1996 Nike Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1996. The top ten players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1996 earned their PGA Tour card for 1997.

1996 Nike Tour 1997 PGA Tour
Player Money list
rank
Earnings ($) Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
United States Stewart Cink* 1 251,699 31 19 Win 29 809,580
United States Michael Christie* 2 193,971 33 17 T6 112 204,883
United States Joe Durant 3 159,386 31 19 T5 100 240,936
United States David Berganio Jr.* 4 146,047 30 14 T9 155 118,290
United States Brett Quigley* 5 123,763 34 21 T12 128 172,023
United States Dave Rummells 6 122,778 11 7 T7 172 90,345
United States P. H. Horgan III 7 120,760 30 15 5 105 226,249
United States Lee Porter 8 108,030 32 8 T7 196 62,136
United States Skip Kendall 9 107,396 31 22 3 74 320,800
United States Eric Johnson* 10 103,929 30 11 T12 171 92,091

*PGA Tour rookie for 1997.

T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 1998 (won or finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished outside the top 150).

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1997

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runners-up
1 Jul 27   Stewart Cink Canon Greater Hartford Open −13 (69-67-65-66=267) 1 stroke   Tom Byrum,   Brandel Chamblee,
  Jeff Maggert

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