1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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

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

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

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1  | Jun 14  |  J. P. Hayes | Buick Classic | −12 (66-67-68=201)  | Playoff  |  Jim Furyk

## Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998

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No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score

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1  | Apr 26  |  Scott Verplank
Lost in playoff | Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic |  Trevor Dodds | −12 (68-69-70-69=276)  | −12 (67-71-66-72=276)
2–3  | Jul 19  |  Franklin Langham | Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic |  Fred Funk | −18 (69-64-69-68=270)  | −16 (67-67-70-68=272)
Tim Loustalot | −16 (69-69-68-66=272)
4  | Jul 26  |  Bradley Hughes | CVS Charity Classic |  Steve Pate | −15 (70-65-67-67=269)  | −14 (68-69-67-66=270)
5  | Aug 9  |  Scott Verplank (2) | Buick Open |  Billy Mayfair | −17 (70-69-65-67=271)  | −15 (71-67-71-64=273)
6  | Aug 17  |  Tom Pernice Jr. | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am |  Phil Mickelson | −14 (65-70-67=202)  | −13 (67-69-67=203)
7  | Sep 13  |  Bob Friend
Lost in playoff | Bell Canadian Open |  Billy Andrade | −11 (68-69-69-69=275)  | −11 (69-67-68-71=275)

## See also

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* 1997 Nike Tour graduates

## References

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

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