1998 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 1998 August 2023 March 2026 1998 Masters Tournament 1998_Masters_Tournament_Official_program_cover.jpg Front cover of the 1998 Masters Journal April 9–12, 1998 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA TourEuropean TourJapan Golf Tour 72 6925 yd 88 players, 46 after cut 150 (+6) US$3.2 million $576,000 USA Mark O'Meara 279 (−9) 1997 1999 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title The 1998 Masters Tournament was the 62nd Masters Tournament, held from April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Mark O'Meara won his first major championship with a 20 ft 0 on birdie putt on the final hole to win by one stroke over runners-up David Duval and Fred Couples.https://www.si.com/vault/1998/04/20/8097320/out-of-the-woods-young-lions-and-tiger-and-a-golden-bearmark-omeara-slipped-past-a-menagerie-of-rivals-to-win-the-masters Sports Illustrated Rushin Steve Out of the Woods April 20, 1998 32 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KoRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OG8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4033%2C2552484 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dulac Gerry Oh, My April 13, 1998 C-1 He birdied three of the final four holes in a final round 67 (−5).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zk5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6335%2C3385638 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Bonk Thomas (from Los Angeles Times) O'Meara clears major hurdle April 13, 1998 1B In one of the most remarkable performances of his career, Jack Nicklaus tied for sixth place at the age of 58. His final round 68 (−4) yielded a 283 (−5), the lowest 72-hole score by a player over age 50 at the Masters until Phil Mickelson shot a score of 280 (−8) in the 2023 tournament. Nicklaus was in contention for the title until well into the back nine holes in the final round. It was his last serious run for a major championship, twelve years after his sixth Masters victory in 1986. In his first Masters, David Toms shot a 29 (−7) on the back nine on Sunday, en route to a 64 (−8). He had six consecutive birdies on holes 12–17.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zk5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6781%2C3393972 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Toms makes run at record book in final-round 64 April 13, 1998 3B O'Meara's win came in his 15th attempt at Augusta, setting a record for appearances before a victory. He had previously been considered one of the best players to never win a major. Later in July, he won the Open Championship and earned PGA Tour Player of the Year honors for 1998. Matt Kuchar, a 19-year-old sophomore at Georgia Tech, was the low amateur at even-par 288 and tied for 21st place. The reigning U.S. Amateur champion, he carded a four-under 68 in the third round. Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (9,12), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (9,10), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (9), Tiger Woods (9,12,13), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Ernie Els (9,10,12,13), Lee Janzen (11,13), Steve Jones (12,13), Corey Pavin 3. The Open champions (last five years) John Daly, Tom Lehman (9,10,13), Justin Leonard (9,11,12,13), Greg Norman (12,13), Nick Price (4,9,12,13) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (9,13), Davis Love III (9,10,11,12,13) 5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Joel Kribel (a), Matt Kuchar (a) 6. The Amateur champion Craig Watson (a) 7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Tim Clark (a) 8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Ken Bakst (a) 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1997 Masters Stuart Appleby (13), Mark Calcavecchia (12,13), Fred Funk, John Huston (12), Per-Ulrik Johansson, Tom Kite (11), Jesper Parnevik (12,13), Costantino Rocca, Vijay Singh (12,13), Jeff Sluman, Paul Stankowski (13), Tommy Tolles (10,13), Lee Westwood, Willie Wood 10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1997 U.S. Open Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Stewart Cink (12,13), Jim Furyk (11,13), Jay Haas, Scott Hoch (11,12,13), Bradley Hughes, Jeff Maggert (11,13), Scott McCarron (12,13), Colin Montgomerie, David Ogrin, Bob Tway Loren Roberts (12,13) was unable to compete due to a rib injury.http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news98/roberts.htm Loren Roberts withdraws from Masters Golf News April 6, 1998 May 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20140709025924/http://golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news98/roberts.htm July 9, 2014 dead 11. Top eight players and ties from 1997 PGA Championship Phil Blackmar (12) 12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Michael Bradley, Billy Ray Brown, David Duval (13), David Frost, Bill Glasson (13), Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Billy Mayfair, Phil Mickelson (13), Frank Nobilo (13), Scott Simpson, David Toms 13. Top 30 players from the 1997 PGA Tour money list John Cook, Brad Faxon, Andrew Magee, Mark O'Meara 14. Special foreign invitation Darren Clarke, Ignacio Garrido, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Masashi Ozaki Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 1998 Friday, April 10, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Fred Couples69−3T2 USA Scott Hoch70−2 ESP José María Olazábal USA Paul StankowskiT5 USA Paul Azinger71−1 USA Phil Blackmar USA David Duval SCO Colin Montgomerie USA Tiger Woods USA Fuzzy Zoeller First round suspended by darkness; start was delayed by 90 minutes to get course playable after heavy rains Wednesday night. Second round Friday, April 10, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Fred Couples69-70=139−5 USA David Duval71-68=1393 USA Scott Hoch70-71=141−3T4 USA Paul Azinger71-72=143−1 USA Jay Haas72-71=143 USA Phil Mickelson74-69=143 ESP José María Olazábal70-73=143 USA Tiger Woods71-72=143T9 USA Scott McCarron73-71=144E USA Mark O'Meara74-70=144 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zE5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2676%2C2750008 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Golf scoreboard: Masters April 11, 1998 4D Amateurs: Kuchar (+4), Kribel (+6), Watson (+13), Clark (+14), Bakst (+16). Third round Saturday, April 11, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Fred Couples69-70-71=210−6T2 USA Paul Azinger71-72-69=212−4 USA Phil Mickelson74-69-69=212 USA Mark O'Meara74-70-68=212T5 USA David Duval71-68-74=213−3 USA Jim Furyk76-70-67=213T7 USA Jay Haas72-71-71=214−2 USA Scott Hoch70-71-73=214 ESP José María Olazábal70-73-71=214T10 ZAF Ernie Els75-70-70=215−1 SCO Colin Montgomerie71-75-69=215 USA Jack Nicklaus73-72-70=215 USA Tiger Woods71-72-72=215 Final round Sunday, April 12, 1998 right|thumb|Mark O'Meara won his first Masters title eQIwu4yFzZQ Full final round coverage on CBS Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Mark O'Meara 74-70-68-67=279 −9 576,000T2 USA Fred Couples (c) 69-70-71-70=280 −8 281,600 USA David Duval 71-68-74-67=2804 USA Jim Furyk 76-70-67-68=281 −7 153,6005 USA Paul Azinger 71-72-69-70=282 −6 128,000T6 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-72-70-68=283 −5 111,200 USA David Toms 75-72-72-64=283T8 NIR Darren Clarke 76-73-67-69=285 −3 89,600 USA Justin Leonard 74-73-69-69=285 SCO Colin Montgomerie 71-75-69-70=285 USA Tiger Woods (c) 71-72-72-70=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA Jay Haas 72-71-71-72=286 −2 64,800 SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 74-75-67-70=286 USA Phil Mickelson 74-69-69-74=286 ESP José María Olazábal (c) 70-73-71-72=286T16 USA Mark Calcavecchia 74-74-69-70=287 −1 48,000 ZAF Ernie Els 75-70-70-72=287 USA Scott Hoch 70-71-73-73=287 USA Scott McCarron 73-71-72-71=287 WAL Ian Woosnam (c) 74-71-72-70=287T21 USA Matt Kuchar (a) 72-76-68-72=288 E 0 USA Willie Wood 74-74-70-70=288 38,400T23 USA Stewart Cink 74-76-69-70=289 +1 33,280 USA John Huston 77-71-70-71=289 USA Jeff Maggert 72-73-72-72=289T26 USA Brad Faxon 73-74-71-72=290 +2 26,133 ZAF David Frost 72-73-74-71=290 USA Steve Jones 75-70-75-70=29029 USA Michael Bradley 73-74-72-72=291 +3 23,68030 AUS Steve Elkington 75-75-71-71=292 +4 22,720T31 USA Andrew Magee 74-72-74-73=293 +5 21,280 SWE Jesper Parnevik 75-73-73-72=293T33 USA Phil Blackmar 71-78-75-70=294 +6 18,112 USA John Daly 77-71-71-75=294 USA Lee Janzen 76-74-72-72=294 USA Davis Love III 74-75-67-78=294 USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 71-74-75-74=29438 USA Tom Kite 73-74-74-74=295 +7 15,680T39 DEU Bernhard Langer (c) 75-73-74-74=296 +8 14,720 USA Paul Stankowski 70-80-72-74=296T41 USA Corey Pavin 73-77-72-75=297 +9 13,440 USA Craig Stadler (c) 79-68-73-77=29743 USA John Cook 75-73-74-76=298 +10 12,48044 ENG Lee Westwood 74-76-72-78=300 +12 11,84045 USA Joel Kribel (a) 74-76-76-75=301 +13 046 ZAF Gary Player (c) 77-72-78-75=302 +14 11,200CUT USA Billy Ray Brown 76-75=151 +7 ENG Nick Faldo (c) 72-79=151 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 74-77=151 ZAF Retief Goosen 74-77=151 USA Tim Herron 76-75=151 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 74-77=151 USA Billy Mayfair 76-75=151 ZWE Nick Price 75-76=151 USA Tommy Tolles 75-76=151 USA Tom Watson (c) 78-73=151 USA Olin Browne 72-80=152 +8 USA Larry Mize (c) 73-79=152 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 75-77=152 USA Bob Tway 74-78=152 USA Billy Andrade 75-78=153 +9 AUS Bradley Hughes 75-78=153 NZL Frank Nobilo 77-76=153 ITA Costantino Rocca 81-72=153 AUS Stuart Appleby 77-77=154 +10 JPN 1947 Shigeki Maruyama 74-80=154 AUS Greg Norman 76-78=154 USA Jeff Sluman 78-76=154 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 83-72=155 +11 USA David Ogrin 77-78=155 USA Mark Brooks 80-76=156 +12 USA Tom Lehman 80-76=156 FJI Vijay Singh 76-80=156 ESP Seve Ballesteros (c) 78-79=157 +13 USA Fred Funk 79-78=157 ESP Ignacio Garrido 85-72=157 SWE Gabriel Hjertstedt 79-78=157 USA Scott Simpson 79-78=157 SCO Craig Watson (a) 79-78=157 USA Gay Brewer (c) 72-86=158 +14 ZAF Tim Clark (a) 80-78=158 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 81-79=160 +16 USA Ken Bakst (a) 82-78=160 USA Bill Glasson 82-79=161 +17 USA Charles Coody (c) 79-85=164 +20 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 79-87=166 +22 USA Billy Casper (c) 81-86=167 +23WD USA Doug Ford (c) 86 +14 Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA O'Meara −4−5−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−9USA Couples −5−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−8−8−8−8−6−6−8−8−8−8USA Duval −2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−7−8−8−9−8−8−8 USA Furyk −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 USA Azinger −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 USA Nicklaus −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 USA Toms +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 USA Mickelson −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −1 −2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KoRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OG8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4902%2C2572516 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Leaders Cards April 13, 1998 C-6 Quotes "Good-looking putt...Mark O'Meara has won the Masters!" – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as O'Meara sunk his birdie putt on the 18th hole to defeat Fred Couples and David Duval and win the tournament References External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1998 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1998 1998 Category:1998 in golf Category:1998 in American sports Category:1998 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1998 sports events in the United States