1998 PGA Championship

The 1998 PGA Championship was the 80th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. Vijay Singh won the first of his three major championships, two strokes ahead of runner-up Steve Stricker.[2][3][4]

1998 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 1998
LocationRedmond, Washington
Course(s)Sahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,906 yards (6,315 m)
Field148 players, 75 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$3.0 million
Winner's share$540,000
Champion
Fiji Vijay Singh
271 (−9)

This was only the tenth time the championship was played in the western half of the United States; the next was 22 years later at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. It was the third major championship held in the Pacific Northwest, all PGA Championships. The previous two were match play events, held in Spokane in 1944 and Portland in 1946.

Sahalee was scheduled to host again in 2010, but the PGA of America reversed its decision in early 2005 and moved it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.[5][6]

Course layout
Main article: Sahalee Country Club

South and North nines

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4065074153861954804214442133,4674015464581763744173772154753,4396,906
Par454434443354543444343570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tiger Woods66−4
T2United States Billy Andrade68−2
United States Paul Azinger
United States Glen Day
United States Bob Estes
United States Bill Glasson
United States Scott Gump
United States Frank Lickliter
Japan Shigeki Maruyama
T10United States Russ Cochran69−1
Namibia Trevor Dodds
Australia Steve Elkington
United States Harrison Frazar
Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson
United States Scott McCarron
United States Mark O'Meara
United States Kenny Perry
United States Craig Stadler
United States Steve Stricker
United States Bob Tway

Second round

Friday, August 14, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Fiji Vijay Singh70-66=136−4
T2United States Scott Gump68-69=137−3
Scotland Colin Montgomerie70-67=137
United States Steve Stricker69-68=137
T5Australia Steve Elkington69-69=138−2
United States Brad Faxon70-68=138
United States Davis Love III70-68=138
United States Andrew Magee70-68=138
United States Tiger Woods66-72=138
T10United States John Cook71-68=139−1
United States Glen Day68-71=139
South Africa David Frost70-69=139
United States Frank Lickliter68-71=139
United States Mark O'Meara69-70=139

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Fiji Vijay Singh70-66-67=203−7
United States Steve Stricker69-68-66=203
T3Australia Steve Elkington69-69-69=207−3
United States Davis Love III70-68-69=207
United States Billy Mayfair73-67-67=207
T6United States Skip Kendall72-68-68=208−2
United States Frank Lickliter68-71-69=208
United States Mark O'Meara69-70-69=208
United States Tiger Woods66-72-70=208
T10Australia Robert Allenby72-68-69=209−1
United States John Cook71-68-70=209
United States Scott Gump68-69-72=209
United States John Huston70-71-68=209
United States Greg Kraft71-73-65=209

Final round

Sunday, August 16, 1998

As 54-hole co-leaders at 203 (−7), Vijay Singh and Steve Stricker were in the final pairing at noon PDT, four shots ahead of the field. Stricker stayed within a stroke until the par-3 17th, where both tee shots found the same bunker. Singh saved par but Stricker couldn't, and both parred 18; Singh shot 68 (−2) to win his first major by two strokes. Steve Elkington, the 1995 champion, carded a 67 to finish in solo third, a stroke behind Stricker. Nick Price, the champion in 1992 and 1994, shot a bogey-free 65 to equal the course record.[2][3][7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Fiji Vijay Singh70-66-67-68=271−9540,000
2United States Steve Stricker69-68-66-70=273−7324,000
3Australia Steve Elkington69-69-69-67=274−6204,000
T4United States Frank Lickliter68-71-69-68=276−4118,000
United States Mark O'Meara69-70-69-68=276
Zimbabwe Nick Price70-73-68-65=276
T7United States Davis Love III70-68-69-70=277−389,500
United States Billy Mayfair73-67-67-70=277
9United States John Cook71-68-70-69=278−280,000
T10United States Skip Kendall72-68-68-71=279−169,000
United States Kenny Perry69-72-70-68=279
United States Tiger Woods66-72-70-71=279

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434443454344434
Fiji Singh−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−9−9−9−9−9
United States Stricker−7−6−7−8−8−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7
Australia Elkington−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[9]

References
  1. "Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. Ferguson, Doug (August 17, 1998). "It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D1.
  3. Parascenzo, Marino (August 17, 1998). "Singh lives dream". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 23.
  4. Garrity, John (August 24, 1998). "Vijay the victor". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  5. Newnham, Blaine (February 26, 2006). "Sahalee deserving of more championships". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  6. Newnham, Blaine (January 27, 2005). "PGA owes Sahalee new date". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  7. Dahlberg, Tim (August 17, 1998). "Big day for Vijay". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. p. 1C.
  8. "1998 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  9. "80th PGA Championship: Scorecard". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. August 17, 1998. p. D7.

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