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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1998 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 16–19 July 1998
| location = [[Southport]], [[England]]
| course = [[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]
| tour = [[European Tour]] [[PGA Tour]] [[Japan Golf Tour]]
| par = 70<ref name=ocmg11/>
| yardage = {{convert|7018|yd}}<ref name=ocmg11/>
| field = 156 players, 81 after cut<ref name=ocmg11/>
| cut = 146 (+6)<ref name=ocmg11/>
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]1,700,000 [[Euro|€]]2,483,810 [[United States dollar|$]]2,750,000
| winners_share = £300,000 €420,000 $493,500
| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark O'Meara]]
| score = 280 (E), playoff
| previous = [[1997 Open Championship|1997]]
| next = [[1999 Open Championship|1999]]
}}
{{Location map
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|lat = 53.622
|long = -3.033
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|width = 230
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{{Location map
|United Kingdom Southport
|relief = 1
|label = Royal Birkdale Golf Club
|lat = 53.622
|long = -3.033
|caption = Location in [[Southport]], [[Merseyside]], north of [[Liverpool]], [[England]]
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The '''1998 Open Championship''' was a [[men's major golf championship]] and the 127th [[Open Championship]], held from 16 to 19 July at the [[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]] in [[Southport]], [[England]]. In weekend wind and rain, [[Mark O'Meara]] won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff over [[Brian Watts]], the 54-hole leader.<ref name=sijl98>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1998/07/27/246655/double-major-in-a-wildly-entertaining-british-open-that-saw-three-breathtaking-72nd-hole-finishes-and-a-playoff-unflappable-mark-omeara-won-his-second-major-in-three-months|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Garrity|first=John|title=Double major|date=27 July 1998}}</ref><ref name=omomagn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tt1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072%2C5413516 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |title=O'Meara on the mark again |date=20 July 1998 |page=1B}}</ref><ref name=ppgmmmp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1uZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2G8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5254%2C7454582 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Parascenzo |first=Marino |title=Major Mark |date=20 July 1998 |page=B-1}}</ref><ref name=boaam>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zMQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xr4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4846%2C6772801 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |location=(Florida) |agency=Associated Press |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |title=British Open all American |date=20 July 1998 |page=1C}}</ref>

Three months earlier, O'Meara won the [[1998 Masters Tournament|Masters]] on the final green by sinking a {{convert|20|ft|0|adj=on}} birdie putt. At age 41, he became the oldest player to win two majors in a year: [[Jack Nicklaus]] ([[1980 PGA Championship|1980]]), [[Ben Hogan]] ([[1953 Open Championship|1953]]), and [[Craig Wood (golfer)|Craig Wood]] ([[1941 U.S. Open (golf)|1941]]) were all age forty. (Hogan won three majors and turned 41 two weeks after the third.)

At the previous Open at Royal Birkdale seven years earlier in [[1991 Open Championship|1991]], O'Meara was a co-leader after 54 holes, shot 69, and tied for {{nowrap|third.<ref name=ergbti>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lUdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6136%2C4896309|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=(Los Angeles Times)|title=Baker-Finch bags Open title|date=22 July 1991|page=D1}}</ref>}}

==Course==
{{main|Royal Birkdale Golf Club}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total
|-
| Yards||449||421||407||203||344||480||177||457||411||'''3,349'''||403||408||183||498||198||544||416||547||472||'''3,669'''||'''7,018'''
|-
| Par||4||4||4||3||4||4||3||4||4||'''34'''||4||4||3||4||3||5||4||5||4||'''36'''||'''70'''
|}
Source:<ref name=wmshbh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DLdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pB4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C87371 |work=Wilmington Star News |location=(North Carolina) |agency=Associated Press |title=Royal Birkdale, hole by hole |date=16 July 1998 |page=5C}}</ref><ref name=98brocse>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6671%2C1371058|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|title=128th Open Championship: course|date=16 July 1998|page=4C}}</ref> 
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:<ref name=ocmg11>{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |date=2011 |pages=32, 203 |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>
{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
* [[1991 Open Championship|1991]]: {{convert|6940|yd|0}}, par 70
* [[1983 Open Championship|1983]]: {{convert|6968|yd}}, par 71
* [[1976 Open Championship|1976]]: {{convert|7001|yd}}, par 72
* [[1971 Open Championship|1971]]: {{convert|7080|yd|0}}, par 73
{{col-break|gap=2em}}
* [[1965 Open Championship|1965]]: {{convert|7037|yd}}, par 73
* [[1961 Open Championship|1961]]: {{convert|6844|yd}}
* [[1954 Open Championship|1954]]: {{convert|6867|yd}}
{{col-end}}

==Round summaries==
===First round===
''Thursday, 16 July 1998''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Huston (golfer)|John Huston]]||rowspan="2" align=center |65||rowspan="2" align=center|−5
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Couples]]||rowspan="3" align=center |66||rowspan="3" align=center|−4
|-
| {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Nick Price]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Loren Roberts]]
|-
|rowspan="5" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Allenby]]||rowspan="5" align=center |67||rowspan="5" align=center|−3
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Faxon]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Freddie Jacobson]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Vijay Singh]]
|}
Source:<ref name=tmtcns>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S91YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2916%2C4292004 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=(Washington Post) |last=Shapiro |first=Leonard |title=Tiger masters tame conditions |date=17 July 1998 |page=1B}}</ref>

===Second round===
''Friday, 17 July 1998''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]]||align=center |68-69=137||align=center|−3
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Nick Price]]||align=center |66-72=138||rowspan="3" align=center|−2
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]] (a)||align=center |72-66=138
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]||align=center |65-73=138
|-
|align=center|5|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]]||align=center|68-71=139||align=center|−1
|-
|rowspan="6" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Stephen Ames]]||align=center |68-72=140||rowspan="6" align=center|E
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Couples]]||align=center |66-74=140
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Furyk]]||align=center |70-70=140
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]]||align=center |67-73=140
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark O'Meara]]||align=center |72-68=140
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jesper Parnevik]]||align=center |68-72=140
|}
Source:<ref name=btisw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TN1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4113%2C4758673 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |title=Birkdale takes its swing |date=18 July 1998 |page=1D}}</ref> 
Amateurs: ''[[Justin Rose|Rose]] (-2), [[Sergio García|García]] (+4), De Vooght (+6)'', McCarthy (+8), [[Matt Kuchar|Kuchar]] (+10).

===Third round===
''Saturday, 18 July 1998''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]]||align=center |68-69-73=210||align=center|E
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Furyk]]||align=center |70-70-72=212||rowspan="3" align=center|+2
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark O'Meara]]||align=center|72-68-72=212
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jesper Parnevik]]||align=center|68-72-72=212
|-
|align=center|5|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]] (a)||align=center |72-66-75=213|| align=center|+3
|-
|rowspan="4" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]]||align=center |68-71-76=215||rowspan="4" align=center|+5
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Faxon]]||align=center |67-74-74=215
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Huston]]||align=center |65-77-73=215
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]||align=center |65-73-77=215
|-
| rowspan="4" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Duval]]||align=center|70-71-75=216 || rowspan="4" align=center|+6
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Costantino Rocca]]||align=center|72-74-70=216
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Raymond Russell (golfer)|Raymond Russell]]||align=center|68-73-75=216
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Katsuyoshi Tomori]]||align=center |75-71-70=216
|}
Source:<ref name=wuiwbt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Td1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5403%2C5130462 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |title=Watts up in wind-blown tournament |date=19 July 1998 |page=1B}}</ref>

===Final round===
''Sunday, 19 July 1998''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark O'Meara]] || 72-68-72-68=280 || rowspan=2 align="center"|E || rowspan=2 align=center|Playoff
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]] || 68-69-73-70=280
|-
| align="center"|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]] || 65-73-77-66=281 || align="center"|+1 || align=center|135,000
|-
| rowspan=4 align="center"|T4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Furyk]] || 70-70-72-70=282 || rowspan=4 align="center"|+2 || rowspan=2 align=center|76,667
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jesper Parnevik]] || 68-72-72-70=282
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]] [[Amateur|(a)]] || 72-66-75-69=282 || align=center|0
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Raymond Russell (golfer)|Raymond Russell]] || 68-73-75-66=282 || align=center|76,667
|-
| align="center"|8 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]] || 67-73-77-68=285 || align="center"|+5 || align=center|49,500
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|T9 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]] || 68-71-76-71=286 || rowspan=2 align="center"|+6 || rowspan=2 align=center|40,850
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Costantino Rocca]] || 72-74-70-70=286
|}
Sources:<ref name=omomagn/><ref name=dbg1998oc>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1998&tid=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202194839/http://databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1998&tid=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2010|work=databasegolf.com|title=1998 Open Championship results|access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> 
Amateurs: [[Justin Rose|Rose]] (+2), [[Sergio García|García]] (+12), De Vooght (+19).

====Playoff====
The four-hole aggregate playoff was played on the concluding holes (15–18). O'Meara birdied the first, while Watts parred, and they halved the next two holes with pars. Watts bogeyed the final hole, while O'Meara parred to win the playoff by two strokes and the Claret Jug.
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mark O'Meara]]''' || 4-4-5-4=17 ||align=center|−1 ||align="center"|300,000
|-
| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]] || 5-4-5-5=19 || align=center|+1 || align="center"|188,000
|}
*''Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 15–18''

=====Scorecard=====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Hole!! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 
|-
|Par||5||4||5||4
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} O'Meara ||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||−1||−1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Watts || E || E || E ||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1
|}
''Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par''
{| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%"
|-

|style="background: Red;" width=10|
|Eagle
|style="background: Pink;" width=10|
|Birdie
|style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10|
|Bogey
|style="background: Green;" width=10|
|Double bogey
|}
Source:<ref name=omomagn/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/127th-open-Royal-Birkdale-1998 Royal Birkdale 1998 (Official site)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160618023233/http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season%3D1998/tournamentid%3D1998052/leaderboard/index.html 127th Open Championship – Royal Birkdale (European Tour)]

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imported>Dawnseeker2000: date format audit, minor formatting, typo(s) fixed: from 16–19 → from 16 to 19