1998 Open Championship
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Three months earlier, O'Meara won the Masters on the final green by sinking a Script error: No such module "convert". birdie putt. At age 41, he became the oldest player to win two majors in a year: Jack Nicklaus (1980), Ben Hogan (1953), and Craig Wood (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, O'Meara was a co-leader after 54 holes, shot 69, and tied for third.[5]
Course
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| 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:[6][7]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[8]
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Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 16 July 1998
Source:[9]
Second round
Friday, 17 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Brian Watts | 68-69=137 | −3 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Nick Price | 66-72=138 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Justin Rose (a) | 72-66=138 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods | 65-73=138 | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn | 68-71=139 | −1 |
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Stephen Ames | 68-72=140 | E |
| Template:Flagicon Fred Couples | 66-74=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk | 70-70=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Davis Love III | 67-73=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara | 72-68=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik | 68-72=140 |
Source:[10]
Amateurs: Rose (-2), García (+4), De Vooght (+6), McCarthy (+8), Kuchar (+10).
Third round
Saturday, 18 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Brian Watts | 68-69-73=210 | E |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk | 70-70-72=212 | +2 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara | 72-68-72=212 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik | 68-72-72=212 | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Justin Rose (a) | 72-66-75=213 | +3 |
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn | 68-71-76=215 | +5 |
| Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon | 67-74-74=215 | ||
| Template:Flagicon John Huston | 65-77-73=215 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods | 65-73-77=215 | ||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon David Duval | 70-71-75=216 | +6 |
| Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca | 72-74-70=216 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Raymond Russell | 68-73-75=216 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Katsuyoshi Tomori | 75-71-70=216 |
Source:[11]
Final round
Sunday, 19 July 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara | 72-68-72-68=280 | E | Playoff |
| Template:Flagicon Brian Watts | 68-69-73-70=280 | |||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods | 65-73-77-66=281 | +1 | 135,000 |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk | 70-70-72-70=282 | +2 | 76,667 |
| Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik | 68-72-72-70=282 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Justin Rose (a) | 72-66-75-69=282 | 0 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Raymond Russell | 68-73-75-66=282 | 76,667 | ||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Davis Love III | 67-73-77-68=285 | +5 | 49,500 |
| T9 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn | 68-71-76-71=286 | +6 | 40,850 |
| Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca | 72-74-70-70=286 |
Sources:[2][12]
Amateurs: Rose (+2), 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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara | 4-4-5-4=17 | −1 | 300,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Brian Watts | 5-4-5-5=19 | +1 | 188,000 |
- Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 15–18
Scorecard
| Hole | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon O'Meara | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Watts | E | E | E | +1 |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[2]
References
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External links
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