1998 Players Championship

August 2023 1998 Players Championship March 26–29, 1998 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6950 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AYtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4044%2C6194542 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Associated Press Players Championship March 30, 1998 7C 144 players, 72 after cut 146 (+2) $4.0 million $720,000 USA Justin Leonard 278 (−10) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1997 1999 The 1998 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 25th Players Championship. Tournament summary Defending champion Steve Elkington withdrew on Monday night, citing complications after sinus surgery.Smits Gary March 25, 1998 Elkington out Florida Times-Union Jacksonville http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/032598/spg_03_24_el.html#.WRZy-k2GOM8 May 12, 2017March 25, 1998 Elkington won't defend 2B Eugene Register-Guard wire services Oregon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pk5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6241%2C6346125 He was the first defending champion that did not compete since Jerry Pate in 1983. In addition, Greg Norman, the 1994 champion, withdrew prior to the first round with a shoulder injury.March 27, 1998 Eagle on 19th makes it a great Day for leader 5C Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Oregon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QE5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748%2C6806532 Lee Janzen, who won the tournament three years previous, held the lead after third round. However, he shot a final round 79 and fell to eighteenth. Journeyman Len Mattiace took advantage, surging into the lead. However, he scored a quintuple-bogey at the par-3 17th hole to end his chances. He birdied the final hole though to finish in the top five.Garrity John April 6, 1998 Sunday Driver https://www.si.com/vault/1998/04/06/241199/sunday-driver-with-another-of-his-patented-late-charges-the-unflappable-justin-leonard-blew-by-the-field-to-win-the-players-championship Sports Illustrated 60March 30, 1998 Leonard rallies from five shots back to win 7C Wilmington Morning Star Associated Press North Carolina https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AYtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6740%2C6205434 Five strokes back, Justin Leonard shot a final round 67 to win at 278 (−10), two ahead of runners-up Glen Day and Tom Lehman.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e7NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1G8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1913%2C9615612 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Leonard charges to victory in TPC Parascenzo Marino March 30, 1998 C1 Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the seventeenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; it was extended this year to 6950 yd 0, an increase of 54 yd. Field 1. All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Bay Hill Invitational and dating from the 1997 Players Championship 12em Phil Blackmar Michael Bradley Mark Calcavecchia Stewart Cink Fred Couples David Duval Ernie Els Brad Faxon David Frost Tim Herron Gabriel Hjertstedt Scott Hoch John Huston Steve Jones Justin Leonard Davis Love III Billy Mayfair Scott McCarron Phil Mickelson Frank Nobilo Jesper Parnevik Nick Price Billy Ray Brown Loren Roberts Scott Simpson Vijay Singh David Toms Tiger Woods 2. The top 125 PGA Tour players from the final 1997 Official Money ListOfficial Money – Season: 1997 https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/109 2023-03-25 PGA Tour 12em John Adams Fulton Allem Billy Andrade Stuart Appleby Paul Azinger Doug Barron Ronnie Black Guy Boros Mike Brisky Mark Brooks Olin Browne Tom Byrum Jim Carter Brandel Chamblee Michael Christie Darren Clarke Lennie Clements Russ Cochran John Cook Robert Damron Glen Day Jay Don Blake Joe Durant David Edwards Bob Estes Brad Fabel Nick Faldo Rick Fehr Dan Forsman Fred Funk Jim Furyk Robert Gamez Brent Geiberger Kelly Gibson Paul Goydos Scott Gump Jay Haas Donnie Hammond Dudley Hart Nolan Henke Brian Henninger P. H. Horgan III Mike Hulbert Lee Janzen Pete Jordan Jerry Kelly Skip Kendall Tom Kite Neal Lancaster Tom Lehman Frank Lickliter Steve Lowery Andrew Magee Jeff Maggert Doug Martin Len Mattiace Rocco Mediate Larry Mize Colin Montgomerie Larry Nelson David Ogrin Mark O'Meara Joe Ozaki Craig Parry Steve Pate Chris Perry Kenny Perry Don Pooley Mike Reid Lee Rinker Larry Rinker Clarence Rose Joey Sindelar Jeff Sluman Mike Springer Craig Stadler Mike Standly Paul Stankowski Payne Stewart David Sutherland Kevin Sutherland Hal Sutton Phil Tataurangi Tommy Tolles Kirk Triplett Ted Tryba Bob Tway Omar Uresti Grant Waite Duffy Waldorf Tom Watson Mark Wiebe Willie Wood 3. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf 12em Ben Crenshaw John Daly Wayne Grady Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle José María Olazábal Mark McCumber Corey Pavin Tom Purtzer Curtis Strange Ian Woosnam 4. British Open winners since 1990 5. Up to eight players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections" 12em Retief Goosen Per-Ulrik Johansson Shigeki Maruyama Masashi Ozaki Costantino Rocca Lee Westwood 6. Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money winners from the 1998 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational 7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1998 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational 12em Stephen Ames Tommy Armour III Trevor Dodds Bruce Lietzke Steve Stricker Scott Verplank Source:1998 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1998_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 336 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924150603/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1998_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-24 Round summaries First round Thursday, March 26, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Glen Day 66 −6 T2 USA Fred Couples 67 −5 USA Rocco Mediate 4 USA Jerry Kelly 68 −4 T5 USA Mark Calcavecchia 69 −3 USA Ben Crenshaw USA David Duval RSA David Frost USA Nolan Henke SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson USA Bruce Lietzke USA Jeff Maggert USA Len Mattiace USA Billy Mayfair USA Phil Mickelson JPN Naomichi Ozaki Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QE5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6743%2C6810282 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Golf: PGA Tour March 27, 1998 6C Second round Friday, March 27, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Lee Janzen 70-67=137 −7 JPN Naomichi Ozaki 69-68=1372 USA Tom Kite 72-66=138 −6 T3 USA Glen Day 66-73=139 −5 USA Jerry Kelly 68-71=139 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-70=139T6 USA Fred Couples 67-73=140 −4 RSA David Frost 69-71=140 USA Scott Gump 72-68=140 USA Jeff Maggert 69-71=140 USA Len Mattiace 69-71=140 USA Rocco Mediate 67-73=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QU5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5895%2C7194301 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Golf:PGA Tour March 28, 1998 8D Third round Saturday, March 28, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Lee Janzen 70-67-69=206 −10 2 USA Glen Day 66-73-70=209 −7 3 USA Justin Leonard 72-69-70=211 −5 T4 USA Mark Calcavecchia 69-75-68=212 −4 USA Scott Hoch 73-69-70=212 USA Tom Lehman 72-70-70=212 USA Len Mattiace 69-71-72=212 USA Phil Mickelson 69-73-70=212T9 USA Fred Couples 67-73-73=213 −3 RSA Ernie Els 71-72-70=213 RSA David Frost 69-71-73=213 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-70-74=213 USA Billy Mayfair 69-75-69=213 JPN Naomichi Ozaki 69-68-76=213 ZWE Nick Price 71-72-70=213 USA Craig Stadler 71-70-72=213 USA Omar Uresti 72-71-70=213 ENG Lee Westwood 74-71-68=213 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qk5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5301%2C7683898 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Janzen taking aim at TPC March 29, 1998 3G Final round Sunday, March 29, 1998 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Justin Leonard 72-69-70-67=278 −10 720,000T2 USA Glen Day 66-73-70-71=280 −8 352,000 USA Tom Lehman 72-70-70-68=2804 USA Mark Calcavecchia 69-75-68-69=281 −7 192,000T5 USA Scott Hoch 73-69-70-70=282 −6 146,000 USA Len Mattiace 69-71-72-70=282 ENG Lee Westwood 74-71-68-69=282T8 USA Phil Mickelson 69-73-70-71=283 −5 116,000 ZWE Nick Price (c) 71-72-70-70=283 USA Payne Stewart 72-71-75-65=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 ZAF Ernie Els 71-72-70-71=284 −4 96,000 USA Scott Verplank 71-71-72-70=284T13 USA John Cook 71-73-71-70=285 −3 77,333 USA Lee Janzen (c) 70-67-69-79=285 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-70-74-72=285T16 USA John Daly 71-70-76-69=286 −2 66,000 USA David Sutherland 72-73-69-72=286T18 USA Doug Barron 71-72-74-70=287 −1 48,685 USA David Duval 69-77-70-71=287 ENG Nick Faldo 75-69-70-73=287 JPN Naomichi Ozaki 69-68-76-74=287 USA Hal Sutton (c) 74-69-74-70=287 USA Bob Tway 72-71-75-69=287 USA Omar Uresti 72-71-70-74=287T25 USA Dudley Hart 74-70-71-73=288 E 30,533 USA Steve Jones 71-71-73-73=288 USA Tom Kite (c) 72-66-78-72=288 ESP José María Olazábal 72-74-70-72=288 SWE Jesper Parnevik 72-72-72-72=288 USA Lee Rinker 72-73-72-71=288T31 USA Tommy Armour III 71-75-71-72=289 +1 24,250 USA Jerry Kelly 68-71-77-73=289 USA Larry Mize 73-73-73-70=289 USA Craig Stadler 71-70-72-76=289T35 USA Billy Andrade 70-74-75-71=290 +2 18,885 USA Brad Faxon 71-73-72-74=290 USA Jim Furyk 70-75-73-72=290 USA Scott McCarron 72-72-71-75=290 USA Kirk Triplett 71-71-73-75=290 USA Tom Watson 71-74-71-74=290 USA Tiger Woods 72-73-73-72=290T42 USA Brandel Chamblee 72-73-76-70=291 +3 12,560 USA Stewart Cink 71-73-74-73=291 USA Fred Couples (c) 67-73-73-78=291 USA Bob Estes 72-70-74-75=291 ZAF David Frost 69-71-73-78=291 USA Billy Mayfair 69-75-69-78=291 USA Mark O'Meara 70-75-72-74=291 USA Steve Pate 71-71-74-75=291 USA Kevin Sutherland 72-70-73-76=291T51 USA Michael Bradley 74-72-76-70=292 +4 9,626 USA Jeff Maggert 69-71-76-76=292 USA Steve Stricker 74-72-70-76=292T54 USA Scott Gump 72-68-76-77=293 +5 9,200 SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 69-74-78-72=293 FJI Vijay Singh 72-71-75-75=293T57 USA Paul Goydos 72-70-80-72=294 +6 8,920 USA Nolan Henke 69-73-77-75=294 USA Davis Love III (c) 73-72-69-80=294 USA Rocco Mediate 67-73-77-77=294T61 USA Joey Sindelar 73-69-81-72=295 +7 8,680 USA Ted Tryba 70-74-72-79=295T63 USA Robert Gamez 74-72-77-73=296 +8 8,480 NZL Frank Nobilo 72-72-75-77=296 NZL Grant Waite 76-70-75-75=296T66 USA Phil Blackmar 72-74-76-75=297 +9 8,280 USA Brian Henninger 73-72-73-79=29768 USA Skip Kendall 74-72-73-79=298 +10 8,160T69 USA Fred Funk 73-73-75-78=299 +11 8,040 USA Donnie Hammond 71-75-72-81=299T71 USA Larry Rinker 78-67-81-74=300 +12 7,880 USA Mark Wiebe 76-69-76-79=300CUT AUS Stuart Appleby 72-75=147 +3 USA Robert Damron 71-76=147 USA Brad Fabel 75-72=147 USA Brent Geiberger 74-73=147 USA John Huston 72-75=147 JPN Shigeki Maruyama 74-73=147 USA Larry Nelson 74-73=147 USA Mike Reid 74-73=147 USA David Toms 71-76=147 USA Willie Wood 73-74=147 ZAF Fulton Allem 74-74=148 +4 USA Ronnie Black 70-78=148 USA Mark Brooks 73-75=148 USA David Edwards 73-75=148 USA Kelly Gibson 75-73=148 USA P. H. Horgan III 76-72=148 SCO Colin Montgomerie 74-74=148 USA David Ogrin 74-74=148 USA Corey Pavin 75-73=148 USA Chris Perry 72-76=148 USA Don Pooley 75-73=148 USA Curtis Strange 78-70=148 ZAF Retief Goosen 71-78=149 +5 USA Tim Herron 74-75=149 USA Neal Lancaster 76-73=149 USA Frank Lickliter 77-72=149 USA Steve Lowery 71-78=149 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 74-75=149 USA Kenny Perry 74-75=149 USA Loren Roberts 75-74=149 USA Mike Standly 73-76=149 NZL Phil Tataurangi 75-74=149 USA Tommy Tolles 77-72=149 USA John Adams 74-76=150 +6 USA Ben Crenshaw 69-81=150 USA Rick Fehr 77-73=150 SWE Gabriel Hjertstedt 74-76=150 USA Doug Martin 74-76=150 USA Jeff Sluman 74-76=150 USA Duffy Waldorf 75-75=150 USA Russ Cochran 72-79=151 +7 USA Jay Haas 74-77=151 DEU Bernhard Langer 80-71=151 AUS Craig Parry 73-78=151 USA Clarence Rose 76-75=151 USA Mike Brisky 80-72=152 +8 USA Olin Browne 78-74=152 NAM Trevor Dodds 76-76=152 USA Mike Hulbert 73-79=152 USA Pete Jordan 73-79=152 USA Andrew Magee 71-81=152 ITA Costantino Rocca 76-76=152 USA Michael Christie 81-72=153 +9 NIR Darren Clarke 74-79=153 USA Scott Simpson 75-78=153 USA Tom Byrum 79-75=154 +10 USA Mark McCumber (c) 77-77=154 JPN Masashi Ozaki 77-77=154 USA Tom Purtzer 77-77=154 USA Guy Boros 75-80=155 +11 TTO Stephen Ames 71-85=156 +12 USA Joe Durant 75-81=156 AUS Wayne Grady 76-81=157 +13 USA Billy Ray Brown 81-77=158 +14 USA Jim Carter 78-81=159 +15 USA Lennie Clements 78-81=159 USA Mike Springer 79-81=160 +16 USA Paul Azinger 80-81=161 +17WD USA Paul Stankowski 75 +3 USA Jay Don Blake 78 +6 USA Dan Forsman 78 WAL Ian Woosnam Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead References External links The Players Championship website 1998 Category:1998 in golf Category:1998 in American sports Category:1998 in sports in Florida Category:March 1998 sports events in the United States