1998 Senior PGA Tour


The 1998 Senior PGA Tour was the 19th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $45,850,650, including four majors. Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, seven. 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. Senior majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 18MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000 Gil Morgan 195 200,000
Feb 1Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000 David Graham 202 127,500
Feb 8LG ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000 Gil Morgan 210 180,000
Feb 15GTE ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Jim Albus 207 165,000
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000 Larry Nelson 203 180,000
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000 Hale Irwin 200 165,000
Mar 29Southwestern Bell DominionTexas1,000,000 Lee Trevino 205 150,000
Apr 5The TraditionArizona1,400,650 Gil Morgan 276 210,000
Apr 19PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,500,000 Hale Irwin 275 270,000
Apr 26Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000 Hale Irwin 281 210,000
May 3Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000 Hubert Green 203 172,500
May 10The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,100,000 Jim Dent 207 165,000
May 17Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000 Larry Ziegler 208 150,000
May 24Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000 Jay Sigel 205 165,000
May 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000 Larry Nelson 204 165,000
Jun 7Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,350,000 John Jacobs 206 202,500
Jun 14BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,300,000 Isao Aoki 198 195,000
Jun 21AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,100,000 Brian Barnes 277 165,000
Jun 28Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,100,000 Bob Dickson 207 165,000
Jul 5State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,250,000 Bruce Summerhays 206 187,500
Jul 12Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,000,000 Gil Morgan 267 300,000
Jul 19Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000 Hale Irwin 201 195,000
Jul 26U.S. Senior OpenCalifornia1,500,000 Hale Irwin 285 267,500
Aug 2Utah ShowdownUtah1,000,000 Gil Morgan 200 150,000
Aug 9Coldwell Banker Burnet ClassicMinnesota1,500,000 Leonard Thompson 134 225,000
Aug 16First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000 George Archer 199 150,000
Aug 23Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000 Gary Player 204 150,000
Aug 30BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000 Hale Irwin 201 150,000
Sep 6Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Dana Quigley 200 165,000
Sep 13Comfort ClassicIndiana1,150,000 Hugh Baiocchi 196 172,500
Sep 20Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,100,000 Hugh Baiocchi 133 165,000
Sep 27Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000 Larry Nelson 200 195,000
Oct 4Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Gil Morgan 198 225,000
Oct 11The TransamericaCalifornia1,000,000 Jim Colbert 205 150,000
Oct 18Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,000,000 Dana Quigley 203 150,000
Oct 25EMC Kaanapali ClassicHawaii1,000,000 Jay Sigel 201 150,000
Nov 1Pacific Bell Senior ClassicCalifornia1,100,000 Joe Inman 202 165,000
Nov 8Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina2,000,000 Hale Irwin 274 347,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Hale Irwin68.59
2Gil Morgan69.46
3Larry Nelson69.87
4Dave Stockton70.49
5Vicente Fernández70.51

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Hale Irwin2,861,945227
2Gil Morgan2,179,047256
3Larry Nelson1,442,476233
4Jay Sigel1,403,912322
5Hugh Baiocchi1,183,959352

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarningsWins
1Jim Colbert8,249,21019
2Lee Trevino8,165,92728
3Dave Stockton7,676,55214
4Bob Charles7,646,95823
5Hale Irwin7,620,25320

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Awards