1998 PGA Championship

August 2023 1998 PGA Championship 1998PGALogo.jpg 120 August 13–16, 1998 Sammamish, Washington Sahalee Country Club(South & North nines) PGA of America PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour 70 6906 yd 148 players,75 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=385&date=1998&tourn_name_id=2 PGA.com Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship July 24, 2012 145 (+5) $3.0 million $540,000 FJI Vijay Singh 271 (−9) 1997 1999 USA#USA Washington yes Sahalee Location in the United States##Location in Washington 47.635 -122.057 type:event inline,title 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VDkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sW8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5851%2C5622615 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ferguson Doug Associated Press It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA August 17, 1998 D1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UEFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5470%2C1434944 Toledo Blade Ohio Parascenzo Marino Singh lives dream August 17, 1998 23https://www.si.com/vault/1998/08/24/247932/vijay-the-victor-by-winning-the-pga-that-man-of-mystery-vijay-singh-cleared-up-any-doubts-about-his-stature-as-a-golfer Sports Illustrated Vijay the victor Garrity John August 24, 1998 32 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.https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060226/blai26/sahalee-deserving-of-more-championships Sahalee deserving of more championships The Seattle Times February 26, 2006 June 16, 2015 Blaine Newnhamhttps://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050127/blai27/pga-owes-sahalee-new-date PGA owes Sahalee new date The Seattle Times Newnham Blaine January 27, 2005 June 16, 2015 Course layout Sahalee Country Club South and North nines Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4065074153861954804214442133,4674015464581763744173772154753,4396,906Par454434443354543444343570 Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members Round summaries First round Thursday, August 13, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods66−4T2 USA Billy Andrade68−2 USA Paul Azinger USA Glen Day USA Bob Estes USA Bill Glasson USA Scott Gump USA Frank Lickliter JPN 1947 Shigeki MaruyamaT10 USA Russ Cochran69−1 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 FIJ Vijay Singh70-66=136−4T2 USA Scott Gump68-69=137−3 SCO Colin Montgomerie70-67=137 USA Steve Stricker69-68=137T5 AUS Steve Elkington69-69=138−2 USA Brad Faxon70-68=138 USA Davis Love III70-68=138 USA Andrew Magee70-68=138 USA Tiger Woods66-72=138T10 USA John Cook71-68=139−1 USA Glen Day68-71=139 RSA David Frost70-69=139 USA Frank Lickliter68-71=139 USA Mark O'Meara69-70=139 Third round Saturday, August 15, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 FIJ Vijay Singh70-66-67=203−7 USA Steve Stricker69-68-66=203T3 AUS Steve Elkington69-69-69=207−3 USA Davis Love III70-68-69=207 USA Billy Mayfair73-67-67=207T6 USA Skip Kendall72-68-68=208−2 USA Frank Lickliter68-71-69=208 USA Mark O'Meara69-70-69=208 USA Tiger Woods66-72-70=208T10 AUS Robert Allenby72-68-69=209 −1 USA John Cook71-68-70=209 USA Scott Gump68-69-72=209 USA John Huston70-71-68=209 USA 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xb4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wtAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1958%2C1286543 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Big day for Vijay Dahlberg Tim Associated Press August 17, 1998 1C PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 FJI Vijay Singh 70-66-67-68=271 −9 540,0002 USA Steve Stricker 69-68-66-70=273 −7 324,0003 AUS Steve Elkington 69-69-69-67=274 −6 204,000T4 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=276T7 USA Davis Love III 70-68-69-70=277 −3 89,500 USA Billy Mayfair 73-67-67-70=2779 USA John Cook 71-68-70-69=278 −2 80,000T10 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:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1998&tid=22 databasegolf.com 1998 PGA Championship July 28, 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454434443454344434 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 -->BirdieBogey Source:Seattle Post-Intelligencer 80th PGA Championship: Scorecard August 17, 1998 D7 References 2 External links Full results PGA.com – 1998 PGA Championship 1998 Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Washington (state) Category:Redmond, Washington PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship