1998 U.S. Open (golf)

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
Lee Janzen
280 (E)
San Francisco
Location in the United States
San Francisco
Location in California

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

See also: Olympic Club

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

First round

Thursday, June 18, 1998

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

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

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

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1998

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

Final round

Sunday, June 21, 1998

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

Amateurs: Matt Kuchar (+9)

Scorecard

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
Janzen +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E E E E
Stewart −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 E E +1 +1 +1
Tway +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
Price +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5
Lehman +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +6 +6
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. ^ 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.

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