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|tournament_name = 1998 Open Championship |
|tournament_name = 1998 Open Championship |
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|image = [[Image:Open championship.jpg|200px]] |
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|dates = July 16 - 19, 1998 |
|dates = July 16 - 19, 1998 |
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|location = {{flagicon|England}} [[Southport]], [[England]] |
|location = {{flagicon|England}} [[Southport]], [[England]] |
Revision as of 04:40, 8 October 2008
Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 16 - 19, 1998 |
Location | Southport, England |
Course(s) | Royal Birkdale Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,018 |
Field | 151 players, 78 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+6) |
Prize fund | £1,700,000 $2,750,000 |
Winner's share | £300,000 $493,500 |
Champion | |
Mark O'Meara | |
280 (E), playoff |
The 1998 Open Championship was the 127th Open Championship held from July 16-19, 1998 at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Mark O'Meara won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff over Brian Watts by two strokes.
Final leaderboard
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
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1 | Mark O'Meara* | United States | 72-68-72-68=280 | E | £300,000 |
2 | Brian Watts | United States | 68-69-73-70=280 | £188,000 | |
3 | Tiger Woods | United States | 65-73-77-66=281 | +1 | £135,000 |
T4 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | 68-72-72-70=282 | +2 | £76,667 |
Raymond Russell | Scotland | 68-73-75-66=282 | |||
Jim Furyk | United States | 70-70-72-70=282 | |||
Justin Rose (a) | England | 72-66-75-69=282 | £0 | ||
8 | Davis Love III | United States | 67-73-77-68=285 | +5 | £49,500 |
T9 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 68-71-76-71=286 | +6 | £40,850 |
Costantino Rocca | Italy | 72-74-70-70=286 | |||
T11 | David Duval | United States | 70-71-75-71=287 | +7 | £33,333 |
Brad Faxon | United States | 67-74-74-72=287 | |||
John Huston | United States | 65-77-73-72=287 | |||
14 | Gordon Brand | Scotland | 71-70-76-71-288 | +8 | £29,000 |
*O'Meara (4-4-5-4=17) defeated Watts (5-4-5-5=19) in a four-hole playoff.
(a) Amateur