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°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)
Sahalee
Sahalee
Location in Washington
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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   Tiger Woods 66 −4
T2   Billy Andrade 68 −2
  Paul Azinger
  Glen Day
  Bob Estes
  Bill Glasson
  Scott Gump
  Frank Lickliter
  Shigeki Maruyama
T10   Russ Cochran 69 −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

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Friday, August 14, 1998

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

Third round

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Saturday, August 15, 1998

Place Player Score To par
T1   Vijay Singh 70-66-67=203 −7
  Steve Stricker 69-68-66=203
T3   Steve Elkington 69-69-69=207 −3
  Davis Love III 70-68-69=207
  Billy Mayfair 73-67-67=207
T6   Skip Kendall 72-68-68=208 −2
  Frank Lickliter 68-71-69=208
  Mark O'Meara 69-70-69=208
  Tiger Woods 66-72-70=208
T10   Robert Allenby 72-68-69=209 −1
  John Cook 71-68-70=209
  Scott Gump 68-69-72=209
  John Huston 70-71-68=209
  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   Vijay Singh 70-66-67-68=271 −9 540,000
2   Steve Stricker 69-68-66-70=273 −7 324,000
3   Steve Elkington 69-69-69-67=274 −6 204,000
T4   Frank Lickliter 68-71-69-68=276 −4 118,000
  Mark O'Meara 69-70-69-68=276
  Nick Price 70-73-68-65=276
T7   Davis Love III 70-68-69-70=277 −3 89,500
  Billy Mayfair 73-67-67-70=277
9   John Cook 71-68-70-69=278 −2 80,000
T10   Skip Kendall 72-68-68-71=279 −1 69,000
  Kenny Perry 69-72-70-68=279
  Tiger Woods 66-72-70-71=279

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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
  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

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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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