1998 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 41 players who earned 1999 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1998.^[1]

Place	Player	PGA Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
1		43	17
T2		6	1
T2		51	22
T4		3	0
T4		151	73	2 Nike Tour wins
T4		144	67
T4		2	1	2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins; 1 Challenge Tour win
T8		0	0
T8		3	1
T8		133	67	1 Nike Tour win
11		0	0
T12		216	94	3 Nike Tour wins
T12		0	0
T14		77	26	2 Nike Tour wins
T14		1	0
T14		340	212	2 PGA Tour wins
T17		4	0
T17		0	0
T17		0	0
T17		40	19	4 European Tour wins; 6 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T17		30	13
T17		1	0
T23		1	1	2 Japan Golf Tour wins
T23		0	0	2 Nike Tour wins
T23		24	8
T26		2	0
T26		67	28	1 Nike Tour win
T26		51	25
T26		403	206
T26		72	36	5 Nike Tour wins
T31		71	27
T31		144	49	1 PGA Tour win
T31		0	0
T31		1	0
T35		31	18
T35		0	0
T35		5	4	5 Japan Golf Tour wins
T35		437	232	1 PGA Tour win
T35		64	30
T35		30	16	1 Nike Tour win
T35		48	17	2 Nike Tour wins

PGA Tour rookie in 1999

1999 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
	30	20		23	1,491,139
Deane Pappas*	29	11		189	113,380
	32	24		49	845,051
Geoffrey Sisk*	31	9		198	91,260
	32	13		153	197,127
	30	14		135	295,419
Greg Chalmers*	34	20		114	362,635
Rich Beem*	24	9		67	610,555
Cameron Beckman*	28	12		172	147,036
	25	13		115	361,084
Brent Schwarzrock*	1	0		n/a	0
	31	20		142	265,956
Briny Baird*	28	12		186	115,357
	28	11		182	120,083
Ted Purdy*	27	8		230	46,660
	26	12		140	275,865
Alan Bratton*	31	6		201	80,998
Bo Van Pelt*	28	7		210	70,080
Charles Warren*	26	8		213	67,784
Robert Allenby*	27	17		126	321,507
	28	16		124	327,393
Chris Couch*	30	6		181	121,752
Katsumasa Miyamoto*	22	8		170	154,402
Jeff Brehaut*	28	12		180	126,353
	28	10		199	85,783
Chris Riley*	28	15		112	367,805
	23	4		245	28,136
	32	12		144	263,618
	27	11		91	431,879
	28	11		184	116,794
	24	15		161	182,245
	29	14		109	381,040
David Seawell*	23	2	72	295	9,550
Brian Gay*	26	8		206	74,329
	26	7		218	64,217
Rory Sabbatini*	27	13		108	381,322
Carlos Franco*	22	15		11	1,864,584
	22	4		234	36,451
	24	19		78	533,027
	22	14		149	238,986
	26	7		214	67,679

*PGA Tour rookie in 1999
T = Tied
The player retained his PGA Tour card for 2000 (finished inside the top 125, excluding non-members)
The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2000, but retained conditional status (finished between 126 and 150, excluding non-members)
The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2000 (finished outside the top 150)

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1999

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	May 9	Carlos Franco	Compaq Classic of New Orleans	−19 (66-69-68-66=269)	2 strokes	Steve Flesch Harrison Frazar
2	May 30	Rich Beem	Kemper Open	−10 (66-67-71-70=274)	2 strokes	Bill Glasson Bradley Hughes
3	Jul 11	Carlos Franco (2)	Greater Milwaukee Open	−20 (65-66-67-66=264)	2 strokes	Tom Lehman
4	Sep 5	Mike Weir	Air Canada Championship	−18 (68-70-64-64=266)	2 strokes	Fred Funk

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1999

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	Jul 4	Mike Weir	Motorola Western Open	Tiger Woods	−15 (68-66-68-71=273)	−12 (72-67-67-70=276)
2	Jul 25	Mike Brisky Lost in playoff	John Deere Classic	J. L. Lewis	−19 (66-65-65-65=261)	−19 (66-62-68-65=261)
3	Oct 17	Jonathan Kaye	Las Vegas Invitational	Jim Furyk	−29 (67-64-63-71-66=331)	−28 (63-66-66-73-64=332)

See also

• 1998 Nike Tour graduates

Notes and References

1. News: PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament results. The Oklahoman. November 24, 1998. 20.