1998 U.S. Open (golf)

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.

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)
San Francisco is located in the United States
San Francisco
San Francisco
Location in the United States
San Francisco is located in California
San Francisco
San Francisco
Location in California

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
See also: Olympic Club

Lake Course[1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5333942234384574372881374333,3404224304161864221576094683473,4576,797
Par543444434354443435443570

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Payne Stewart66−4
2United States Mark Carnevale67−3
T3United States Joe Durant68−2
United States Tom Lehman
Spain José María Olazábal
United States Bob Tway
T7United States John Daly69−1
United States Jeff Maggert
Sweden Jesper Parnevik
T10United States Tom Kite70E
United States Matt Kuchar (a)
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Andrew Magee
United States David Ogrin
United States Mark O'Meara

Second round

Friday, June 19, 1998

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Payne Stewart66-71=137−3
T2United States Jeff Maggert69-69=138−2
United States Bob Tway68-70=138
T4United States Lee Janzen73-66=139−1
United States Matt Kuchar (a)70-69=139
United States Lee Porter72-67=139
7United States Mark Carnevale67-73=140E
T8United States Stewart Cink73-68=141+1
United States Joe Durant68-73=141
United States Brad Faxon73-68=141
Zimbabwe Nick Price73-68=141

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

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Payne Stewart66-71-70=207−3
T2United States Tom Lehman68-75-68=211+1
United States Bob Tway68-70-73=211
T4Zimbabwe Nick Price73-68-71=212+2
United States Lee Janzen73-66-73=212
T6United States Steve Stricker73-71-69=213+3
United States Jeff Maggert69-69-75=213
T8United States Stewart Cink73-68-73=214+4
United States Mark Carnevale67-73-74=214
T10United States Jim Furyk74-73-68=215+5
United States Matt Kuchar (a)70-69-76=215
United States Lee Porter72-67-76=215

Final round

Sunday, June 21, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Lee Janzen73-66-73-68=280E535,000
2United States Payne Stewart66-71-70-74=281+1315,000
3United States Bob Tway68-70-73-73=284+4201,730
4Zimbabwe Nick Price73-68-71-73=285+5140,597
T5United States Steve Stricker73-71-69-73=286+6107,392
United States Tom Lehman68-75-68-75=286
T7United States David Duval75-68-75-69=287+783,794
England Lee Westwood72-74-70-71=287
United States Jeff Maggert69-69-75-74=287
T10United States Jeff Sluman72-74-74-68=288+864,490
United States Phil Mickelson71-73-74-70=288
Australia Stuart Appleby73-74-70-71=288
United States Stewart Cink73-68-73-74=288

Amateurs: Matt Kuchar (+9)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par543444434444343544
United States Janzen+2+3+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+1+1EEEEEE
United States Stewart−3−3−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E+1EE+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
  1. "98th U.S. Open - course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 18, 1998. p. C1.
  2. "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.

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