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
Dates	June 18–21, 1998
Location	San Francisco, California
Course(s)	Olympic Club, Lake Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,797 yards (6,215 m)[1]
Field	155 players, 60 after cut[2]
Cut	147 (+7)
Prize fund	$3,000,000
Winner's share	$535,000
Champion
Lee Janzen
280 (E)
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San Francisco

Location in the United States

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]

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:

• 6,709 yards (6,135 m), par 70 - 1987 U.S. Open
• 6,719 yards (6,144 m), par 70 - 1966 U.S. Open
• 6,700 yards (6,126 m), par 70 - 1955 U.S. Open

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. "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.

External links

• Full results
• USOpen.com – 1998

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