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1998 Masters Tournament

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-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the final hole to win by one stroke over runners-up David Duval and Fred Couples.[1] [2] He birdied three of the final four holes in a final round 67 (−5).[3]

1998 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1998 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 9–12, 1998
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Field88 players, 46 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fundUS$3.2 million
Winner's share$576,000
Champion
United States Mark O'Meara
279 (−9)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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.[1]

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.[4]

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

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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

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

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

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First round

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Thursday, April 9, 1998
Friday, April 10, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1   Fred Couples 69 −3
T2   Scott Hoch 70 −2
  José María Olazábal
  Paul Stankowski
T5   Paul Azinger 71 −1
  Phil Blackmar
  David Duval
  Colin Montgomerie
  Tiger Woods
  Fuzzy Zoeller

First round suspended by darkness; start was delayed by 90 minutes to get course playable after heavy rains Wednesday night.

Second round

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Friday, April 10, 1998

Place Player Score To par
T1   Fred Couples 69-70=139 −5
  David Duval 71-68=139
3   Scott Hoch 70-71=141 −3
T4   Paul Azinger 71-72=143 −1
  Jay Haas 72-71=143
  Phil Mickelson 74-69=143
  José María Olazábal 70-73=143
  Tiger Woods 71-72=143
T9   Scott McCarron 73-71=144 E
  Mark O'Meara 74-70=144

Source:[6]

Amateurs: Kuchar (+4), Kribel (+6), Watson (+13), Clark (+14), Bakst (+16).

Third round

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Saturday, April 11, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1   Fred Couples 69-70-71=210 −6
T2   Paul Azinger 71-72-69=212 −4
  Phil Mickelson 74-69-69=212
  Mark O'Meara 74-70-68=212
T5   David Duval 71-68-74=213 −3
  Jim Furyk 76-70-67=213
T7   Jay Haas 72-71-71=214 −2
  Scott Hoch 70-71-73=214
  José María Olazábal 70-73-71=214
T10   Ernie Els 75-70-70=215 −1
  Colin Montgomerie 71-75-69=215
  Jack Nicklaus 73-72-70=215
  Tiger Woods 71-72-72=215

Final round

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External videos
  Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

Sunday, April 12, 1998

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Mark O'Meara 74-70-68-67=279 −9 576,000
T2   Fred Couples (c) 69-70-71-70=280 −8 281,600
  David Duval 71-68-74-67=280
4   Jim Furyk 76-70-67-68=281 −7 153,600
5   Paul Azinger 71-72-69-70=282 −6 128,000
T6   Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-72-70-68=283 −5 111,200
  David Toms 75-72-72-64=283
T8   Darren Clarke 76-73-67-69=285 −3 89,600
  Justin Leonard 74-73-69-69=285
  Colin Montgomerie 71-75-69-70=285
  Tiger Woods (c) 71-72-72-70=285

Sources:[7][8]

Scorecard

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Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
  O'Meara −4 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9
  Couples −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −6 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Duval −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8
  Furyk −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7
  Azinger −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6
  Nicklaus −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Toms +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5
  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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[9]

Quotes

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  • "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

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  1. ^ a b Rushin, Steve (April 20, 1998). "Out of the Woods". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  2. ^ Dulac, Gerry (April 13, 1998). "Oh, My". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-1.
  3. ^ Bonk, Thomas (April 13, 1998). "O'Meara clears major hurdle". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (from Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Toms makes run at record book in final-round 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1998. p. 3B.
  5. ^ "Loren Roberts withdraws from Masters". Golf News. April 6, 1998. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "Golf scoreboard: Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1998. p. 4D.
  7. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Leaders Cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 13, 1998. p. C-6.
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