1998 Players Championship

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1998 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 26–29, 1998
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,950 yards (6,355 m)[1]
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$4.0 million
Winner's share$720,000
Champion
United States Justin Leonard
278 (−10)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
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The 1998 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 25th Players Championship.

Five strokes back, Justin Leonard shot a final round 67 to win at 278 (−10), two ahead of runners-up Glen Day and Tom Lehman.[2] Len Mattiace surged into the lead in the final round, but a quintuple-bogey at 17 ended his chances; he birdied the last hole and finished four strokes back. Third round leader and 1995 champion Lee Janzen shot 79 and fell to eighteenth.[3][4] He regrouped and won his second U.S. Open at Olympic in June.

Defending champion Steve Elkington withdrew on Monday night, citing complications after sinus surgery.[5][6] the first not to compete since Jerry Pate in 1983 (neck).[5]

Venue[]

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the seventeenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; it was extended this year to 6,950 yards (6,355 m),[1] an increase of 54 yards (49 m).

Eligibility requirements[]

  1. All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Bay Hill Invitational and dating from the 1997 Players Championship
  2. The top 125 PGA Tour players from the final 1997 Official Money List
  3. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf
  4. British Open winners since 1990
  5. Up to eight players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections"
  6. Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money winners from the 1998 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational
  7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1998 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational

Source:[7]

Field[]

John Adams, Fulton Allem, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, , Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley, Mike Brisky, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Olin Browne, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Michael Christie, Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, David Duval, David Edwards, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Robert Gamez, Brent Geiberger, Kelly Gibson, Retief Goosen, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Donnie Hammond, Dudley Hart, Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Scott Hoch, P. H. Horgan III, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Steve Jones, , Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Frank Lickliter, Bruce Lietzke, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, Doug Martin, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Mark McCumber, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Larry Nelson, Frank Nobilo, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Lee Rinker, Loren Roberts, Costantino Rocca, Clarence Rose, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Mike Springer, Craig Stadler, Mike Standly, Paul Stankowski, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, David Sutherland, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Phil Tataurangi, Tommy Tolles, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Omar Uresti, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, Lee Westwood, Mark Wiebe, Willie Wood, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, March 26, 1998

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Glen Day  United States 66 −6
T2 Fred Couples  United States 67 −5
Rocco Mediate  United States
4 Jerry Kelly  United States 68 −4
T5 Mark Calcavecchia  United States 69 −3
Ben Crenshaw  United States
David Duval  United States
David Frost  South Africa
Nolan Henke  United States
Per-Ulrik Johansson  Sweden
Bruce Lietzke  United States
Jeff Maggert  United States
Len Mattiace  United States
Billy Mayfair  United States
Phil Mickelson  United States
Naomichi Ozaki  Japan

Source:[8][9]

Second round[]

Friday, March 27, 1998

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Lee Janzen  United States 70-67=137 −7
Naomichi Ozaki  Japan 69-68=137
2 Tom Kite  United States 72-66=138 −6
T3 Glen Day  United States 66-73=139 −5
Jerry Kelly  United States 68-71=139
Bruce Lietzke  United States 69-70=139
T6 Fred Couples  United States 67-73=140 −4
David Frost  South Africa 69-71=140
Scott Gump  United States 72-68=140
Jeff Maggert  United States 69-71=140
Len Mattiace  United States 69-71=140
Rocco Mediate  United States 67-73=140

Source:[10]

Third round[]

Saturday, March 28, 1998

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Lee Janzen  United States 70-67-69=206 −10
2 Glen Day  United States 66-73-70=209 −7
3 Justin Leonard  United States 72-69-70=211 −5
T4 Mark Calcavecchia  United States 69-75-68=212 −4
Scott Hoch  United States 73-69-70=212
Tom Lehman  United States 72-70-70=212
Len Mattiace  United States 69-71-72=212
Phil Mickelson  United States 69-73-70=212
T9 Fred Couples  United States 67-73-73=213 −3
Ernie Els  South Africa 71-72-70=213
David Frost  South Africa 69-71-73=213
Bruce Lietzke  United States 69-70-74=213
Billy Mayfair  United States 69-75-69=213
Naomichi Ozaki  Japan 69-68-76=213
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 71-72-70=213
Craig Stadler  United States 71-70-72=213
Omar Uresti  United States 72-71-70=213
Lee Westwood  England 74-71-68=213

Source:[11]

Final round[]

Sunday, March 29, 1998

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Justin Leonard  United States 72-69-70-67=278 −10 720,000
T2 Glen Day  United States 66-73-70-71=280 −8 352,000
Tom Lehman  United States 72-70-70-68=280
4 Mark Calcavecchia  United States 69-75-68-69=281 −7 192,000
T5 Scott Hoch  United States 73-69-70-70=282 −6 146,000
Len Mattiace  United States 69-71-72-70=282
Lee Westwood  England 74-71-68-69=282
T8 Phil Mickelson  United States 69-73-70-71=283 −5 116,000
Nick Price (c)  Zimbabwe 71-72-70-70=283
Payne Stewart  United States 72-71-75-65=283

Source:[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1998. p. 7C.
  2. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (March 30, 1998). "Leonard charges to victory in TPC". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
  3. ^ Garrity, John (April 6, 1998). "Sunday Driver". Sports Illustrated. p. 60.
  4. ^ "Leonard rallies from five shots back to win". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1998. p. 7C.
  5. ^ a b c d Smits, Gary (March 25, 1998). "Elkington out". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Elkington won't defend". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 25, 1998. p. 2B.
  7. ^ "1998 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
  8. ^ a b "Eagle on 19th makes it a great Day for leader". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1998. p. 5C.
  9. ^ "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 27, 1998. p. 6C.
  10. ^ "Golf:PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 28, 1998. p. 8D.
  11. ^ "Janzen taking aim at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 29, 1998. p. 3G.
  12. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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