title: 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
text: # 1997 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
  
  This is a list of the 38 players who earned 1998 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1997.
  
  | Place | Player | PGA Tour starts | Cuts made | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Scott Verplank | 255 | 131 | 2 PGA Tour wins |
  | 2 | Blaine McCallister | 405 | 234 | 5 PGA Tour wins |
  | T3 | Lee Porter | 57 | 16 | |
  | T3 | Stephen Ames | 3 | 3 | 2 European Tour wins; 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T5 | Spike McRoy | 28 | 7 | |
  | T5 | Franklin Langham | 36 | 15 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T7 | Sonny Skinner | 83 | 32 | 2 Nike Tour wins |
  | T7 | Jim McGovern | 227 | 125 | 1 PGA Tour win |
  | T9 | Bob Gilder | 603 | 398 | 6 PGA Tour wins |
  | T9 | John Riegger | 55 | 17 | |
  | T9 | Bruce Fleisher | 434 | 267 | 1 PGA Tour win |
  | T9 | Richie Coughlan | 0 | 0 | |
  | T9 | Vance Veazey | 0 | 0 | |
  | T9 | Guy Hill | 3 | 1 | |
  | T9 | Hugh Royer III | 66 | 25 | 4 Nike Tour wins |
  | T9 | Kent Jones | 2 | 1 | |
  | T17 | Niclas Fasth | 0 | 0 | 3 Challenge Tour wins |
  | T17 | Kevin Wentworth | 1 | 0 | |
  | T17 | J. P. Hayes | 88 | 42 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T20 | Tim Conley | 26 | 10 | 2 Nike Tour wins |
  | T20 | Jim Estes | 6 | 0 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T20 | Esteban Toledo | 33 | 12 | |
  | T20 | Steve Jurgensen | 38 | 20 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T20 | Keith Nolan | 0 | 0 | |
  | T20 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 163 | 62 | |
  | T26 | John Morse | 114 | 60 | 1 PGA Tour win |
  | T26 | Clark Dennis | 146 | 63 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T26 | Craig Barlow | 1 | 0 | |
  | T26 | Bradley Hughes | 48 | 22 | 4 PGA Tour of Australasia wins |
  | T26 | Dicky Pride | 118 | 45 | 1 PGA Tour win |
  | T26 | Mike Weir | 16 | 4 | |
  | T26 | Jeff Gallagher | 35 | 12 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T33 | Bob Friend | 47 | 22 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T33 | Iain Steel | 1 | 0 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T33 | Mark Wurtz | 58 | 28 | 1 Nike Tour win |
  | T33 | Bobby Gage | 2 | 0 | |
  | T33 | Tim Loustalot | 24 | 6 | 2 Nike Tour wins |
  | T33 | Lan Gooch | 3 | 0 | |
  
  PGA Tour rookie in 1998
  
  ## 1998 Results
  
  | Player | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings ($) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Scott Verplank | 27 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 1,223,436 |
  | Blaine McCallister | 30 | 22 | T11 | 125 | 228,304 |
  | Lee Porter | 30 | 17 | 3 | 95 | 325,415 |
  | Stephen Ames* | 16 | 10 | 3 | 83 | 357,859 |
  | Spike McRoy | 32 | 12 | T6 | 145 | 179,770 |
  | Franklin Langham | 30 | 18 | T2 | 117 | 248,412 |
  | Sonny Skinner | 31 | 14 | T20 | 179 | 109,418 |
  | Jim McGovern | 28 | 18 | T25 | 180 | 106,726 |
  | Bob Gilder | 31 | 12 | T9 | 143 | 186,913 |
  | John Riegger | 29 | 16 | T20 | 162 | 150,874 |
  | Bruce Fleisher | 25 | 13 | 4 | 134 | 201,086 |
  | Richie Coughlan* | 31 | 18 | T9 | 151 | 174,035 |
  | Vance Veazey* | 29 | 6 | T33 | 212 | 41,145 |
  | Guy Hill* | 27 | 11 | T24 | 199 | 71,495 |
  | Hugh Royer III | 31 | 11 | T5 | 166 | 143,963 |
  | Kent Jones* | 29 | 17 | T12 | 171 | 133,339 |
  | Niclas Fasth* | 15 | 3 | T30 | 245 | 20,360 |
  | Kevin Wentworth* | 28 | 12 | T9 | 119 | 245,174 |
  | J. P. Hayes | 22 | 12 | Win | 51 | 555,272 |
  | Tim Conley | 26 | 10 | 5 | 169 | 140,355 |
  | Jim Estes* | 26 | 8 | T16 | 197 | 73,438 |
  | Esteban Toledo | 30 | 18 | T3 | 93 | 327,244 |
  | Steve Jurgensen | 29 | 20 | T6 | 187 | 88,783 |
  | Keith Nolan* | 25 | 4 | T47 | 251 | 17,203 |
  | Tom Pernice Jr. | 27 | 15 | 2 | 55 | 520,400 |
  | John Morse | 23 | 7 | T17 | 210 | 43,140 |
  | Clark Dennis | 26 | 14 | T3 | 75 | 401,440 |
  | Craig Barlow* | 29 | 13 | T14 | 183 | 98,111 |
  | Bradley Hughes | 23 | 10 | T2 | 80 | 370,767 |
  | Dicky Pride | 26 | 4 | T27 | 234 | 27,680 |
  | Mike Weir* | 27 | 13 | T5 | 131 | 218,967 |
  | Jeff Gallagher | 29 | 18 | T6 | 113 | 259,769 |
  | Bob Friend | 30 | 14 | 2 | 57 | 491,189 |
  | Iain Steel* | 24 | 7 | T40 | 232 | 29,143 |
  | Mark Wurtz | 23 | 4 | T17 | 213 | 40,215 |
  | Bobby Gage* | 23 | 5 | T22 | 225 | 33,881 |
  | Tim Loustalot | 24 | 11 | T2 | 152 | 172,918 |
  | Lan Gooch* | 22 | 1 | T48 | 340 | 3,173 |
  
  *PGA Tour rookie in 1998 T = Tied  The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished inside the top 125)  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150)  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1999 (finished outside the top 150)
  
  ## Winners on the PGA Tour in 1998
  
  | No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jun 14 | J. P. Hayes | Buick Classic | −12 (66-67-68=201) | Playoff | Jim Furyk |
  
  ## Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1998
  
  | No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Apr 26 | Scott Verplank Lost in playoff | Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic | Trevor Dodds | −12 (68-69-70-69=276) | −12 (67-71-66-72=276) |
  | 2–3 | Jul 19 | Franklin Langham | Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic | Fred Funk | −18 (69-64-69-68=270) | −16 (67-67-70-68=272) |
  | 2–3 | Jul 19 | Tim Loustalot | Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic | Fred Funk | −18 (69-64-69-68=270) | −16 (69-69-68-66=272) |
  | 4 | Jul 26 | Bradley Hughes | CVS Charity Classic | Steve Pate | −15 (70-65-67-67=269) | −14 (68-69-67-66=270) |
  | 5 | Aug 9 | Scott Verplank (2) | Buick Open | Billy Mayfair | −17 (70-69-65-67=271) | −15 (71-67-71-64=273) |
  | 6 | Aug 17 | Tom Pernice Jr. | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Phil Mickelson | −14 (65-70-67=202) | −13 (67-69-67=203) |
  | 7 | Sep 13 | Bob Friend Lost in playoff | Bell Canadian Open | Billy Andrade | −11 (68-69-69-69=275) | −11 (69-67-68-71=275) |
  