1998 PGA Championship

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]

1998 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 1998
LocationRedmond, Washington
47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057
Course(s)Sahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,906 yards (6,315 m)
Field148 players,
75 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$3.0 million
Winner's share$540,000
Champion
Vijay Singh
271 (−9)
Location map
Sahalee
Location in the United States
Sahalee
Location in Washington

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
Main article: Sahalee Country Club

South and North nines

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4065074153861954804214442133,4674015464581763744173772154753,4396,906
Par454434443354543444343570
  • Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woods66−4
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 Singh70-66=136−4
T2 Scott Gump68-69=137−3
Colin Montgomerie70-67=137
Steve Stricker69-68=137
T5 Steve Elkington69-69=138−2
Brad Faxon70-68=138
Davis Love III70-68=138
Andrew Magee70-68=138
Tiger Woods66-72=138
T10 John Cook71-68=139−1
Glen Day68-71=139
David Frost70-69=139
Frank Lickliter68-71=139
Mark O'Meara69-70=139

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Vijay Singh70-66-67=203−7
Steve Stricker69-68-66=203
T3 Steve Elkington69-69-69=207−3
Davis Love III70-68-69=207
Billy Mayfair73-67-67=207
T6 Skip Kendall72-68-68=208−2
Frank Lickliter68-71-69=208
Mark O'Meara69-70-69=208
Tiger Woods66-72-70=208
T10 Robert Allenby72-68-69=209−1
John Cook71-68-70=209
Scott Gump68-69-72=209
John Huston70-71-68=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 Singh70-66-67-68=271−9540,000
2 Steve Stricker69-68-66-70=273−7324,000
3 Steve Elkington69-69-69-67=274−6204,000
T4 Frank Lickliter68-71-69-68=276−4118,000
Mark O'Meara69-70-69-68=276
Nick Price70-73-68-65=276
T7 Davis Love III70-68-69-70=277−389,500
Billy Mayfair73-67-67-70=277
9 John Cook71-68-70-69=278−280,000
T10 Skip Kendall72-68-68-71=279−169,000
Kenny Perry69-72-70-68=279
Tiger Woods66-72-70-71=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

Birdie Bogey

Source:[9]

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