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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)
Bob Charles and
Hugh Baiocchi