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1998 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057
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1998 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 1998
LocationRedmond, Washington
47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 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
Fiji Vijay Singh
271 (−9)
Location map
Sahalee is located in the United States
Sahalee
Sahalee
Location in the United States
Sahalee is located in Washington (state)
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Location in Washington
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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]

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

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South and North nines

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 406 507 415 386 195 480 421 444 213 3,467 401 546 458 176 374 417 377 215 475 3,439 6,906
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 35 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 70
  • Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 13, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 66 −4
T2 United States Billy Andrade 68 −2
United States Paul Azinger
United States Glen Day
United States Bob Estes
United States Bill Glasson
United States Scott Gump
United States Frank Lickliter
Japan Shigeki Maruyama
T10 United States Russ Cochran 69 −1
Namibia Trevor Dodds
Australia Steve Elkington
United States Harrison Frazar
Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson
United States Scott McCarron
United States Mark O'Meara
United States Kenny Perry
United States Craig Stadler
United States Steve Stricker
United States Bob Tway

Second round

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Friday, August 14, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1 Fiji Vijay Singh 70-66=136 −4
T2 United States Scott Gump 68-69=137 −3
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-67=137
United States Steve Stricker 69-68=137
T5 Australia Steve Elkington 69-69=138 −2
United States Brad Faxon 70-68=138
United States Davis Love III 70-68=138
United States Andrew Magee 70-68=138
United States Tiger Woods 66-72=138
T10 United States John Cook 71-68=139 −1
United States Glen Day 68-71=139
South Africa David Frost 70-69=139
United States Frank Lickliter 68-71=139
United States Mark O'Meara 69-70=139

Third round

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Saturday, August 15, 1998

Place Player Score To par
T1 Fiji Vijay Singh 70-66-67=203 −7
United States Steve Stricker 69-68-66=203
T3 Australia Steve Elkington 69-69-69=207 −3
United States Davis Love III 70-68-69=207
United States Billy Mayfair 73-67-67=207
T6 United States Skip Kendall 72-68-68=208 −2
United States Frank Lickliter 68-71-69=208
United States Mark O'Meara 69-70-69=208
United States Tiger Woods 66-72-70=208
T10 Australia Robert Allenby 72-68-69=209 −1
United States John Cook 71-68-70=209
United States Scott Gump 68-69-72=209
United States John Huston 70-71-68=209
United States Greg Kraft 71-73-65=209

Final round

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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]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Fiji Vijay Singh 70-66-67-68=271 −9 540,000
2 United States Steve Stricker 69-68-66-70=273 −7 324,000
3 Australia Steve Elkington 69-69-69-67=274 −6 204,000
T4 United States Frank Lickliter 68-71-69-68=276 −4 118,000
United States Mark O'Meara 69-70-69-68=276
Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-73-68-65=276
T7 United States Davis Love III 70-68-69-70=277 −3 89,500
United States Billy Mayfair 73-67-67-70=277
9 United States John Cook 71-68-70-69=278 −2 80,000
T10 United States Skip Kendall 72-68-68-71=279 −1 69,000
United States Kenny Perry 69-72-70-68=279
United States Tiger Woods 66-72-70-71=279

Source:[8]

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
Fiji Singh −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9
United States Stricker −7 −6 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7
Australia 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

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  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (August 17, 1998). "It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D1.
  3. ^ a b 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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