The 1998 United States Open Championship was the 98th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart. Janzen became the second winner at a U.S. Open at the Olympic Club to come back from seven strokes behind in the final round; Billy Casper also did it in 1966, but on the back nine alone. Stewart rebounded and won the title the next year at Pinehurst, but died four months later in an aviation accident.

Four-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 58, made the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open for the final time.

This was the fourth U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club; the first two in 1955 and 1966 ended in playoffs, and 1987 was a one-stroke victory. The U.S. Open returned in 2012, also won by one stroke.

Course layout

Lake Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards5333942234384574372881374333,3404224304161864221576094683473,4576,797Par543444434354443435443570 Lengths of the course for previous major championships: , par 70 - 1987 U.S. Open , par 70 - 1966 U.S. Open , par 70 - 1955 U.S. Open

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 18, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Payne Stewart66−42 Mark Carnevale67−3T3 Joe Durant68−2 Tom Lehman José María Olazábal Bob TwayT7 John Daly69−1 Jeff Maggert Jesper ParnevikT10 Tom Kite70E Matt Kuchar (a) Colin Montgomerie Andrew Magee David Ogrin Mark O'Meara

Second round Friday, June 19, 1998

The 36-hole cut was at 147 (+7), and 60 players advanced to the weekend. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Payne Stewart66-71=137−3T2 Jeff Maggert69-69=138−2 Bob Tway68-70=138T4 Lee Janzen73-66=139−1 Matt Kuchar (a)70-69=139 Lee Porter72-67=1397 Mark Carnevale67-73=140ET8 Stewart Cink73-68=141+1 Joe Durant68-73=141 Brad Faxon73-68=141 Nick Price73-68=141

Amateurs: Kuchar (-1), Simson (+8), Eger (+9), Taylor (+12), Palmer (+15), Kribel (+18).

Third round Saturday, June 20, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Payne Stewart66-71-70=207−3T2 Tom Lehman68-75-68=211+1 Bob Tway68-70-73=211T4 Nick Price73-68-71=212 +2 Lee Janzen73-66-73=212T6 Steve Stricker73-71-69=213+3 Jeff Maggert69-69-75=213T8 Stewart Cink73-68-73=214+4 Mark Carnevale67-73-74=214T10 Jim Furyk74-73-68=215+5 Matt Kuchar (a)70-69-76=215 Lee Porter72-67-76=215

Final round Sunday, June 21, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lee Janzen 73-66-73-68=280 E 535,0002 Payne Stewart66-71-70-74=281+1 315,0003 Bob Tway 68-70-73-73=284 +4 201,7304 Nick Price73-68-71-73=285+5 140,597T5 Steve Stricker73-71-69-73=286 +6 107,392 Tom Lehman68-75-68-75=286T7 David Duval75-68-75-69=287+7 83,794 Lee Westwood72-74-70-71=287 Jeff Maggert69-69-75-74=287T10 Jeff Sluman72-74-74-68=288+8 64,490 Phil Mickelson71-73-74-70=288 Stuart Appleby73-74-70-71=288 Stewart Cink73-68-73-74=288 Amateurs: Matt Kuchar (+9)

Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par543444434 444343544 Janzen +2+3+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+1+1EEEEEE Stewart−3−3−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E+1EE+1+1+1 Tway +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 Price +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 Lehman +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +6 +6 Stricker +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +7 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:

References

External links USOpen.com – 1998 1998 U.S. Open Winner and Scores