1998 Nike Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1998. The top 15 players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1998 earned their PGA Tour card for 1999.

	1998 Nike Tour		1999 PGA Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings ($)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
Bob Burns	1	178,664	31	14	T18	177	138,118
Robin Freeman	2	169,389	29	11	T38	219	62,495
Joe Ogilvie*	3	157,812	31	14	T9	137	287,346
Eric Booker*	4	153,526	31	14	T3	127	320,753
John Maginnes	5	145,210	29	16	6/T6	93	426,666
Dennis Paulson	6	145,065	28	25	2	27	1,313,814
Charles Raulerson	7	142,976	32	20	7	125	326,893
Woody Austin	8	140,955	30	20	T9	121	338,045
Mike Sposa*	9	140,139	31	17	T10	147	255,408
Notah Begay III*	10	136,289	29	22	Win (twice)	31	1,255,314
Jimmy Green	11	131,942	28	10	T7	171	152,091
Sean Murphy	12	130,030	29	15	T13	159	185,299
Emlyn Aubrey	13	129,967	18	10	T7	136	290,806
Tom Scherrer	14	129,134	29	20	T5	92	427,849
Doug Dunakey*	15	128,052	32	12	T3	133	298,069

*PGA Tour rookie for 1999.

T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2000 (won or finished inside the top 125, excluding non-members).
Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2000, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150, excluding non-members).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2000 (finished outside the top 150).