1998 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1998 United States Open Championship was the 98th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart. Janzen became the second winner at a U.S. Open at the Olympic Club to come back from seven strokes behind in the final round; Billy Casper also did it in 1966, but on the back nine alone. Stewart rebounded and won the title the next year at Pinehurst, but died four months later in an aviation accident.
Four-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 58, made the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open for the final time.
This was the fourth U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club; the first two in 1955 and 1966 ended in playoffs, and 1987 was a one-stroke victory. The U.S. Open returned in 2012, also won by one stroke.

Course layout

Lake Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5333942234384574372881374333,3404224304161864221576094683473,4576,797
Par543444434354443435443570

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Payne Stewart66−4
2Mark Carnevale67−3
T3Joe Durant68−2
T3Tom Lehman68−2
T3José María Olazábal68−2
T3Bob Tway68−2
T7John Daly69−1
T7Jeff Maggert69−1
T7Jesper Parnevik69−1
T10Tom Kite70E
T10Matt Kuchar 70E
T10Colin Montgomerie70E
T10Andrew Magee70E
T10David Ogrin70E
T10Mark O'Meara70E

Second round

Friday, June 19, 1998
The 36-hole cut was at 147, and 60 players advanced to the weekend.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Payne Stewart66-71=137−3
T2Jeff Maggert69-69=138−2
T2Bob Tway68-70=138−2
T4Lee Janzen73-66=139−1
T4Matt Kuchar 70-69=139−1
T4Lee Porter72-67=139−1
7Mark Carnevale67-73=140E
T8Stewart Cink73-68=141+1
T8Joe Durant68-73=141+1
T8Brad Faxon73-68=141+1
T8Nick Price73-68=141+1

Amateurs: Kuchar , Simson, Eger, Taylor, Palmer, Kribel.

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Payne Stewart66-71-70=207−3
T2Tom Lehman68-75-68=211+1
T2Bob Tway68-70-73=211+1
T4Nick Price73-68-71=212+2
T4Lee Janzen73-66-73=212+2
T6Steve Stricker73-71-69=213+3
T6Jeff Maggert69-69-75=213+3
T8Stewart Cink73-68-73=214+4
T8Mark Carnevale67-73-74=214+4
T10Jim Furyk74-73-68=215+5
T10Matt Kuchar 70-69-76=215+5
T10Lee Porter72-67-76=215+5

Final round

Sunday, June 21, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Lee Janzen73-66-73-68=280E535,000
2Payne Stewart66-71-70-74=281+1315,000
3Bob Tway68-70-73-73=284+4201,730
4Nick Price73-68-71-73=285+5140,597
T5Steve Stricker73-71-69-73=286+6107,392
T5Tom Lehman68-75-68-75=286+6107,392
T7David Duval75-68-75-69=287+783,794
T7Lee Westwood72-74-70-71=287+783,794
T7Jeff Maggert69-69-75-74=287+783,794
T10Jeff Sluman72-74-74-68=288+864,490
T10Phil Mickelson71-73-74-70=288+864,490
T10Stuart Appleby73-74-70-71=288+864,490
T10Stewart Cink73-68-73-74=288+864,490

Amateurs: Matt Kuchar

Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par543444434444343544
Janzen+2+3+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+1+1EEEEEE
Stewart−3−3−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E+1EE+1+1+1
Tway+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4
Price+1+1+2+2+1+2+2+3+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5
Lehman+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+4+6+6
Stricker+4+5+5+6+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+6+7+7+7+6+6+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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