1996 Nike Tour

The 1996 Nike Tour was the seventh season of the Nike Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

1996 Nike Tour season

Duration	February 22, 1996 (1996-02-22) – October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Michael Christie (3) Stewart Cink (3)
Money list	Stewart Cink
Player of the Year	Stewart Cink
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
Feb 25	Nike San Jose Open	California	200,000	Larry Silveira (1)
Mar 3	Nike Inland Empire Open	California	200,000	Jim Estes (1)
Mar 17	Nike Monterrey Open	Mexico	225,000	David Berganio Jr. (1)
Mar 31	Nike Louisiana Open	Louisiana	250,000	Paul Stankowski (1)
Apr 7	Nike Tallahassee Open	Florida	200,000	P. J. Cowan (1)
Apr 14	Nike South Carolina Classic	South Carolina	200,000	Dave Rummells (1)
Apr 21	Nike Alabama Classic	Alabama	200,000	P. H. Horgan III (3)
Apr 28	Nike Shreveport Open	Louisiana	200,000	Tim Loustalot (2)
May 12	Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic	Mississippi	200,000	Joe Durant (1)
May 19	Nike Carolina Classic	North Carolina	200,000	Glen Hnatiuk (3)
May 26	Nike Greater Greenville Classic	South Carolina	200,000	Michael Christie (2)
Jun 2	Nike Dominion Open	Virginia	200,000	Olin Browne (4)
Jun 9	Nike Cleveland Open	Ohio	200,000	Greg Twiggs (1)
Jun 16	Nike Knoxville Open	Tennessee	200,000	Eric Johnson (1)
Jun 23	Nike Ozarks Open	Missouri	200,000	Stewart Cink (1)
Jun 30	Nike Dakota Dunes Open	South Dakota	250,000	Gary Webb (1)
Jul 14	Nike Buffalo Open	New York	200,000	Jimmy Green (1)
Jul 21	Nike Philadelphia Classic	North Carolina	200,000	Brett Quigley (1)
Jul 28	Nike Miami Valley Open	Ohio	200,000	J. P. Hayes (1)
Aug 4	Nike Gateway Classic	Missouri	200,000	Tim Conley (2)
Aug 11	Nike Omaha Classic	Nebraska	200,000	Rocky Walcher (1)	New tournament
Aug 18	Nike Wichita Open	Kansas	200,000	Rick Cramer (1)
Aug 25	Nike Permian Basin Open	Texas	200,000	Michael Christie (3)
Sep 8	Nike Colorado Classic	Colorado	200,000	Stewart Cink (2)	New tournament
Sep 14	Nike Utah Classic	Utah	200,000	Michael Christie (4)
Sep 22	Nike Boise Open	Idaho	250,000	Matt Gogel (1)
Sep 29	Nike Tri-Cities Open	Washington	200,000	Phil Tataurangi (1)
Oct 6	Nike Olympia Open	Washington	200,000	Michael Clark II (1)	New tournament
Oct 20	Nike Tour Championship	Georgia	250,000	Stewart Cink (3)	Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 1996 Nike Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3][4] The top 10 players on the money list earned status to play on the 1997 PGA Tour.^[5][4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Stewart Cink	251,699
2	Michael Christie	193,971
3	Joe Durant	159,386
4	David Berganio Jr.	146,047
5	Brett Quigley	123,763

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Stewart Cink	[6]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Nike Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Nike Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nike Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.