1998 Masters Tournament

1998 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 9–12, 1998
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Field	88 players, 46 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$3,200,000
Winner's share	$576,000
Champion
Mark O'Meara
279 (−9)
«1997 1999»

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] O'Meara birdied three of the final four holes to shoot a final round 67 (−5).^[3]

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 50 in the Masters. 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, 12 years after his victory at the 1986 Masters.^[1] Another former champion Gary Player became the oldest player ever to make the cut at the Masters at the age of 62.

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.

Field

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

George Archer, Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall, Jr. did not play.

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

Loren Roberts (12,13) was unable to compete due to a rib injury.^[5]

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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Fred Couples	United States	1992	69	70	71	70	280	−8	T2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986	73	72	70	68	283	−5	T6
Tiger Woods	United States	1997	71	72	72	70	285	−3	T8
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994	70	73	71	72	286	−2	T12
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	74	71	72	70	287	−1	T16
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	71	74	75	74	294	+6	T33
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	75	73	74	74	296	+8	T39
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	79	68	73	77	297	+9	T41
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	77	72	78	75	302	+14	46

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Nick Faldo	England	1989, 1990, 1996	72	79	151	+7
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	74	77	151	+7
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	74	77	151	+7
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	78	73	151	+7
Larry Mize	United States	1987	73	79	152	+8
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	83	72	155	+11
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	78	79	157	+13
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	72	86	158	+14
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	81	79	160	+16
Charles Coody	United States	1971	79	85	164	+20
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	79	87	166	+22
Billy Casper	United States	1970	81	86	167	+23
Doug Ford	United States	1957	86		WD

Source:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

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

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

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

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1998

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

Source:^[6]

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

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1998

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

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Mark O'Meara	United States	74-70-68-67=279	−9	576,000
T2	Fred Couples	United States	69-70-71-70=280	−8	281,600
T2	David Duval	United States	71-68-74-67=280	−8	281,600
4	Jim Furyk	United States	76-70-67-68=281	−7	153,600
5	Paul Azinger	United States	71-72-69-70=282	−6	128,000
T6	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-72-70-68=283	−5	111,200
T6	David Toms	United States	75-72-72-64=283	−5	111,200
T8	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	76-73-67-69=285	−3	89,600
	Justin Leonard	United States	74-73-69-69=285
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	71-75-69-70=285
	Tiger Woods	United States	71-72-72-70=285

Amateurs: Kuchar (E), Kribel (+13).

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	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

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[7]

References

1 2 Rushin, Steve (April 20, 1998). "Out of the Woods". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
↑ Dulac, Gerry (April 13, 1998). "Oh, My". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-1.
↑ Bonk, Thomas (April 13, 1998). "O'Meara clears major hurdle". Eugene Register-Guard. (from Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
↑ "Toms makes run at record book in final-round 64". Eugene Register-Guard. April 13, 1998. p. 3B.
↑ "Loren Roberts withdraws from Masters". Golf News. April 6, 1998.
1 2 "Golf scoreboard: Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. April 11, 1998. p. 4D.
↑ "Leaders Cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 13, 1998. p. C-6.

External links

Masters.com – Past winners and results
About.com – 1998 Masters
Augusta.com – 1998 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

Preceded by 1997 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1998 U.S. Open

1998 Men's Major Golf Championships

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Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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