1998 PGA Championship

1998 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 13–16, 1998
Location	Redmond, Washington; 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W
Course(s)	Sahalee Country Club; (South & North nines)
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour; PGA European Tour; Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,906 yards (6,315 m)
Field	148 players,; 75 after cut
Cut	145 (+5)
Prize fund	$3.0 million
Winner's share	$540,000
Champion
	Vijay Singh
	271 (−9)
Location map
	Sahalee Location in the United States Sahalee 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

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

First round

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

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

Saturday, August 15, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Vijay Singh	70-66-67=203	−7
T1	Steve Stricker	69-68-66=203	−7
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

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
T7	Billy Mayfair	73-67-67-70=277	−3	89,500
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

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

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

^ "Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Ferguson, Doug (August 17, 1998). "It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D1.
^ ^a ^b Parascenzo, Marino (August 17, 1998). "Singh lives dream". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 23.
^ Garrity, John (August 24, 1998). "Vijay the victor". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
^ Newnham, Blaine (February 26, 2006). "Sahalee deserving of more championships". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
^ Newnham, Blaine (January 27, 2005). "PGA owes Sahalee new date". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
^ Dahlberg, Tim (August 17, 1998). "Big day for Vijay". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. p. 1C.
^ "1998 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
^ "80th PGA Championship: Scorecard". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. August 17, 1998. p. D7.

External links

Full results
PGA.com – 1998 PGA Championship

[pgamedia98-1] "Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

[amas-2] Ferguson, Doug (August 17, 1998). "It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D1.

[sldr-3] Parascenzo, Marino (August 17, 1998). "Singh lives dream". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 23.

[siag98-4] 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.

[bdfvj-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.

[pisp-9] "80th PGA Championship: Scorecard". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. August 17, 1998. p. D7.

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