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1998 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 1998

Field	Value
name	1998 Masters Tournament
image	1998_Masters_Tournament_Official_program_cover.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1998 Masters Journal
dates	April 9–12, 1998
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par	72
yardage	6925 yd
field	88 players, 46 after cut
cut	150 (+6)
purse	US$3.2 million
winners_share	$576,000
champion	USA Mark O'Meara
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1997](1997-masters-tournament)
next	[1999](1999-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

European Tour Japan Golf Tour The 1998 Masters Tournament was the 62nd Masters Tournament, held from April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Mark O'Meara won his first major championship with a 20 ft birdie putt on the final hole to win by one stroke over runners-up David Duval and Fred Couples.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1998/04/20/8097320/out-of-the-woods-young-lions-and-tiger-and-a-golden-bearmark-omeara-slipped-past-a-menagerie-of-rivals-to-win-the-masters http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1012625/index.htm--|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Rushin|first=Steve|title=Out of the Woods|date=April 20, 1998|page=32}} He birdied three of the final four holes in a final round 67 (−5).

In one of the most remarkable performances of his career, Jack Nicklaus tied for sixth place at the age of 58. His final round 68 (−4) yielded a 283 (−5), the lowest 72-hole score by a player over age 50 at the Masters until Phil Mickelson shot a score of 280 (−8) in the 2023 tournament. Nicklaus was in contention for the title until well into the back nine holes in the final round. It was his last serious run for a major championship, twelve years after his sixth Masters victory in 1986.

In his first Masters, David Toms shot a 29 (−7) on the back nine on Sunday, en route to a 64 (−8). He had six consecutive birdies on holes 12–17.

O'Meara's win came in his 15th attempt at Augusta, setting a record for appearances before a victory. He had previously been considered one of the best players to never win a major. Later in July, he won the Open Championship and earned PGA Tour Player of the Year honors for 1998.

Matt Kuchar, a 19-year-old sophomore at Georgia Tech, was the low amateur at even-par 288 and tied for 21st place. The reigning U.S. Amateur champion, he carded a four-under 68 in the third round.

Field

;1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (9,12), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (9,10), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (9), Tiger Woods (9,12,13), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Ernie Els (9,10,12,13), Lee Janzen (11,13), Steve Jones (12,13), Corey Pavin

;3. The Open champions (last five years) John Daly, Tom Lehman (9,10,13), Justin Leonard (9,11,12,13), Greg Norman (12,13), Nick Price (4,9,12,13)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (9,13), Davis Love III (9,10,11,12,13)

;5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Joel Kribel (a), Matt Kuchar (a)

;6. The Amateur champion Craig Watson (a)

;7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Tim Clark (a)

;8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Ken Bakst (a)

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1997 Masters Stuart Appleby (13), Mark Calcavecchia (12,13), Fred Funk, John Huston (12), Per-Ulrik Johansson, Tom Kite (11), Jesper Parnevik (12,13), Costantino Rocca, Vijay Singh (12,13), Jeff Sluman, Paul Stankowski (13), Tommy Tolles (10,13), Lee Westwood, Willie Wood

;10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1997 U.S. Open Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Stewart Cink (12,13), Jim Furyk (11,13), Jay Haas, Scott Hoch (11,12,13), Bradley Hughes, Jeff Maggert (11,13), Scott McCarron (12,13), Colin Montgomerie, David Ogrin, Bob Tway

Loren Roberts (12,13) was unable to compete due to a rib injury.

;11. Top eight players and ties from 1997 PGA Championship Phil Blackmar (12)

;12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Michael Bradley, Billy Ray Brown, David Duval (13), David Frost, Bill Glasson (13), Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Billy Mayfair, Phil Mickelson (13), Frank Nobilo (13), Scott Simpson, David Toms

;13. Top 30 players from the 1997 PGA Tour money list John Cook, Brad Faxon, Andrew Magee, Mark O'Meara

;14. Special foreign invitation Darren Clarke, Ignacio Garrido, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Masashi Ozaki

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1998

Friday, April 10, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Fred Couples	69	−3
T2	USA Scott Hoch	70	−2
ESP José María Olazábal
USA Paul Stankowski
T5	USA Paul Azinger	71	−1
USA Phil Blackmar
USA David Duval
SCO Colin Montgomerie
USA Tiger Woods
USA Fuzzy Zoeller

First round suspended by darkness; start was delayed by 90 minutes to get course playable after heavy rains Wednesday night.

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Fred Couples	69-70=139	−5
USA David Duval	71-68=139
3	USA Scott Hoch	70-71=141	−3
T4	USA Paul Azinger	71-72=143	−1
USA Jay Haas	72-71=143
USA Phil Mickelson	74-69=143
ESP José María Olazábal	70-73=143
USA Tiger Woods	71-72=143
T9	USA Scott McCarron	73-71=144	E
USA Mark O'Meara	74-70=144

Source:

Amateurs: Kuchar (+4), Kribel (+6), Watson (+13), Clark (+14), Bakst (+16).

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Fred Couples	69-70-71=210	−6
T2	USA Paul Azinger	71-72-69=212	−4
USA Phil Mickelson	74-69-69=212
USA Mark O'Meara	74-70-68=212
T5	USA David Duval	71-68-74=213	−3
USA Jim Furyk	76-70-67=213
T7	USA Jay Haas	72-71-71=214	−2
USA Scott Hoch	70-71-73=214
ESP José María Olazábal	70-73-71=214
T10	ZAF Ernie Els	75-70-70=215	−1
SCO Colin Montgomerie	71-75-69=215
USA Jack Nicklaus	73-72-70=215
USA Tiger Woods	71-72-72=215

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1998

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Mark O'Meara	74-70-68-67=279	−9	576,000
T2	USA Fred Couples (c)	69-70-71-70=280	−8	281,600
USA David Duval	71-68-74-67=280
4	USA Jim Furyk	76-70-67-68=281	−7	153,600
5	USA Paul Azinger	71-72-69-70=282	−6	128,000
T6	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	73-72-70-68=283	−5	111,200
USA David Toms	75-72-72-64=283
T8	NIR Darren Clarke	76-73-67-69=285	−3	89,600
USA Justin Leonard	74-73-69-69=285
SCO Colin Montgomerie	71-75-69-70=285
USA Tiger Woods (c)	71-72-72-70=285

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Jay Haas	72-71-71-72=286	−2	64,800
SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson	74-75-67-70=286
USA Phil Mickelson	74-69-69-74=286
ESP José María Olazábal (c)	70-73-71-72=286
T16	USA Mark Calcavecchia	74-74-69-70=287	−1	48,000
ZAF Ernie Els	75-70-70-72=287
USA Scott Hoch	70-71-73-73=287
USA Scott McCarron	73-71-72-71=287
WAL Ian Woosnam (c)	74-71-72-70=287
T21	USA Matt Kuchar (a)	72-76-68-72=288	E	0
USA Willie Wood	74-74-70-70=288	38,400
T23	USA Stewart Cink	74-76-69-70=289	+1	33,280
USA John Huston	77-71-70-71=289
USA Jeff Maggert	72-73-72-72=289
T26	USA Brad Faxon	73-74-71-72=290	+2	26,133
ZAF David Frost	72-73-74-71=290
USA Steve Jones	75-70-75-70=290
29	USA Michael Bradley	73-74-72-72=291	+3	23,680
30	AUS Steve Elkington	75-75-71-71=292	+4	22,720
T31	USA Andrew Magee	74-72-74-73=293	+5	21,280
SWE Jesper Parnevik	75-73-73-72=293
T33	USA Phil Blackmar	71-78-75-70=294	+6	18,112
USA John Daly	77-71-71-75=294
USA Lee Janzen	76-74-72-72=294
USA Davis Love III	74-75-67-78=294
USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	71-74-75-74=294
38	USA Tom Kite	73-74-74-74=295	+7	15,680
T39	DEU Bernhard Langer (c)	75-73-74-74=296	+8	14,720
USA Paul Stankowski	70-80-72-74=296
T41	USA Corey Pavin	73-77-72-75=297	+9	13,440
USA Craig Stadler (c)	79-68-73-77=297
43	USA John Cook	75-73-74-76=298	+10	12,480
44	ENG Lee Westwood	74-76-72-78=300	+12	11,840
45	USA Joel Kribel (a)	74-76-76-75=301	+13	0
46	ZAF Gary Player (c)	77-72-78-75=302	+14	11,200
CUT	USA Billy Ray Brown	76-75=151	+7
ENG Nick Faldo (c)	72-79=151
USA Raymond Floyd (c)	74-77=151
ZAF Retief Goosen	74-77=151
USA Tim Herron	76-75=151
SCO Sandy Lyle (c)	74-77=151
USA Billy Mayfair	76-75=151
ZWE Nick Price	75-76=151
USA Tommy Tolles	75-76=151
USA Tom Watson (c)	78-73=151
USA Olin Browne	72-80=152	+8
USA Larry Mize (c)	73-79=152
JPN Masashi Ozaki	75-77=152
USA Bob Tway	74-78=152
USA Billy Andrade	75-78=153	+9
AUS Bradley Hughes	75-78=153
NZL Frank Nobilo	77-76=153
ITA Costantino Rocca	81-72=153
AUS Stuart Appleby	77-77=154	+10
JPN Shigeki Maruyama	74-80=154
AUS Greg Norman	76-78=154
USA Jeff Sluman	78-76=154
USA Ben Crenshaw (c)	83-72=155	+11
USA David Ogrin	77-78=155
USA Mark Brooks	80-76=156	+12
USA Tom Lehman	80-76=156
FJI Vijay Singh	76-80=156
ESP Seve Ballesteros (c)	78-79=157	+13
USA Fred Funk	79-78=157
ESP Ignacio Garrido	85-72=157
SWE Gabriel Hjertstedt	79-78=157
USA Scott Simpson	79-78=157
SCO Craig Watson (a)	79-78=157
USA Gay Brewer (c)	72-86=158	+14
ZAF Tim Clark (a)	80-78=158
USA Tommy Aaron (c)	81-79=160	+16
USA Ken Bakst (a)	82-78=160
USA Bill Glasson	82-79=161	+17
USA Charles Coody (c)	79-85=164	+20
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	79-87=166	+22
USA Billy Casper (c)	81-86=167	+23
WD	USA Doug Ford (c)	86	+14

Sources:

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
USA O'Meara	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9
USA Couples	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−8	−8	−8	−8
USA Duval	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8
USA Furyk	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−6	−7	−7
USA Azinger	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6
USA Nicklaus	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Toms	+3	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5
USA Mickelson	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−2	−2	−1	−2	−3	−1	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

Quotes

"Good-looking putt...Mark O'Meara has won the Masters!" – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as O'Meara sunk his birdie putt on the 18th hole to defeat Fred Couples and David Duval and win the tournament

References

Dulac, Gerry. (April 13, 1998). "Oh, My". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bonk, Thomas. (April 13, 1998). "O'Meara clears major hurdle". Eugene Register-Guard.
(April 13, 1998). "Toms makes run at record book in final-round 64". Eugene Register-Guard.
(April 6, 1998). "Loren Roberts withdraws from Masters". Golf News.
(April 11, 1998). "Golf scoreboard: Masters". Eugene Register-Guard.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.
(April 13, 1998). "Leaders Cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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