1997 Nike Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1997. The top 15 players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1997 earned their PGA Tour card for 1998.

1997 Nike Tour 1998 PGA Tour
Player Money list
rank
Earnings ($) Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Chris Smith 1 225,201 31 16 T7 144 184,933
United States Mark Carnevale 2 184,997 32 15 T7 150 174,470
United States Chris DiMarco 3 135,513 31 17 T9 (twice) 111 260,334
United States Steve Flesch* 4 133,190 29 14 2 35 777,186
Namibia Trevor Dodds 5 130,983 29 18 Win 33 791,340
United States Barry Cheesman 6 120,033 32 15 3 100 310,535
United States J. L. Lewis 7 119,829 32 15 4 104 287,753
United States Brian Kamm 8 118,005 28 10 13 189 87,326
United States R. W. Eaks 9 117,665 34 11 T7 137 199,499
Canada Glen Hnatiuk* 10 116,381 30 15 T14 165 148,098
United States Joe Daley 11 105,297 27 8 T27 211 42,092
United States Ben Bates* 12 105,089 31 22 T8 112 260,225
United States Harrison Frazar* 13 104,023 26 16 T2 63 461,633
United States Mike Small* 14 102,079 26 8 T9 178 112,336
United States Bobby Wadkins 15 101,717 32 15 T15 154 171,854

*PGA Tour rookie for 1998.

T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (won or finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1998

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 Apr 26 Namibia Trevor Dodds
Won on first playoff hole
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic −12 (68-69-70-69=276) Playoff United States Scott Verplank

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 Apr 5 United States Steve Flesch Freeport-McDermott Classic England Lee Westwood −15 (69-68-67-69=273) −12 (66-68-71-71=276)
2 May 17 United States Harrison Frazar GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic United States John Cook −15 (66-68-66-65=265) −12 (64-68-66-70=268)

See also

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References

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