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
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)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States66−4
T2Billy Andrade United States68−2
Paul Azinger United States
Glen Day United States
Bob Estes United States
Bill Glasson United States
Scott Gump United States
Frank Lickliter United States
Shigeki Maruyama Japan
T10Russ Cochran United States69−1
Trevor Dodds Namibia
Steve Elkington Australia
Harrison Frazar United States
Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden
Scott McCarron United States
Mark O'Meara United States
Kenny Perry United States
Craig Stadler United States
Steve Stricker United States
Bob Tway United States

Second round

Friday, August 14, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Vijay Singh Fiji70-66=136−4
T2Scott Gump United States68-69=137−3
Colin Montgomerie Scotland70-67=137
Steve Stricker United States69-68=137
T5Steve Elkington Australia69-69=138−2
Brad Faxon United States70-68=138
Davis Love III United States70-68=138
Andrew Magee United States70-68=138
Tiger Woods United States66-72=138
T10John Cook United States71-68=139−1
Glen Day United States68-71=139
David Frost South Africa70-69=139
Frank Lickliter United States68-71=139
Mark O'Meara United States69-70=139

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Vijay Singh Fiji70-66-67=203−7
Steve Stricker United States69-68-66=203
T3Steve Elkington Australia69-69-69=207−3
Davis Love III United States70-68-69=207
Billy Mayfair United States73-67-67=207
T6Skip Kendall United States72-68-68=208−2
Frank Lickliter United States68-71-69=208
Mark O'Meara United States69-70-69=208
Tiger Woods United States66-72-70=208
T10Robert Allenby Australia72-68-69=209−1
John Cook United States71-68-70=209
Scott Gump United States68-69-72=209
John Huston United States70-71-68=209
Greg Kraft United States71-73-65=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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Vijay Singh Fiji70-66-67-68=271−9540,000
2Steve Stricker United States69-68-66-70=273−7324,000
3Steve Elkington Australia69-69-69-67=274−6204,000
T4Frank Lickliter United States68-71-69-68=276−4118,000
Mark O'Meara United States69-70-69-68=276
Nick Price Zimbabwe70-73-68-65=276
T7Davis Love III United States70-68-69-70=277−389,500
Billy Mayfair United States73-67-67-70=277
9John Cook United States71-68-70-69=278−280,000
T10Skip Kendall United States72-68-68-71=279−169,000
Kenny Perry United States69-72-70-68=279
Tiger Woods United States66-72-70-71=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.
Preceded by
1998 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1999 Masters

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