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127th Open Championship

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Southport, Merseyside • England

Jul 16 - 19, 1998

Purse

$2,824,876

Winner Share

$493,500

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
Mark OMeara United States
280
72
68
72
68
E
2
Brian Watts United States
280
68
69
73
70
E
3
Tiger Woods United States
281
65
73
77
66
1
T4
Jim Furyk United States
282
70
70
72
70
2
T4
Jesper Parnevik Sweden
282
68
72
72
70
2
T4
Raymond Russell
282
68
73
75
66
2
T4
Justin Rose South Africa
282
72
66
75
69
2
8
Davis Love III United States
285
67
73
77
68
5
T9
Thomas Bjorn Denmark
286
68
71
76
71
6
T9
Costantino Rocca Italy
286
72
74
70
70
6
T11
David Duval United States
287
70
71
75
71
7
T11
Brad Faxon United States
287
67
74
74
72
7
T11
John Huston United States
287
65
77
73
72
7
14
Gordon Brand Jr. Scotland
288
71
70
76
71
8
T15
Peter Baker England
289
69
72
77
71
9
T15
Jose Maria Olazabal Spain
289
73
72
75
69
9
T15
Des Smyth
289
74
69
75
71
9
T15
Greg Turner New Zealand
289
68
75
75
71
9
T19
Robert Allenby Australia
290
67
76
78
69
10
T19
Mark James England
290
71
74
74
71
10
T19
Sandy Lyle Scotland
290
71
72
75
72
10
T19
Vijay Singh Fiji
290
67
74
78
71
10
T19
Curtis Strange United States
290
73
73
74
70
10
T24
Stephen Ames United States
291
68
72
79
72
11
T24
Bob Estes United States
291
72
70
76
73
11
T24
Lee Janzen United States
291
72
69
80
70
11
T24
Peter OMalley Australia
291
71
71
78
71
11
T24
Sam Torrance Scotland
291
69
77
75
70
11
T29
Scott Dunlap United States
292
72
69
80
71
12
T29
Ernie Els South Africa
292
72
74
74
72
12
T29
Shigeki Maruyama Japan
292
70
73
75
74
12
T29
Nick Price South Africa
292
66
72
82
72
12
T29
Loren Roberts United States
292
66
76
76
74
12
T29
Sergio Garcia Spain
292
69
75
76
72
12
T35
Mark Calcavecchia United States
293
69
77
73
74
13
T35
Santiago Luna
293
70
72
80
71
13
T35
Sven Struver Germany
293
75
70
80
68
13
T38
Joakim Haeggman
294
71
74
78
71
14
T38
Tom Kite United States
294
72
69
79
74
14
T38
Naomichi Ozaki Japan
294
72
73
76
73
14
T38
Patrik Sjoland
294
72
72
77
73
14
T38
Steen Tinning
294
69
76
77
72
14
T38
Philip Walton Ireland
294
68
76
74
76
14
T44
David Carter England
295
71
75
76
73
15
T44
Andrew Coltart Scotland
295
68
77
75
75
15
T44
Rodger Davis Australia
295
76
70
78
71
15
T44
Nick Faldo England
295
72
73
75
75
15
T44
David Frost South Africa
295
72
73
78
72
15
T44
David Howell England
295
68
77
79
71
15
T44
Payne Stewart United States
295
71
71
78
75
15
T44
Katsuyoshi Tomori
295
75
71
70
79
15
T52
Brandt Jobe United States
296
70
73
82
71
16
T52
Billy Mayfair United States
296
72
73
77
74
16
T52
Frankie Minoza
296
69
75
76
76
16
T52
Larry Mize United States
296
70
75
79
72
16
T52
Steve Stricker United States
296
70
72
80
74
16
T57
Greg Chalmers Australia
297
71
75
77
74
17
T57
Trevor Dodds South Africa
297
73
71
81
72
17
T57
Ignacio Garrido
297
71
74
80
72
17
T57
Steve Jones United States
297
73
72
79
73
17
T57
Justin Leonard United States
297
73
73
82
69
17
T57
Eduardo Romero Argentina
297
71
70
79
77
17
T57
Ian Woosnam Wales
297
72
74
76
75
17
T64
Carlos Franco Paraguay
298
71
73
76
78
18
T64
Lee Westwood England
298
71
71
78
78
18
T66
Mark Brooks United States
299
71
73
75
80
19
T66
Michael Campbell New Zealand
299
73
73
80
73
19
T66
Stewart Cink United States
299
71
73
83
72
19
T66
Fred Couples United States
299
66
74
78
81
19
T66
Michael Long
299
70
74
78
77
19
T66
Didier De Vooght
299
70
76
80
73
19
72
Andrew Clapp England
300
72
74
81
73
20
73
Gary Evans
301
69
74
84
74
21
74
Bob May United States
303
70
73
85
75
23
75
Andrew McLardy
304
72
74
80
78
24
76
Freddie Jacobson Sweden
305
67
78
81
79
25
77
Kazuhiko Hosokawa
306
72
73
81
80
26
78
Robert Giles
307
72
74
83
78
27
79
Phil Mickelson United States
308
71
74
85
78
28
80
Andy Oldcorn England
309
75
71
84
79
29
81
Dudley Hart United States
310
73
72
85
80
30
MC-1
Brian Davis England
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Keiichiro Fukabori
147
70
77
-
-
7
MC-1
Tony Johnstone
147
73
74
-
-
7
MC-1
Barry Lane England
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Thomas Levet France
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Jeff Maggert United States
147
73
74
-
-
7
MC-1
Paul McGinley Ireland
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
147
73
74
-
-
7
MC-1
Craig Parry Australia
147
73
74
-
-
7
MC-1
Phillip Price
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Carl Suneson
147
77
70
-
-
7
MC-1
Bob Tway United States
147
68
79
-
-
7
MC-2
Seve Ballesteros Spain
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Glen Day United States
148
75
73
-
-
8
MC-2
Joe Durant United States
148
74
74
-
-
8
MC-2
Simon McCarthy
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Peter Mitchell England
148
76
72
-
-
8
MC-2
Yoshinori Mizumaki
148
71
77
-
-
8
MC-2
Peter Senior Australia
148
71
77
-
-
8
MC-2
Toru Taniguchi Japan
148
71
77
-
-
8
MC-3
Paul Azinger United States
149
76
73
-
-
9
MC-3
Gary Brown
149
74
75
-
-
9
MC-3
Derrick Cooper England
149
72
77
-
-
9
MC-3
Grant Dodd
149
70
79
-
-
9
MC-3
Padraig Harrington Ireland
149
73
76
-
-
9
MC-3
J.P. Hayes United States
149
70
79
-
-
9
MC-3
Bernhard Langer Germany
149
74
75
-
-
9
MC-3
Paul Lawrie Scotland
149
73
76
-
-
9
MC-3
Tom Watson United States
149
73
76
-
-
9
MC-4
K.J. Choi South Korea
150
70
80
-
-
10
MC-4
Retief Goosen South Africa
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
Jean Louis Guepy
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
Scott Hoch United States
150
73
77
-
-
10
MC-4
Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
Lee Jones
150
77
73
-
-
10
MC-4
Matt Kuchar United States
150
75
75
-
-
10
MC-4
Tom Lehman United States
150
71
79
-
-
10
MC-4
John Lovett
150
72
78
-
-
10
MC-4
Corey Pavin United States
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
David Shacklady
150
76
74
-
-
10
MC-5
John Daly United States
151
73
78
-
-
11
MC-5
Fredrik Henge
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-5
Skip Kendall United States
151
74
77
-
-
11
MC-5
Stephen Leaney Australia
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-5
Matthew McGuire
151
74
77
-
-
11
MC-5
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
151
73
78
-
-
11
MC-5
Gary Player South Africa
151
77
74
-
-
11
MC-6
Steve Allan Australia
152
72
80
-
-
12
MC-6
Howard Clark England
152
73
79
-
-
12
MC-6
Ross Drummond
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-6
Steven Young
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-6
Russell Claydon England
153
74
79
-
-
13
MC-6
Andrew Magee United States
153
75
78
-
-
13
MC-6
Frank Nobilo New Zealand
153
76
77
-
-
13
MC-7
Steven Alker New Zealand
154
73
81
-
-
14
MC-7
Steven Armstrong England
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-7
Ben Crenshaw United States
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-7
Mats Hallberg
154
77
77
-
-
14
MC-7
Robert Karlsson Sweden
154
72
82
-
-
14
MC-7
Daren Lee
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-7
Graham Spring
154
74
80
-
-
14
MC-8
Mark Litton
155
75
80
-
-
15
MC-8
Toru Suzuki
155
78
77
-
-
15
MC-9
Stuart Appleby Australia
156
76
80
-
-
16
MC-9
Bradley Dredge Wales
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-9
Greig Hutcheon
156
73
83
-
-
16
MC-9
Gary Orr Scotland
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-10
Scott Henderson
157
77
80
-
-
17
MC-11
Peter Hedblom
158
76
82
-
-
18
MC-12
Jeff Remesy
159
77
82
-
-
19
DQ
Miguel Angel Jimenez Spain
73
73
-
-
-
3
WD
Steve Elkington Australia
75
75
-
-
-
5
WD
Francis Howley
78
78
-
-
-
8