1998 Open Championship

1998 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 16–19 July 1998
Location Southport, England
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70[1]
Length 7,018 yards (6,417 m)[1]
Field 156 players, 81 after cut[1]
Cut 146 (+6)[1]
Prize fund £1,700,000
2,483,810
$2,750,000
Winner's share £300,000
€420,000
$493,500
Champion
United States Mark O'Meara
280 (E), playoff
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Southport
Location in England

The 1998 Open Championship was the 127th Open Championship, held 16–19 July at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Mark O'Meara won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff over Brian Watts by two strokes.[2]

Course

Royal Birkdale Golf Club[3]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4494214072033444801774574113,3494034081834981985444165474723,6697,018
Par444344344344434354543670

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

  • 1991: 6,940 yards (6,350 m), par 70
  • 1983: 6,968 yards (6,372 m), par 71
  • 1976: 7,001 yards (6,402 m), par 72
  • 1971: 7,080 yards (6,470 m), par 73
  • 1965: 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 73
  • 1961: 6,844 yards (6,258 m)
  • 1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 71 72 75 72 290 +10 T19
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 1994 66 72 82 72 292 +12 T29
Mark Calcavecchia  United States 1989 69 77 73 74 293 +13 T35
Nick Faldo  England 1987, 1990, 1992 72 73 75 75 295 +15 T44
Justin Leonard  United States 1997 73 73 82 69 297 +17 T57

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984, 1988 73 75 148 +8
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983
73 76 149 +9
Tom Lehman  United States 1996 71 79 150 +10
John Daly  United States 1995 73 78 151 +11
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 77 74 151 +11

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1John Huston United States65–5
Tiger Woods United States
T3Fred Couples United States66–4
Nick Price Zimbabwe
Loren Roberts United States
T6Robert Allenby Australia67–3
Brad Faxon United States
Fredrik Jacobson Sweden
Davis Love III United States
Vijay Singh Fiji

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Brian Watts United States68-69=137–3
T2Nick Price Zimbabwe66-72=138–2
Justin Rose (a)  England72-66=138
Tiger Woods United States65-73=138
5 Thomas Bjørn Denmark68-71=139–1
T6Stephen Ames Trinidad and Tobago68-72=140E
Fred Couples United States66-74=140
Jim Furyk United States70-70=140
Davis Love III United States67-73=140
Mark O'Meara United States72-68=140
Jesper Parnevik Sweden68-72=140

Amateurs: Rose (-2), García (+4), De Vooght (+6), McCarthy (+8), Kuchar (+10).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Brian Watts United States68-69-73=210E
T2Jim Furyk United States70-70-72=212+2
Mark O'Meara United States72-68-72=212
Jesper Parnevik Sweden68-72-72=212
5Justin Rose (a)  England72-66-75=213+3
T6Thomas Bjørn Denmark68-71-76=215+5
Brad Faxon United States67-74-74=215
John Huston United States65-77-73=215
Tiger Woods United States65-73-77=215
T10David Duval United States70-71-75=216 +6
Costantino Rocca Italy72-74-70=216
Raymond Russell Scotland68-73-75=216
Katsuyoshi Tomori Japan75-71-70=216

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
T1 Mark O'Meara  United States 72-68-72-68=280 E Playoff
Brian Watts  United States 68-69-73-70=280
3 Tiger Woods  United States 65-73-77-66=281 +1 135,000
T4 Jesper Parnevik  Sweden 68-72-72-70=282 +2 76,667
Raymond Russell  Scotland 68-73-75-66=282
Jim Furyk  United States 70-70-72-70=282
Justin Rose (a)  England 72-66-75-69=282 0
8 Davis Love III  United States 67-73-77-68=285 +5 49,500
T9 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 68-71-76-71=286 +6 40,850
Costantino Rocca  Italy 72-74-70-70=286

Amateurs: Rose (+2), García (+12), De Vooght (+19).

Source:[4]

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Mark O'Meara  United States 4-4-5-4=17 –1 300,000
2 Brian Watts  United States 5-4-5-5=19 +1 188,000

The four-hole playoff was played over the final four holes (#15-18).
O'Meara birdied the first, while Watts parred, and they halved the next two holes with pars.
Watts bogeyed the final hole, while O'Meara parred to win the title.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 32, 203. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. Garrity, John (27 July 1998). "Double major". Sports Illustrated.
  3. "128th Open Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 16 July 1998. p. 4C.
  4. "1998 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by
1998 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1998 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 53°37′17″N 3°01′57″W / 53.6215°N 3.0325°W / 53.6215; -3.0325

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