1998 Open Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–19 July 1998 |
| Location | Southport, England |
| Course | 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 | |
 Mark O'Meara | |
| 280 (E), playoff | |
The 1998 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 127th Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. In weekend wind and rain, Mark O'Meara won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff over Brian Watts, the 54-hole leader.[2][3][4][5]
Three months earlier, O'Meara won the Masters on the final green by sinking a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt. At age 41, he became the oldest player to win two majors in a year: Jack Nicklaus (1980), Ben Hogan (1953), and Craig Wood (1941) were all age forty. (Hogan won three majors and turned 41 two weeks after the third.)
At the previous Open at Royal Birkdale seven years earlier in 1991, O'Meara was a co-leader after 54 holes, shot 69, and tied for third.[6]
Course
[edit | edit source]| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 449 | 421 | 407 | 203 | 344 | 480 | 177 | 457 | 411 | 3,349 | 403 | 408 | 183 | 498 | 198 | 544 | 416 | 547 | 472 | 3,669 | 7,018 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 70 |
Source:[7][8]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[1]
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Round summaries
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]Thursday, 16 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | John Huston |
65 | −5 |
| Tiger Woods
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| T3 | Fred Couples |
66 | −4 |
| Zimbabwe Nick Price | |||
| Loren Roberts
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| T6 | Australia Robert Allenby | 67 | −3 |
| Brad Faxon
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| Sweden Freddie Jacobson | |||
| Davis Love III
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| Fiji Vijay Singh |
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Source:[9]
Second round
[edit | edit source]Friday, 17 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Watts |
68-69=137 | −3 |
| T2 | Zimbabwe Nick Price | 66-72=138 | −2 |
| England Justin Rose (a) | 72-66=138 | ||
| Tiger Woods |
65-73=138 | ||
| 5 | Denmark Thomas Bjørn | 68-71=139 | −1 |
| T6 | Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames | 68-72=140 | E |
| Fred Couples |
66-74=140 | ||
| Jim Furyk |
70-70=140 | ||
| Davis Love III |
67-73=140 | ||
| Mark O'Meara |
72-68=140 | ||
| Sweden Jesper Parnevik | 68-72=140 |
Source:[10]
Amateurs: Rose (-2), García (+4), De Vooght (+6), McCarthy (+8), Kuchar (+10).
Third round
[edit | edit source]Saturday, 18 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Watts |
68-69-73=210 | E |
| T2 | Jim Furyk |
70-70-72=212 | +2 |
| Mark O'Meara |
72-68-72=212 | ||
| Sweden Jesper Parnevik | 68-72-72=212 | ||
| 5 | England Justin Rose (a) | 72-66-75=213 | +3 |
| T6 | Denmark Thomas Bjørn | 68-71-76=215 | +5 |
| Brad Faxon |
67-74-74=215 | ||
| John Huston |
65-77-73=215 | ||
| Tiger Woods |
65-73-77=215 | ||
| T10 | David Duval |
70-71-75=216 | +6 |
| Italy Costantino Rocca | 72-74-70=216 | ||
| Scotland Raymond Russell | 68-73-75=216 | ||
| Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori | 75-71-70=216 |
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Source:[11]
Final round
[edit | edit source]Sunday, 19 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Mark O'Meara |
72-68-72-68=280 | E | Playoff |
| Brian Watts |
68-69-73-70=280 | |||
| 3 | Tiger Woods |
65-73-77-66=281 | +1 | 135,000 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk |
70-70-72-70=282 | +2 | 76,667 |
| Sweden Jesper Parnevik | 68-72-72-70=282 | |||
| England Justin Rose (a) | 72-66-75-69=282 | 0 | ||
| Scotland Raymond Russell | 68-73-75-66=282 | 76,667 | ||
| 8 | Davis Love III |
67-73-77-68=285 | +5 | 49,500 |
| T9 | Denmark Thomas Bjørn | 68-71-76-71=286 | +6 | 40,850 |
| Italy Costantino Rocca | 72-74-70-70=286 |
Sources:[3][12]
Amateurs: Rose (+2), García (+12), De Vooght (+19).
Playoff
[edit | edit source]The four-hole aggregate playoff was played on the concluding 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 playoff by two strokes and the Claret Jug.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark O'Meara |
4-4-5-4=17 | −1 | 300,000 |
| 2 | Brian Watts |
5-4-5-5=19 | +1 | 188,000 |
- Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 15–18
Scorecard
[edit | edit source]| Hole | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| O'Meara |
−1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Watts |
E | E | E | +1 |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[3]
References
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External links
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