1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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This is a list of the 38 players who earned 1998 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1997.[1]

Place Player PGA Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1 United States Scott Verplank 255 131 2 PGA Tour wins
2 United States Blaine McCallister 405 234 5 PGA Tour wins
T3 United States Lee Porter 57 16
T3 Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames 3 3 2 European Tour wins; 1 Nike Tour win
T5 United States Spike McRoy 28 7
T5 United States Franklin Langham 36 15 1 Nike Tour win
T7 United States Sonny Skinner 83 32 2 Nike Tour wins
T7 United States Jim McGovern 227 125 1 PGA Tour win
T9 United States Bob Gilder 603 398 6 PGA Tour wins
T9 United States John Riegger 55 17
T9 United States Bruce Fleisher 434 267 1 PGA Tour win
T9 Republic of Ireland Richie Coughlan 0 0
T9 United States Vance Veazey 0 0
T9 United States Guy Hill 3 1
T9 United States Hugh Royer III 66 25 4 Nike Tour wins
T9 United States Kent Jones 2 1
T17 Sweden Niclas Fasth 0 0 3 Challenge Tour wins
T17 United States Kevin Wentworth 1 0
T17 United States J. P. Hayes 88 42 1 Nike Tour win
T20 United States Tim Conley 26 10 2 Nike Tour wins
T20 United States Jim Estes 6 0 1 Nike Tour win
T20 Mexico Esteban Toledo 33 12
T20 United States Steve Jurgensen 38 20 1 Nike Tour win
T20 Republic of Ireland Keith Nolan 0 0
T20 United States Tom Pernice Jr. 163 62
T26 United States John Morse 114 60 1 PGA Tour win
T26 United States Clark Dennis 146 63 1 Nike Tour win
T26 United States Craig Barlow 1 0
T26 Australia Bradley Hughes 48 22 4 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T26 United States Dicky Pride 118 45 1 PGA Tour win
T26 Canada Mike Weir 16 4
T26 United States Jeff Gallagher 35 12 1 Nike Tour win
T33 United States Bob Friend 47 22 1 Nike Tour win
T33 Malaysia Iain Steel 1 0 1 Nike Tour win
T33 United States Mark Wurtz 58 28 1 Nike Tour win
T33 United States Bobby Gage 2 0
T33 United States Tim Loustalot 24 6 2 Nike Tour wins
T33 United States Lan Gooch 3 0

  PGA Tour rookie in 1998

1998 Results

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Player Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Scott Verplank 27 22 2 18 1,223,436
United States Blaine McCallister 30 22 T11 125 228,304
United States Lee Porter 30 17 3 95 325,415
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames* 16 10 3 83 357,859
United States Spike McRoy 32 12 T6 145 179,770
United States Franklin Langham 30 18 T2 117 248,412
United States Sonny Skinner 31 14 T20 179 109,418
United States Jim McGovern 28 18 T25 180 106,726
United States Bob Gilder 31 12 T9 143 186,913
United States John Riegger 29 16 T20 162 150,874
United States Bruce Fleisher 25 13 4 134 201,086
Republic of Ireland Richie Coughlan* 31 18 T9 151 174,035
United States Vance Veazey* 29 6 T33 212 41,145
United States Guy Hill* 27 11 T24 199 71,495
United States Hugh Royer III 31 11 T5 166 143,963
United States Kent Jones* 29 17 T12 171 133,339
Sweden Niclas Fasth* 15 3 T30 245 20,360
United States Kevin Wentworth* 28 12 T9 119 245,174
United States J. P. Hayes 22 12 Win 51 555,272
United States Tim Conley 26 10 5 169 140,355
United States Jim Estes* 26 8 T16 197 73,438
Mexico Esteban Toledo 30 18 T3 93 327,244
United States Steve Jurgensen 29 20 T6 187 88,783
Republic of Ireland Keith Nolan* 25 4 T47 251 17,203
United States Tom Pernice Jr. 27 15 2 55 520,400
United States John Morse 23 7 T17 210 43,140
United States Clark Dennis 26 14 T3 75 401,440
United States Craig Barlow* 29 13 T14 183 98,111
Australia Bradley Hughes 23 10 T2 80 370,767
United States Dicky Pride 26 4 T27 234 27,680
Canada Mike Weir* 27 13 T5 131 218,967
United States Jeff Gallagher 29 18 T6 113 259,769
United States Bob Friend 30 14 2 57 491,189
Malaysia Iain Steel* 24 7 T40 232 29,143
United States Mark Wurtz 23 4 T17 213 40,215
United States Bobby Gage* 23 5 T22 225 33,881
United States Tim Loustalot 24 11 T2 152 172,918
United States Lan Gooch* 22 1 T48 340 3,173

*PGA Tour rookie in 1998
T = Tied
  The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished inside the top 125)
  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150)
  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished outside the top 150)

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1998

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 Jun 14 United States J. P. Hayes Buick Classic −12 (66-67-68=201) Playoff United States Jim Furyk

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 Apr 26 United States Scott Verplank
Lost in playoff
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Namibia Trevor Dodds −12 (68-69-70-69=276) −12 (67-71-66-72=276)
2–3 Jul 19 United States Franklin Langham Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic United States Fred Funk −18 (69-64-69-68=270) −16 (67-67-70-68=272)
United States Tim Loustalot −16 (69-69-68-66=272)
4 Jul 26 Australia Bradley Hughes CVS Charity Classic United States Steve Pate −15 (70-65-67-67=269) −14 (68-69-67-66=270)
5 Aug 9 United States Scott Verplank (2) Buick Open United States Billy Mayfair −17 (70-69-65-67=271) −15 (71-67-71-64=273)
6 Aug 17 United States Tom Pernice Jr. AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am United States Phil Mickelson −14 (65-70-67=202) −13 (67-69-67=203)
7 Sep 13 United States Bob Friend
Lost in playoff
Bell Canadian Open United States Billy Andrade −11 (68-69-69-69=275) −11 (69-67-68-71=275)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament results". The Oklahoman. December 9, 1997. p. 26.

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