1998 U.S. Open (golf)

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1998 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 18–21, 1998
LocationSan Francisco, California
Course(s)Olympic Club, Lake Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,797 yards (6,215 m)[1]
Field155 players, 60 after cut[2]
Cut147 (+7)
Prize fund$3,000,000
Winner's share$535,000
Champion
United States Lee Janzen
280 (E)
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The 1998 United States Open Championship was the 98th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart.[3] Janzen became the second winner at a U.S. Open at the Olympic Club to come back from seven strokes behind in the final round; Billy Casper also did it in 1966, but on the back nine alone. Stewart rebounded and won the title the next year at Pinehurst, but died four months later in an aviation accident.

Four-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 58, made the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open for the final time.[4]

This was the fourth U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club; the first two in 1955 and 1966 ended in playoffs, and 1987 was a one-stroke victory. The U.S. Open returned in 2012, also won by one stroke.

Course layout[edit]

Lake Course[1]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 533 394 223 438 457 437 288 137 433 3,340 422 430 416 186 422 157 609 468 347 3,457 6,797
Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, June 18, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Payne Stewart 66 −4
2 United States Mark Carnevale 67 −3
T3 United States Joe Durant 68 −2
United States Tom Lehman
Spain José María Olazábal
United States Bob Tway
T7 United States John Daly 69 −1
United States Jeff Maggert
Sweden Jesper Parnevik
T10 United States Tom Kite 70 E
United States Matt Kuchar (a)
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Andrew Magee
United States David Ogrin
United States Mark O'Meara

Second round[edit]

Friday, June 19, 1998

The 36-hole cut was at 147 (+7), and 60 players advanced to the weekend.[2]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Payne Stewart 66-71=137 −3
T2 United States Jeff Maggert 69-69=138 −2
United States Bob Tway 68-70=138
T4 United States Lee Janzen 73-66=139 −1
United States Matt Kuchar (a) 70-69=139
United States Lee Porter 72-67=139
7 United States Mark Carnevale 67-73=140 E
T8 United States Stewart Cink 73-68=141 +1
United States Joe Durant 68-73=141
United States Brad Faxon 73-68=141
Zimbabwe Nick Price 73-68=141

Amateurs: Kuchar (-1), Simson (+8), Eger (+9), Taylor (+12), Palmer (+15), Kribel (+18).

Third round[edit]

Saturday, June 20, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Payne Stewart 66-71-70=207 −3
T2 United States Tom Lehman 68-75-68=211 +1
United States Bob Tway 68-70-73=211
T4 Zimbabwe Nick Price 73-68-71=212 +2
United States Lee Janzen 73-66-73=212
T6 United States Steve Stricker 73-71-69=213 +3
United States Jeff Maggert 69-69-75=213
T8 United States Stewart Cink 73-68-73=214 +4
United States Mark Carnevale 67-73-74=214
T10 United States Jim Furyk 74-73-68=215 +5
United States Matt Kuchar (a) 70-69-76=215
United States Lee Porter 72-67-76=215

Final round[edit]

Sunday, June 21, 1998

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Lee Janzen 73-66-73-68=280 E 535,000
2 United States Payne Stewart 66-71-70-74=281 +1 315,000
3 United States Bob Tway 68-70-73-73=284 +4 201,730
4 Zimbabwe Nick Price 73-68-71-73=285 +5 140,597
T5 United States Steve Stricker 73-71-69-73=286 +6 107,392
United States Tom Lehman 68-75-68-75=286
T7 United States David Duval 75-68-75-69=287 +7 83,794
England Lee Westwood 72-74-70-71=287
United States Jeff Maggert 69-69-75-74=287
T10 United States Jeff Sluman 72-74-74-68=288 +8 64,490
United States Phil Mickelson 71-73-74-70=288
Australia Stuart Appleby 73-74-70-71=288
United States Stewart Cink 73-68-73-74=288

Amateurs: Matt Kuchar (+9)

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4
United States Janzen +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E E E E
United States Stewart −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 E E +1 +1 +1
United States Tway +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
Zimbabwe Price +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5
United States Lehman +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +6 +6
United States Stricker +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +7 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "98th U.S. Open - course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 18, 1998. p. C1.
  2. ^ a b "U.S. Open history: 1998". USGA. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Garrity, John (June 29, 1998). "Payne killer". Sports Illustrated: 30.
  4. ^ "Nicklaus still grinding away at 58". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 21, 1998. p. 9B.
  5. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (June 22, 1998). "Payne killer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-1.
  6. ^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

External links[edit]

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