1996 Nike Tour


The 1996 Nike Tour season was the seventh season of the Nike Tour, the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, now known as the Web.com Tour. The top ten players on the final money list earned PGA Tour cards for 1997.

Schedule

The season ran from February 22 to October 20 and consisted of 29 events. All of the tournament names began with "Nike", e. g. "Nike San Jose Open"; this is eliminated here for brevity.
DateTournamentLocationWinner
Feb 26San Jose OpenCalifornia Larry Silveira
Mar 3Inland Empire OpenCalifornia Jim Estes
Mar 17Monterrey OpenMexico David Berganio, Jr.
Mar 31Louisiana OpenLouisiana Paul Stankowski
Apr 7Tallahassee OpenFlorida P. J. Cowan
Apr 14South Carolina ClassicSouth Carolina Dave Rummells
Apr 21Alabama ClassicAlabama P. H. Horgan III
Apr 28Shreveport OpenLouisiana Tim Loustalot
May 12Mississippi Gulf Coast ClassicMississippi Joe Durant
May 19Carolina ClassicNorth Carolina Glen Hnatiuk
May 26Greater Greenville ClassicSouth Carolina Michael Christie
Jun 2Dominion OpenVirginia Olin Browne
Jun 9Cleveland OpenOhio Greg Twiggs
Jun 16Knoxville OpenTennessee Eric Johnson
Jun 23Ozarks OpenMissouri Stewart Cink
Jun 30Dakota Dunes OpenSouth Dakota Gary Webb
Jul 14Buffalo OpenNew York Jimmy Green
Jul 21Philadelphia ClassicNorth Carolina Brett Quigley
Jul 28Miami Valley OpenOhio J. P. Hayes
Aug 4Gateway ClassicMissouri Tim Conley
Aug 11Omaha ClassicNebraska Rocky Walcher
Aug 18Wichita OpenKansas Rick Cramer
Aug 25Permian Basin OpenTexas Michael Christie
Sep 8Colorado ClassicColorado Stewart Cink
Sep 14Utah ClassicUtah Michael Christie
Sep 22Boise OpenIdaho Matt Gogel
Sep 29Tri-Cities OpenWashington Phil Tataurangi
Oct 6Olympia OpenWashington Michael Clark II
Oct 20Nike Tour ChampionshipGeorgia Stewart Cink

Money list

The top ten players on the final money list earned PGA Tour cards for 1997.
RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1Stewart Cink251,699
2Michael Christie193,971
3Joe Durant159,386
4David Berganio, Jr.146,047
5Brett Quigley123,763
6Dave Rummells122,778
7P. H. Horgan III120,760
8Lee Porter108,030
9Skip Kendall107,396
10Eric Johnson103,929