
Jan 18Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Fred Couples 332 2,300,000414,000
Jan 25Phoenix OpenArizona Jesper Parnevik 269 2,500,000450,000
Feb 8Buick InvitationalCalifornia Scott Simpson 204 2,100,000378,000
Feb 15United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaii John Huston 260 1,800,000324,000
Feb 22Tucson Chrysler ClassicArizona David Duval 269 2,000,000360,000
Mar 1Nissan OpenCalifornia Billy Mayfair 272 2,100,000378,000
Mar 8Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Michael Bradley 278 2,000,000360,000
Mar 15Honda ClassicFlorida Mark Calcavecchia 270 1,800,000324,000
Mar 22Bay Hill InvitationalFlorida Ernie Els 274 2,000,000360,000
Mar 29The Players ChampionshipFlorida Justin Leonard 278 4,000,000720,000
Apr 5Freeport-McDermott ClassicLouisiana Lee Westwood 273 1,700,000306,000
Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia Mark O'Meara 279 3,200,000576,000
Apr 19MCI ClassicSouth Carolina Davis Love III 266 1,900,000342,000
Apr 26Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNorth Carolina Trevor Dodds 276 2,200,000396,000
May 3Shell Houston OpenTexas David Duval 276 2,000,000360,000
May 10BellSouth ClassicGeorgia Tiger Woods 271 1,800,000324,000
May 17GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas John Cook 265 2,500,000450,000
May 24MasterCard ColonialTexas Tom Watson 265 2,300,000414,000
May 31Memorial TournamentOhio Fred Couples 271 2,200,000396,000
Jun 7Kemper OpenMaryland Stuart Appleby 274 2,000,000360,000
Jun 14Buick ClassicNew York J. P. Hayes 201 1,800,000324,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenCalifornia Lee Janzen 280 3,000,000535,000
Jun 28Motorola Western OpenIllinois Joe Durant 271 2,200,000396,000
Jul 5Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Olin Browne 266 2,000,000360,000
Jul 12Quad City ClassicIllinois Steve Jones 263 1,550,000279,000
Jul 19Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippi Fred Funk 270 1,200,000216,000
Jul 19British OpenEngland Mark O'Meara 280 2,750,000493,500
Jul 26CVS Charity ClassicMassachusetts Steve Pate 269 1,500,000270,000
Aug 2FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee Nick Price 268 1,800,000324,000
Aug 9Buick OpenMichigan Billy Mayfair 271 1,800,000324,000
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipWashington Vijay Singh 271 3,000,000540,000
Aug 17AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am*California Phil Mickelson 202 2,500,000450,000
Aug 23Sprint InternationalColorado Vijay Singh 47 2,000,000360,000
Aug 30Greater Vancouver OpenCanada Brandel Chamblee 265 2,000,000360,000
Aug 30NEC World Series of GolfOhio David Duval 269 2,250,000405,000
Sep 6Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Jeff Sluman 265 1,800,000324,000
Sep 13Bell Canadian OpenCanada Billy Andrade 275 2,200,000396,000
Sep 20B.C. OpenNew York Chris Perry 273 1,500,000270,000
Sep 27Westin Texas OpenTexas Hal Sutton 270 1,700,000306,000
Oct 4Buick ChallengeGeorgia Steve Elkington 267 1,500,000270,000
Oct 11Michelob Championship at KingsmillVirginia David Duval 268 1,900,000342,000
Oct 18Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Jim Furyk 335 2,000,000360,000
Oct 23National Car Rental Golf Classic DisneyFlorida John Huston 272 2,000,000360,000
Nov 1The Tour ChampionshipGeorgia Hal Sutton 274 4,000,000720,000

* The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was shortened to 54 holes due to rain. The first two rounds were completed the week of February 1, but the third and final round was rescheduled for August 17.
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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1David Duval69.13
2Tiger Woods69.21
3Davis Love III69.41
4Jim Furyk69.50
5Mark O'Meara69.63

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1David Duval2,591,031234
2Vijay Singh2,238,998262
3Jim Furyk2,054,334281
4Tiger Woods1,841,117201
5Hal Sutton1,838,740302

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Greg Norman11,936,44320
2Fred Couples10,535,87614
3Tom Kite10,447,47219
4Mark O'Meara10,293,47316
5Davis Love III10,012,13413

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Awards