1997 Nike Tour

The 1997 Nike Tour season was the eighth season of the Nike Tour, the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, now known as the Web.com Tour. The top fifteen players on the final money list earned PGA Tour cards for 1998.

Schedule

The season ran from January 30 to October 19 and consisted of 29 events. All of the tournament names began with "Nike", e. g. "Nike Lakeland Classic"; this is eliminated here for brevity.[1]

A policy was enacted before the season to immediately promote to the PGA Tour any player who won three times in a Nike Tour season. With his win at the Omaha Classic, Chris Smith became the first golfer to earn a three-win promotion.

DateTournamentLocationWinner
Feb 2Lakeland ClassicFloridaUnited States Ryan Howison (1)
Feb 23Inland Empire OpenCaliforniaUnited States Mark Carnevale (1)
Mar 16Monterrey OpenMexicoUnited States Mike Small (1)
Mar 30Louisiana OpenLouisianaUnited States Joe Daley (1)
Apr 6Greater Austin OpenTexasUnited States Eric Booker (1)
Apr 20Mississippi Gulf Coast ClassicMississippiUnited States Jeff Brehaut (2)
Apr 27Alabama ClassicAlabamaUnited States John Elliott (2)
May 4South Carolina ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Harrison Frazar (1)
May 11Carolina ClassicNorth CarolinaCanada Ahmad Bateman (1)
May 18Dominion OpenVirginiaUnited States Jeff Julian (1)
Jun 1Upstate ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Chris Smith (3)
Jun 8Knoxville OpenTennesseeUnited States Dave Rummells (2)
Jun 15Miami Valley OpenOhioNamibia Trevor Dodds (2)
Jun 22Cleveland OpenOhioUnited States Mike Small (2)
Jul 6Hershey OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Barry Cheesman (2)
Jul 13Laurel Creek ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Matt Gogel (2)
Jul 20St. Louis Golf ClassicMissouriUnited States Todd Gleaton (1)
Jul 27Wichita OpenKansasUnited States Ben Bates (1)
Aug 3Dakota Dunes OpenSouth DakotaUnited States Chris Smith (4)
Aug 10Omaha ClassicNebraskaUnited States Chris Smith (5)
Aug 17Ozarks OpenMissouriUnited States Chris DiMarco (1)
Aug 24Permian Basin OpenTexasAustralia Paul Gow (1)
Sep 7Colorado ClassicColoradoUnited States Pat Bates (2)
Sep 14San Jose OpenCaliforniaUnited States R. W. Eaks (3)
Sep 21Boise OpenIdahoMalaysia Iain Steel (1)
Sep 28Tri-Cities OpenWashingtonUnited States Todd Gleaton (2)
Oct 5Puget Sound OpenWashingtonUnited States Kevin Johnson (1)
Oct 12Shreveport OpenLouisianaUnited States Mark Wurtz (1)
Oct 19Nike Tour ChampionshipAlabamaUnited States Steve Flesch (1)

Money list

For a complete list of the top fifteen players on the final money list, who earned PGA Tour cards for 1998, see 1997 Nike Tour graduates.[2][3]

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Chris Smith United States225,201
2Mark Carnevale United States184,997
3Chris DiMarco United States135,513
4Steve Flesch United States133,190
5Trevor Dodds Namibia130,983
6Barry Cheesman United States120,033
7J. L. Lewis United States119,829
8Brian Kamm United States118,005
9R. W. Eaks United States117,665
10Glen Hnatiuk Canada116,381

References

  1. ↑ "Web.com Tour chronology". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Web.com Tour past players gaining exempt PGA Tour status". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1997 Nike Tour money list". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
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