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1998 PGA Championship
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | 1998 PGA Championship | ||
| image | 1998PGALogo.jpg | ||
| image_size | 120 | ||
| dates | August 13–16, 1998 | ||
| location | Sammamish, Washington | ||
| course | Sahalee Country Club | ||
| (South & North nines) | |||
| org | PGA of America | ||
| tour | PGA Tour | ||
| PGA European Tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | |||
| par | 70 | ||
| yardage | 6906 yd | ||
| field | 148 players, | ||
| 75 after cut{{cite web | url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=385&date=1998&tourn_name_id=2 | ||
| publisher | PGA.com | title=Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship | access-date=July 24, 2012}} |
| cut | 145 (+5) | ||
| purse | $3.0 million | ||
| winners_share | $540,000 | ||
| champion | FJI Vijay Singh | ||
| score | 271 (−9) | ||
| previous | [1997](1997-pga-championship) | ||
| next | [1999](1999-pga-championship) | ||
| map | USA#USA Washington | ||
| map_relief | yes | ||
| map_label | Sahalee | ||
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in Washington | ||
| coordinates |
(South & North nines) PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour 75 after cut{{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=385&date=1998&tourn_name_id=2 The 1998 PGA Championship was the 80th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. Vijay Singh won the first of his three major championships, two strokes ahead of runner-up Steve Stricker.
This was only the tenth time the championship was played in the western half of the United States; the next was 22 years later at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. It was the third major championship held in the Pacific Northwest, all PGA Championships. The previous two were match play events, held in Spokane in 1944 and Portland in 1946.
Sahalee was scheduled to host again in 2010, but the PGA of America reversed its decision in early 2005 and moved it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Course layout
Main article: Sahalee Country Club
South and North nines
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 406 | 507 | 415 | 386 | 195 | 480 | 421 | 444 | 213 | **3,467** | 401 | 546 | 458 | 176 | 374 | 417 | 377 | 215 | 475 | **3,439** | **6,906** |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | **35** | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | **35** | **70** |
- Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 13, 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA Tiger Woods | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | USA Billy Andrade | 68 | −2 |
| USA Paul Azinger | |||
| USA Glen Day | |||
| USA Bob Estes | |||
| USA Bill Glasson | |||
| USA Scott Gump | |||
| USA Frank Lickliter | |||
| JPN Shigeki Maruyama | |||
| T10 | USA Russ Cochran | 69 | −1 |
| NAM Trevor Dodds | |||
| AUS Steve Elkington | |||
| USA Harrison Frazar | |||
| SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson | |||
| USA Scott McCarron | |||
| USA Mark O'Meara | |||
| USA Kenny Perry | |||
| USA Craig Stadler | |||
| USA Steve Stricker | |||
| USA Bob Tway |
Second round
Friday, August 14, 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIJ Vijay Singh | 70-66=136 | −4 |
| T2 | USA Scott Gump | 68-69=137 | −3 |
| SCO Colin Montgomerie | 70-67=137 | ||
| USA Steve Stricker | 69-68=137 | ||
| T5 | AUS Steve Elkington | 69-69=138 | −2 |
| USA Brad Faxon | 70-68=138 | ||
| USA Davis Love III | 70-68=138 | ||
| USA Andrew Magee | 70-68=138 | ||
| USA Tiger Woods | 66-72=138 | ||
| T10 | USA John Cook | 71-68=139 | −1 |
| USA Glen Day | 68-71=139 | ||
| RSA David Frost | 70-69=139 | ||
| USA Frank Lickliter | 68-71=139 | ||
| USA Mark O'Meara | 69-70=139 |
Third round
Saturday, August 15, 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | FIJ Vijay Singh | 70-66-67=203 | −7 | |
| USA Steve Stricker | 69-68-66=203 | |||
| T3 | AUS Steve Elkington | 69-69-69=207 | −3 | |
| USA Davis Love III | 70-68-69=207 | |||
| USA Billy Mayfair | 73-67-67=207 | |||
| T6 | USA Skip Kendall | 72-68-68=208 | −2 | |
| USA Frank Lickliter | 68-71-69=208 | |||
| USA Mark O'Meara | 69-70-69=208 | |||
| USA Tiger Woods | 66-72-70=208 | |||
| T10 | AUS Robert Allenby | 72-68-69=209 | −1 | |
| USA John Cook | 71-68-70=209 | |||
| USA Scott Gump | 68-69-72=209 | |||
| USA John Huston | 70-71-68=209 | |||
| USA Greg Kraft | 71-73-65=209 |
Final round
Sunday, August 16, 1998
As 54-hole co-leaders at 203 (−7), Vijay Singh and Steve Stricker were in the final pairing at noon PDT, four shots ahead of the field. Stricker stayed within a stroke until the par-3 17th, where both tee shots found the same bunker. Singh saved par but Stricker couldn't, and both parred 18; Singh shot 68 (−2) to win his first major by two strokes. Steve Elkington, the 1995 champion, carded a 67 to finish in solo third, a stroke behind Stricker. Nick Price, the champion in 1992 and 1994, shot a bogey-free 65 to equal the course record.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | FJI **Vijay Singh** | 70-66-67-68=271 | −9 | 540,000 |
| 2 | USA Steve Stricker | 69-68-66-70=273 | −7 | 324,000 |
| 3 | AUS Steve Elkington | 69-69-69-67=274 | −6 | 204,000 |
| T4 | USA Frank Lickliter | 68-71-69-68=276 | −4 | 118,000 |
| USA Mark O'Meara | 69-70-69-68=276 | |||
| ZWE Nick Price | 70-73-68-65=276 | |||
| T7 | USA Davis Love III | 70-68-69-70=277 | −3 | 89,500 |
| USA Billy Mayfair | 73-67-67-70=277 | |||
| 9 | USA John Cook | 71-68-70-69=278 | −2 | 80,000 |
| T10 | USA Skip Kendall | 72-68-68-71=279 | −1 | 69,000 |
| USA Kenny Perry | 69-72-70-68=279 | |||
| USA Tiger Woods | 66-72-70-71=279 |
Source:
Scorecard
Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| FIJ Singh | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
| USA Stricker | −7 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 |
| AUS Elkington | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Double Eagle | Eagle -- | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ -- |
|---|
Source:
References
References
- Ferguson, Doug. (August 17, 1998). "It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Parascenzo, Marino. (August 17, 1998). "Singh lives dream". Toledo Blade.
- Garrity, John. (August 24, 1998). "Vijay the victor".
- Newnham, Blaine. (February 26, 2006). "Sahalee deserving of more championships". [[The Seattle Times]].
- Newnham, Blaine. (January 27, 2005). "PGA owes Sahalee new date". [[The Seattle Times]].
- Dahlberg, Tim. (August 17, 1998). "Big day for Vijay". Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
- "1998 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com.
- (August 17, 1998). "80th PGA Championship: Scorecard". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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