Golf tournament
The 1998 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour , held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach , southeast of Jacksonville . It was the 25th Players Championship .
Tournament summary
Defending champion Steve Elkington withdrew on Monday night, citing complications after sinus surgery.[ 2] [ 3] Jerry Pate in 1983 .[ 2] Greg Norman , the 1994 champion, withdrew prior to the first round with a shoulder injury.[ 4]
Lee Janzen , who won the tournament three years previous, held the lead after third round. However, he shot a final round 79 and fell to eighteenth. Journeyman Len Mattiace took advantage, surging into the lead. However, he scored a quintuple-bogey at the par-3 17th hole to end his chances. He birdied the final hole though to finish in the top five.[ 5] [ 6] Justin Leonard shot a final round 67 to win at 278 (−10), two ahead of runners-up Glen Day and Tom Lehman .[ 7]
Venue
This was the seventeenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; it was extended this year to 6,950 yards (6,355 m),[ 1]
Field
1. All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Bay Hill Invitational and dating from the 1997 Players Championship
2. The top 125 PGA Tour players from the final 1997 Official Money List [ 8]
3. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship , Masters Tournament , U.S. Open , PGA Championship , and NEC World Series of Golf
4. British Open winners since 1990
5. Up to eight players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections"
6. Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money winners from the 1998 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational
7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1998 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational
Source:[ 9]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 26, 1998
Source: [ 4] [ 10]
Second round
Friday, March 27, 1998
Source: [ 11]
Third round
Saturday, March 28, 1998
Source: [ 12]
Final round
Sunday, March 29, 1998
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T11
Ernie Els 71-72-70-71=284
−4
96,000
Scott Verplank 71-71-72-70=284
T13
John Cook 71-73-71-70=285
−3
77,333
Lee Janzen (c)70-67-69-79=285
Bruce Lietzke 69-70-74-72=285
T16
John Daly 71-70-76-69=286
−2
66,000
David Sutherland 72-73-69-72=286
T18
Doug Barron 71-72-74-70=287
−1
48,685
David Duval 69-77-70-71=287
Nick Faldo 75-69-70-73=287
Naomichi Ozaki 69-68-76-74=287
Hal Sutton (c)74-69-74-70=287
Bob Tway 72-71-75-69=287
Omar Uresti 72-71-70-74=287
T25
Dudley Hart 74-70-71-73=288
E
30,533
Steve Jones 71-71-73-73=288
Tom Kite (c)72-66-78-72=288
José María Olazábal 72-74-70-72=288
Jesper Parnevik 72-72-72-72=288
Lee Rinker 72-73-72-71=288
T31
Tommy Armour III 71-75-71-72=289
+1
24,250
Jerry Kelly 68-71-77-73=289
Larry Mize 73-73-73-70=289
Craig Stadler 71-70-72-76=289
T35
Billy Andrade 70-74-75-71=290
+2
18,885
Brad Faxon 71-73-72-74=290
Jim Furyk 70-75-73-72=290
Scott McCarron 72-72-71-75=290
Kirk Triplett 71-71-73-75=290
Tom Watson 71-74-71-74=290
Tiger Woods 72-73-73-72=290
T42
Brandel Chamblee 72-73-76-70=291
+3
12,560
Stewart Cink 71-73-74-73=291
Fred Couples (c)67-73-73-78=291
Bob Estes 72-70-74-75=291
David Frost 69-71-73-78=291
Billy Mayfair 69-75-69-78=291
Mark O'Meara 70-75-72-74=291
Steve Pate 71-71-74-75=291
Kevin Sutherland 72-70-73-76=291
T51
Michael Bradley 74-72-76-70=292
+4
9,626
Jeff Maggert 69-71-76-76=292
Steve Stricker 74-72-70-76=292
T54
Scott Gump 72-68-76-77=293
+5
9,200
Per-Ulrik Johansson 69-74-78-72=293
Vijay Singh 72-71-75-75=293
T57
Paul Goydos 72-70-80-72=294
+6
8,920
Nolan Henke 69-73-77-75=294
Davis Love III (c)73-72-69-80=294
Rocco Mediate 67-73-77-77=294
T61
Joey Sindelar 73-69-81-72=295
+7
8,680
Ted Tryba 70-74-72-79=295
T63
Robert Gamez 74-72-77-73=296
+8
8,480
Frank Nobilo 72-72-75-77=296
Grant Waite 76-70-75-75=296
T66
Phil Blackmar 72-74-76-75=297
+9
8,280
Brian Henninger 73-72-73-79=297
68
Skip Kendall 74-72-73-79=298
+10
8,160
T69
Fred Funk 73-73-75-78=299
+11
8,040
Donnie Hammond 71-75-72-81=299
T71
Larry Rinker 78-67-81-74=300
+12
7,880
Mark Wiebe 76-69-76-79=300
CUT
Stuart Appleby 72-75=147
+3
Robert Damron 71-76=147
Brad Fabel 75-72=147
Brent Geiberger 74-73=147
John Huston 72-75=147
Shigeki Maruyama 74-73=147
Larry Nelson 74-73=147
Mike Reid 74-73=147
David Toms 71-76=147
Willie Wood 73-74=147
Fulton Allem 74-74=148
+4
Ronnie Black 70-78=148
Mark Brooks 73-75=148
David Edwards 73-75=148
Kelly Gibson 75-73=148
P. H. Horgan III 76-72=148
Colin Montgomerie 74-74=148
David Ogrin 74-74=148
Corey Pavin 75-73=148
Chris Perry 72-76=148
Don Pooley 75-73=148
Curtis Strange 78-70=148
Retief Goosen 71-78=149
+5
Tim Herron 74-75=149
Neal Lancaster 76-73=149
Frank Lickliter 77-72=149
Steve Lowery 71-78=149
Sandy Lyle (c)74-75=149
Kenny Perry 74-75=149
Loren Roberts 75-74=149
Mike Standly 73-76=149
Phil Tataurangi 75-74=149
Tommy Tolles 77-72=149
John Adams 74-76=150
+6
Ben Crenshaw 69-81=150
Rick Fehr 77-73=150
Gabriel Hjertstedt 74-76=150
Doug Martin 74-76=150
Jeff Sluman 74-76=150
Duffy Waldorf 75-75=150
Russ Cochran 72-79=151
+7
Jay Haas 74-77=151
Bernhard Langer 80-71=151
Craig Parry 73-78=151
Clarence Rose 76-75=151
Mike Brisky 80-72=152
+8
Olin Browne 78-74=152
Trevor Dodds 76-76=152
Mike Hulbert 73-79=152
Pete Jordan 73-79=152
Andrew Magee 71-81=152
Costantino Rocca 76-76=152
Michael Christie 81-72=153
+9
Darren Clarke 74-79=153
Scott Simpson 75-78=153
Tom Byrum 79-75=154
+10
Mark McCumber (c)77-77=154
Masashi Ozaki 77-77=154
Tom Purtzer 77-77=154
Guy Boros 75-80=155
+11
Stephen Ames 71-85=156
+12
Joe Durant 75-81=156
Wayne Grady 76-81=157
+13
Billy Ray Brown 81-77=158
+14
Jim Carter 78-81=159
+15
Lennie Clements 78-81=159
Mike Springer 79-81=160
+16
Paul Azinger 80-81=161
+17
WD
Paul Stankowski 75
+3
Jay Don Blake 78
+6
Dan Forsman 78
Ian Woosnam
Source: [ 13]
References
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