Golf tour season
The 1998 Senior PGA Tour was the 19th season of the Senior PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date Tournament Location PurseUS$ ) Winner[ a] Notes Jan 18 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,000,000 Gil Morgan (8) Feb 1 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 850,000 David Graham (4) Feb 8 LG Championship Florida 1,200,000 Gil Morgan (9) Feb 15 GTE Classic Florida 1,100,000 Jim Albus (6) Feb 23 American Express Invitational Florida 1,200,000 Larry Nelson (1) Mar 16 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,100,000 Hale Irwin (14) Mar 29 Southwestern Bell Dominion Texas 1,000,000 Lee Trevino (28) Apr 5 The Tradition Arizona 1,400,650 Gil Morgan Senior PGA Tour major championship Apr 19 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,500,000 Hale Irwin Senior major championship Apr 26 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 Hale Irwin (16) May 3 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,150,000 Hubert Green (1) May 10 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,100,000 Jim Dent (12) May 17 Saint Luke's Classic Missouri 1,000,000 Larry Ziegler (2) May 24 Bell Atlantic Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000 Jay Sigel (5) May 31 Pittsburgh Senior Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000 Larry Nelson (2) Jun 7 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,350,000 John Jacobs (1) Jun 14 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,300,000 Isao Aoki (8) Jun 21 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,100,000 Brian Barnes (3) Jun 28 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 Bob Dickson (1) Jul 5 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,250,000 Bruce Summerhays (2) Jul 12 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,000,000 Gil Morgan Senior PGA Tour major championship Jul 19 Ameritech Senior Open Illinois 1,300,000 Hale Irwin (17) Jul 26 U.S. Senior Open California 1,500,000 Hale Irwin Senior major championship Aug 2 Utah Showdown Utah 1,000,000 Gil Morgan (12) Aug 9 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £375,000 Brian Huggett Senior major championship [ b] Aug 9 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,500,000 Leonard Thompson (1) Aug 16 First of America Classic Michigan 1,000,000 George Archer (18) Aug 23 Northville Long Island Classic New York 1,000,000 Gary Player (22) Aug 30 BankBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,000,000 Hale Irwin (19) Sep 6 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,100,000 Dana Quigley (2) Sep 13 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,150,000 Hugh Baiocchi (2) Sep 20 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,100,000 Hugh Baiocchi (3) Sep 27 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,300,000 Larry Nelson (3) Oct 4 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 Gil Morgan (13) Oct 11 The Transamerica California 1,000,000 Jim Colbert (19) Oct 18 Raley's Gold Rush Classic California 1,000,000 Dana Quigley (3) Oct 25 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,000,000 Jay Sigel (6) Nov 1 Pacific Bell Senior Classic California 1,100,000 Joe Inman (1) Nov 8 Energizer Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,000,000 Hale Irwin (20)Tour Championship
The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Hale Irwin 2,861,945 2 Gil Morgan 2,179,047 3 Larry Nelson 1,442,476 4 Jay Sigel 1,403,912 5 Hugh Baiocchi 1,183,959
^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
Hale Irwin (7)
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Hugh Baiocchi