1996 Nike Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1996. The top ten players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1996 earned their PGA Tour card for 1997.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! !!colspan=2|1996 Nike Tour!!colspan=6|1997 PGA Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings ($)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Stewart Cink*	1	251,699	31	19	{{sort|01|Win}}	29	809,580
style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Christie*	2	193,971	33	17	{{sort|06|T6}}	112	204,883
style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Durant	3	159,386	31	19	{{sort|05|T5}}	100	240,936
style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} David Berganio Jr.*	4	146,047	30	14	{{sort|09|T9}}	155	118,290
style="background:#FFF080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Brett Quigley*	5	123,763	34	21	{{sort|12|T12}}	128	172,023
style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Dave Rummells	6	122,778	11	7	{{sort|07|T7}}	172	90,345
style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} P. H. Horgan III	7	120,760	30	15	{{sort|05|5}}	105	226,249
style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Porter	8	108,030	32	8	{{sort|07|T7}}	196	62,136
style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Skip Kendall	9	107,396	31	22	{{sort|03|3}}	74	320,800
style="background:#F08080;" |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Johnson*	10	103,929	30	11	{{sort|12|T12}}	171	92,091

*PGA Tour rookie for 1997.

T = Tied

Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 1998 (won or finished inside the top 125).

Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).

Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished outside the top 150).