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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 →

Course layout

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

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

Round summaries

First round

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

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Payne Stewart United States 66-71=137 −3
T2 Jeff Maggert United States 69-69=138 −2
Bob Tway United States 68-70=138
T4 Lee Janzen United States 73-66=139 −1
Matt Kuchar (a) United States 70-69=139
Lee Porter 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

Third round

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
Bob Tway United States 68-70-73=211
T4 Nick Price Zimbabwe 73-68-71=212 +2
Lee Janzen United States 73-66-73=212
T6 Steve Stricker United States 73-71-69=213 +3
Jeff Maggert United States 69-69-75=213
T8 Stewart Cink United States 73-68-73=214 +4
Mark Carnevale United States 67-73-74=214
T10 Jim Furyk United States 74-73-68=215 +5
Matt Kuchar (a) United States 70-69-76=215
Lee Porter United States 72-67-76=215

Final round

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
Tom Lehman United States 68-75-68-75=286
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

Scorecard

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
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Andy Moore