1998 PGA Championship explained

1998 PGA Championship
Dates:August 13–16, 1998
Location:Redmond, Washington
Course:Sahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Org:PGA of America
Tour:PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Par:70
Field:148 players,
75 after cut[1]
Cut:145 (+5)
Purse:$3.0 million
Winners Share:$540,000
Champion: Vijay Singh
Score:271 (−9)
Previous:1997
Next:1999
Map:USA#USA Washington
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Sahalee
Coordinates:47.635°N -122.057°W

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.[2] [3] [4]

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.[5] [6]

Course layout

See main article: Sahalee Country Club. South and North nines

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4065074153861954804214442133,4674015464581763744173772154753,4396,906
Par454434443354543444343570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woodsalign=center 66−4
T2 Billy Andrade68−2
Paul Azinger
Glen Day
Bob Estes
Bill Glasson
Scott Gump
Frank Lickliter
Shigeki Maruyama
T10 Russ Cochran69−1
Trevor Dodds
Steve Elkington
Harrison Frazar
Per-Ulrik Johansson
Scott McCarron
Mark O'Meara
Kenny Perry
Craig Stadler
Steve Stricker
Bob Tway

Second round

Friday, August 14, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Vijay Singhalign=center 70-66=136−4
T2 Scott Gumpalign=center 68-69=137−3
Colin Montgomeriealign=center 70-67=137
Steve Strickeralign=center 69-68=137
T5 Steve Elkington69-69=138−2
Brad Faxonalign=center 70-68=138
Davis Love IIIalign=center 70-68=138
Andrew Mageealign=center 70-68=138
Tiger Woodsalign=center 66-72=138
T10 John Cook71-68=139−1
Glen Dayalign=center 68-71=139
David Frostalign=center 70-69=139
Frank Lickliteralign=center 68-71=139
Mark O'Mearaalign=center 69-70=139

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Vijay Singhalign=center 70-66-67=203−7
Steve Strickeralign=center 69-68-66=203
T3 Steve Elkington69-69-69=207−3
Davis Love IIIalign=center 70-68-69=207
Billy Mayfair73-67-67=207
T6 Skip Kendallalign=center 72-68-68=208−2
Frank Lickliteralign=center 68-71-69=208
Mark O'Mearaalign=center 69-70-69=208
Tiger Woodsalign=center 66-72-70=208
T10 Robert Allenby72-68-69=209 −1
John Cook71-68-70=209
Scott Gump68-69-72=209
John Hustonalign=center 70-71-68=209
Greg Kraft71-73-65=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.[2] [3] [7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Vijay Singh 70-66-67-68=271 −9 540,000
2 69-68-66-70=273 −7 324,000
3 69-69-69-67=274 −6 204,000
T4 68-71-69-68=276 −4 118,000
69-70-69-68=276
70-73-68-65=276
T7 70-68-69-70=277 −3 89,500
73-67-67-70=277
9 71-68-70-69=278 −2 80,000
T10 72-68-68-71=279 −1 69,000
69-72-70-68=279
66-72-70-71=279
Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434443454344434
Singh −7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−9−9−9−9−9
Stricker −7−6−7−8−8−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7
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 -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source:[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship. PGA.com. July 24, 2012.
  2. News: It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Ferguson . Doug . Associated Press . August 17, 1998 . D1 .
  3. News: Singh lives dream . Toledo Blade . Ohio . Parascenzo . Marino . August 17, 1998 . 23.
  4. Vijay the victor . Sports Illustrated . Garrity . John . August 24, 1998 . 32.
  5. News: Sahalee deserving of more championships . . February 26, 2006 . June 16, 2015 . Blaine . Newnham.
  6. News: PGA owes Sahalee new date . . Newnham . Blaine . January 27, 2005 . June 16, 2015.
  7. News: Big day for Vijay . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington . Dahlberg . Tim . Associated Press . August 17, 1998 . 1C.
  8. Web site: 1998 PGA Championship. databasegolf.com. July 28, 2012.
  9. News: Seattle Post-Intelligencer . 80th PGA Championship: Scorecard . August 17, 1998 . D7.