1998 Open Championship

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1998 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–19 July 1998
Location Southport, England
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70 [1]
Length7,018 yards (6,417 m) [1]
Field156 players, 81 after cut [1]
Cut146 (+6) [1]
Prize fund £1,700,000
2,483,810
$2,750,000
Winner's share£300,000
€420,000
$493,500
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara
280 (E), playoff
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1999  
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Southport
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club

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]

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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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4494214072033444801774574113,3494034081834981985444165474723,6697,018
Par444344344344434354543670

Source: [7] [8]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens: [1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Flag of the United States.svg John Huston 65−5
Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods
T3 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 66−4
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price
Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts
T6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby 67−3
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Faxon
Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Jacobson
Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III
Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh

Source: [9]

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts 68-69=137−3
T2 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price 66-72=138−2
Flag of England.svg Justin Rose (a)72-66=138
Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods 65-73=138
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn 68-71=139−1
T6 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Stephen Ames 68-72=140E
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 66-74=140
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk 70-70=140
Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III 67-73=140
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 72-68=140
Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Parnevik 68-72=140

Source: [10]
Amateurs: Rose (-2), García (+4), De Vooght (+6), McCarthy (+8), Kuchar (+10).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts 68-69-73=210E
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk 70-70-72=212+2
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 72-68-72=212
Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Parnevik 68-72-72=212
5 Flag of England.svg Justin Rose (a)72-66-75=213+3
T6 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn 68-71-76=215+5
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Faxon 67-74-74=215
Flag of the United States.svg John Huston 65-77-73=215
Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods 65-73-77=215
T10 Flag of the United States.svg David Duval 70-71-75=216+6
Flag of Italy.svg Costantino Rocca 72-74-70=216
Flag of Scotland.svg Raymond Russell 68-73-75=216
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsuyoshi Tomori 75-71-70=216

Source: [11]

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
T1 Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 72-68-72-68=280EPlayoff
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts 68-69-73-70=280
3 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods 65-73-77-66=281+1135,000
T4 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk 70-70-72-70=282+276,667
Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Parnevik 68-72-72-70=282
Flag of England.svg Justin Rose (a) 72-66-75-69=2820
Flag of Scotland.svg Raymond Russell 68-73-75-66=28276,667
8 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III 67-73-77-68=285+549,500
T9 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn 68-71-76-71=286+640,850
Flag of Italy.svg Costantino Rocca 72-74-70-70=286

Sources: [3] [12]
Amateurs: Rose (+2), García (+12), De Vooght (+19).

Playoff

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 4-4-5-4=17−1300,000
2 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts 5-4-5-5=19+1188,000
  • Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 15–18
Scorecard
Hole 15  16  17  18 
Par5454
Flag of the United States.svg O'Meara−1−1−1−1
Flag of the United States.svg WattsEEE+1

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Source: [3]

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