1998 Senior PGA Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1998

| tour = Senior PGA Tour

| regular_season = {{Start date|1998|1|16}} – {{end date|1998|11|8}}

| no_of_events = 39

| most_wins = {{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin (7)

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin

| honor2 = Player of the Year

| honoree2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin

| honor3 = Rookie of the Year

| honoree3 = {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Inman

| prevseason = 1997

| nextseason = 1999

}}

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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.{{cite web |title=1999 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide |url=https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1999_champions.pdf |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=2 December 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://svrns8web1.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/3b11341dae1ad9b38525753e005e561b/$FILE/2004-mg-ct.pdf |title=2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=2 December 2023 |pages=219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document) |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071856/https://svrns8web1.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/3b11341dae1ad9b38525753e005e561b/$FILE/2004-mg-ct.pdf}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Date !Tournament !Location !Purse (US$) !Winner{{efn\|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.}} !Notes
Jan 18	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (8)
Feb 1	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	align=right\|850,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} David Graham (4)
Feb 8	LG Championship	Florida	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (9)
Feb 15	GTE Classic	Florida	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Albus (6)
Feb 23	American Express Invitational	Florida	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson (1)
Mar 16	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (14)
Mar 29	Southwestern Bell Dominion	Texas	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lee Trevino (28)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Apr 5	The Tradition	Arizona	align=right\|1,400,650	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (10)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Apr 19	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (15)	Senior major championship
Apr 26	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	align=right\|1,400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (16)
May 3	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	align=right\|1,150,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hubert Green (1)
May 10	Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Dent (12)
May 17	Saint Luke's Classic	Missouri	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Ziegler (2)
May 24	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Sigel (5)
May 31	Pittsburgh Senior Classic	Pennsylvania	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson (2)
Jun 7	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	align=right\|1,350,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Jacobs (1)
Jun 14	BellSouth Senior Classic	Tennessee	align=right\|1,300,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Isao Aoki (8)
Jun 21	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Brian Barnes (3)
Jun 28	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Dickson (1)
Jul 5	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	align=right\|1,250,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Summerhays (2)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Jul 12	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	align=right\|2,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (11)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 19	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	align=right\|1,300,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (17)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Jul 26	U.S. Senior Open	California	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (18)	Senior major championship
Aug 2	Utah Showdown	Utah	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (12)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \| Aug 9	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	align=right\|£375,000	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Brian Huggett (n/a)	Senior major championship{{efn\|Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.}}
Aug 9	Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic	Minnesota	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Leonard Thompson (1)
Aug 16	First of America Classic	Michigan	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} George Archer (18)
Aug 23	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Gary Player (22)
Aug 30	BankBoston Classic	Massachusetts	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (19)
Sep 6	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dana Quigley (2)
Sep 13	Comfort Classic	Indiana	align=right\|1,150,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Hugh Baiocchi (2)
Sep 20	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Hugh Baiocchi (3)
Sep 27	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	align=right\|1,300,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson (3)
Oct 4	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (13)
Oct 11	The Transamerica	California	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Colbert (19)
Oct 18	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	California	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dana Quigley (3)
Oct 25	EMC Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Sigel (6)
Nov 1	Pacific Bell Senior Classic	California	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Joe Inman (1)
style="background:thistle;" \|Nov 8	Energizer Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	align=right\|2,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (20)	Tour Championship

=Unofficial events=

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Date!!Tournament!!Location!!Purse
($)!!Winners!!Notes

Dec 6

Office Depot Father/Son Challenge

Florida

align=right|860,000

{{flagicon|NZL}} Bob Charles and
son David Charles

Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1998.html |title=1998 Money list |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140601021523/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1998.html |archive-date=1 June 2014}}

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	align=center\|2,861,945
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan	align=center\|2,179,047
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson	align=center\|1,442,476
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Sigel	align=center\|1,403,912
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Hugh Baiocchi	align=center\|1,183,959

Awards

class="wikitable" !Award!!Winner!!{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/565749706/ \|title=James \|newspaper=The Napa Valley Register \|page=11 (3B in paper) \|location=Napa, California \|date=14 December 1998 \|access-date=2 December 2023 \|via=Newspapers.com \|url-access=subscription}}
Rookie of the Year	{{flagicon\|USA}} Joe Inman
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	{{cite web \|url=https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/stats/detail/108 \|title=1998 Scoring average \|publisher=PGA Tour \|access-date=2 December 2023}}
Comeback Player of the Year	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Colbert

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions}}

Category:PGA Tour Champions seasons

Senior PGA Tour

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	align=center\|2,861,945
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan	align=center\|2,179,047
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson	align=center\|1,442,476
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Sigel	align=center\|1,403,912
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Hugh Baiocchi	align=center\|1,183,959