1998 Open Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1998 Open Championship 16–19 July 1998 Southport, England Royal Birkdale Golf Club European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 70 7018 yd 156 players, 81 after cut 146 (+6) £1,700,000 €2,483,810 $2,750,000 £300,000 €420,000$493,500 USA Mark O'Meara 280 (E), playoff 1997 1999 UK England 1 Southport 53.622 -3.033 Location in England 5 230 United Kingdom Southport 1 Royal Birkdale Golf Club 53.622 -3.033 Location in Southport, Merseyside,north of Liverpool, England 5 200 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.https://www.si.com/vault/1998/07/27/246655/double-major-in-a-wildly-entertaining-british-open-that-saw-three-breathtaking-72nd-hole-finishes-and-a-playoff-unflappable-mark-omeara-won-his-second-major-in-three-months Sports Illustrated Garrity John Double major 27 July 1998https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tt1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072%2C5413516 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ferguson Doug O'Meara on the mark again 20 July 1998 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1uZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2G8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5254%2C7454582 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Major Mark 20 July 1998 B-1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zMQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xr4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4846%2C6772801 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press Ferguson Doug British Open all American 20 July 1998 1C Three months earlier, O'Meara won the Masters on the final green by sinking a 20 ft 0 on 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.) This was also the first major championship since the 1961 PGA Championship in which Nicklaus was not in the field. 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lUdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6136%2C4896309 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Baker-Finch bags Open title 22 July 1991 D1 Course Royal Birkdale Golf Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4494214072033444801774574113,3494034081834981985444165474723,6697,018 Par444344344344434354543670 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pB4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C87371 Wilmington Star News North Carolina Associated Press Royal Birkdale, hole by hole 16 July 1998 5Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6671%2C1371058 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 128th Open Championship: course 16 July 1998 4C Lengths of the course for previous Opens:http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 32, 203 2 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 1991: 6940 yd 0, par 70 1983: 6968 yd, par 71 1976: 7001 yd, par 72 1971: 7080 yd 0, par 73 2em 1965: 7037 yd, par 73 1961: 6844 yd 1954: 6867 yd Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA John Huston65−5 USA Tiger WoodsT3 USA Fred Couples66−4 ZWE Nick Price USA Loren RobertsT6 AUS Robert Allenby67−3 USA Brad Faxon SWE Freddie Jacobson USA Davis Love III FIJ Vijay Singh Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S91YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2916%2C4292004 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Washington Post) Shapiro Leonard Tiger masters tame conditions 17 July 1998 1B Second round Friday, 17 July 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Brian Watts68-69=137−3T2 ZWE Nick Price66-72=138−2 ENG Justin Rose (a)72-66=138 USA Tiger Woods65-73=1385 DEN Thomas Bjørn68-71=139−1T6 TRI Stephen Ames68-72=140E USA Fred Couples66-74=140 USA Jim Furyk70-70=140 USA Davis Love III67-73=140 USA Mark O'Meara72-68=140 SWE Jesper Parnevik68-72=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TN1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4113%2C4758673 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ferguson Doug Birkdale takes its swing 18 July 1998 1D Amateurs: Rose (-2), García (+4), De Vooght (+6), McCarthy (+8), Kuchar (+10). Third round Saturday, 18 July 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Brian Watts68-69-73=210ET2 USA Jim Furyk70-70-72=212+2 USA Mark O'Meara72-68-72=212 SWE Jesper Parnevik68-72-72=2125 ENG Justin Rose (a)72-66-75=213+3T6 DEN Thomas Bjørn68-71-76=215+5 USA Brad Faxon67-74-74=215 USA John Huston65-77-73=215 USA Tiger Woods65-73-77=215T10 USA David Duval70-71-75=216 +6 ITA Costantino Rocca72-74-70=216 SCO Raymond Russell68-73-75=216 JPN 1947 Katsuyoshi Tomori75-71-70=216 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Td1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5403%2C5130462 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ferguson Doug Watts up in wind-blown tournament 19 July 1998 1B Final round Sunday, 19 July 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 USA Mark O'Meara 72-68-72-68=280 E Playoff USA Brian Watts 68-69-73-70=280 3 USA Tiger Woods 65-73-77-66=281 +1 135,000T4 USA Jim Furyk 70-70-72-70=282 +2 76,667 SWE Jesper Parnevik 68-72-72-70=282 ENG Justin Rose (a) 72-66-75-69=282 0 SCO Raymond Russell 68-73-75-66=282 76,6678 USA Davis Love III 67-73-77-68=285 +5 49,500T9 DEN Thomas Bjørn 68-71-76-71=286 +6 40,850 ITA Costantino Rocca 72-74-70-70=286 Sources:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1998&tid=8 https://web.archive.org/web/20101202194839/http://databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1998&tid=8 dead 2 December 2010 databasegolf.com 1998 Open Championship results 2 July 2012 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 USA Mark O'Meara 4-4-5-4=17 −1 300,0002 USA Brian Watts 5-4-5-5=19 +1 188,000 Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 15–18 Scorecard Hole 15  16  17  18 Par5454USA O'Meara −1−1−1−1USA Watts E E E +1 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: References External links Royal Birkdale 1998 (Official site) 127th Open Championship – Royal Birkdale (European Tour) 1998 53.622 -3.033 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Sport in Southport Category:1990s in Merseyside