pga tour leaders driving distance leaders 1998

John Daly had the longest average driving distance in 1998, at 299.4 yards.

NAMEDRIVING DISTANCE AVGSEASONEVENTSTOP 10WINSSCORING AVGROUNDSGIR%FWY%PUTTING AVGSAND SAVE%SCRAMBLING %FEDEXCUP POINTSMONEY
1John Daly
J. Daly
299.4
1998
78
2
71.6
85
62.2
56.8
1.8
57.5
55.5
$393,740
2Tiger Woods
T. Woods
296.3
1998
77
13
1
69.2
73
67.6
67.9
1.8
53.0
64.3
$1,841,117
3Harrison Frazar
H. Frazar
289.8
1998
83
3
71.1
81
64.3
66.5
1.8
49.7
57.9
$461,633
4Fred Couples
F. Couples
289.1
1998
68
5
2
69.9
68
67.3
62.0
1.8
57.3
56.8
$1,650,389
5Scott McCarron
S. McCarron
289.1
1998
85
3
70.9
87
64.3
65.0
1.8
52.5
57.1
$414,247
6David Duval
D. Duval
286.8
1998
85
12
4
69.1
83
70.5
71.9
1.7
49.1
60.9
$2,591,031
7Barry Cheesman
B. Cheesman
284.1
1998
95
2
71.3
93
65.7
63.1
1.8
45.8
57.0
$310,535
8Vance Veazey
V. Veazey
283.9
1998
69
72.6
73
62.6
58.4
1.8
36.1
50.1
$41,145
9Phil Mickelson
P. Mickelson
283.4
1998
83
9
2
70.3
79
64.0
67.2
1.8
53.5
58.2
$1,837,246
10Kelly Gibson
K. Gibson
283
1998
109
71.5
113
64.1
68.8
1.8
50.9
58.5
$194,574
11Steve Jones
S. Jones
281.7
1998
84
2
1
70.2
84
70.1
68.9
1.8
53.5
60.2
$741,544
12Steve Flesch
S. Flesch
281.6
1998
103
5
70.4
103
70.5
65.3
1.8
54.6
61.5
$777,186
13Tommy Armour
T. Armour
281.5
1998
87
4
70.7
91
66.5
67.9
1.8
58.7
60.4
$554,650
14Chris Smith
C. Smith
281.3
1998
94
2
71.6
98
66.9
62.8
1.8
47.6
57.7
$184,933
15Davis Love III
D. Love III
281.2
1998
78
10
1
69.4
74
67.7
69.5
1.7
50.8
59.2
$1,541,152
16J.L. Lewis
J.L. Lewis
281.2
1998
96
2
71.5
94
65.9
65.1
1.8
49.7
59.3
$287,753
17Tim Herron
T. Herron
281.1
1998
97
4
70.8
98
66.0
65.4
1.8
51.6
60.4
$525,373
18Kenny Perry
K. Perry
280.4
1998
85
5
70.5
82
66.5
67.5
1.8
40.3
62.4
$487,551
19Gary Hallberg
G. Hallberg
280.1
1998
63
1
71.4
61
68.2
63.8
1.8
47.5
55.6
$167,540
20Vijay Singh
V. Singh
279.9
1998
97
7
2
69.9
93
68.5
67.1
1.8
51.8
62.0
$2,238,998
21Jim Gallagher
J. Gallagher
279.7
1998
74
1
72.3
72
63.4
60.9
1.8
50.8
59.3
$153,992
22Bradley Hughes
B. Hughes
279.7
1998
65
3
71.7
63
69.4
72.7
1.8
36.6
47.6
$370,767
23Jay Delsing
J. Delsing
279.6
1998
75
1
71.6
81
62.9
67.1
1.8
49.7
59.9
$154,683
24John Adams
J. Adams
279.4
1998
63
72.2
62
60.8
60.7
1.8
47.5
58.0
$56,467
25Stuart Appleby
S. Appleby
279.3
1998
69
5
1
71.2
65
62.6
65.4
1.8
57.1
59.0
$717,962
StatMuse has season-level data for driving distance average going back to the 1980 season.