1998 U.S. Open (golf)

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)
Field	155 players, 60 after cut
Cut	147 (+7)
Prize fund	$3,000,000
Winner's share	$535,000
Champion
	Lee Janzen
	280 (E)
	← 1997 1999 →

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[]

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

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Lee Janzen	United States	1993	73	66	73	68	280	E	1
Payne Stewart	United States	1991	66	71	70	74	281	+1	2
Tom Kite	United States	1992	70	75	76	74	295	+15	T43
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972, 1980	73	74	73	75	295	+15	T43
Ernie Els	South Africa	1994, 1997	75	70	75	76	296	+16	T49
Scott Simpson	United States	1987	72	71	78	79	300	+20	58

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Hale Irwin	United States	1974, 1979, 1990	80	68	148	+8
Corey Pavin	United States	1995	76	72	148	+8
Tom Watson	United States	1982	73	75	148	+8
Steve Jones	United States	1996	72	77	149	+9
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1984	75	76	151	+11
Curtis Strange	United States	1988, 1989	77	78	155	+15

Source:^[5]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, June 18, 1998

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

Second round[]

Friday, June 19, 1998

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

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

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

Third round[]

Saturday, June 20, 1998

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

Final round[]

Sunday, June 21, 1998

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b "98th U.S. Open - course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 18, 1998. p. C1.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Open history: 1998". USGA. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^ Garrity, John (June 29, 1998). "Payne killer". Sports Illustrated: 30.
^ "Nicklaus still grinding away at 58". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 21, 1998. p. 9B.
^ "1998 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^ Parascenzo, Marino (June 22, 1998). "Payne killer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-1.
^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

External links[]

Preceded by 1998 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1998 Open Championship

Coordinates: 37°42′32″N 122°29′42″W / 37.709°N 122.495°W / 37.709; -122.495

[oly98cse-1] "98th U.S. Open - course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 18, 1998. p. C1.

[usga98-2] "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.

[nick98-4] "Nicklaus still grinding away at 58". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 21, 1998. p. 9B.

[5] "1998 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com. Retrieved June 24, 2012.

[ppguso97rd4-6] Parascenzo, Marino (June 22, 1998). "Payne killer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-1.

[7] "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

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