1998 British Open Tournament Results
The 1998 British Open was the 127th time the tournament was played. For the winner, it was his second major win of the year.
Winner: Mark O'Meara, 280
Where it was played: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
Tournament dates: July 16-19, 1998
Leader after first round: Tiger Woods and John Huston, 65
Leader after second round: Brian Watts, 137
Leader after third round: Brian Watts, 210
Notable Notes: Mark O'Meara won a 4-hole aggregate-score playoff over Brian Watts to claim his second major championship victory (both of them came in 1998). O'Meara won the playoff by two strokes. Seventeen-year-old amateur Justin Rose finished tied for fourth.
Final Scores
Mark O'Meara | 72-68-72-68-280 |
Brian Watts | 68-69-73-70-280 |
Tiger Woods | 65-73-77-66-281 |
Jesper Parnevik | 68-72-72-70-282 |
Jim Furyk | 70-70-72-70-282 |
a-Justin Rose | 72-66-75-69-282 |
Raymond Russell | 68-73-75-66-282 |
Davis Love III | 67-73-77-68-285 |
Costantino Rocca | 72-74-70-70-286 |
Thomas Bjorn | 68-71-76-71-286 |
Brad Faxon | 67-74-74-72-287 |
David Duval | 70-71-75-71-287 |
John Huston | 65-77-73-72-287 |
Gordon Brand | 71-70-76-71-288 |
Greg Turner | 68-75-75-71-289 |
Des Smyth | 74-69-75-71-289 |
Jose Maria Olazabal | 73-72-75-69-289 |
Peter Baker | 69-72-77-71-289 |
Mark James | 71-74-74-71-290 |
Sandy Lyle | 71-72-75-72-290 |
Curtis Strange | 73-73-74-70-290 |
Vijay Singh | 67-74-78-71-290 |
Robert Allenby | 67-76-78-69-290 |
Peter O'Malley | 71-71-78-71-291 |
Lee Janzen | 72-69-80-70-291 |
Sam Torrance | 69-77-75-70-291 |
Stephen Ames | 68-72-79-72-291 |
Bob Estes | 72-70-76-73-291 |
Loren Roberts | 66-76-76-74-292 |
Shigeki Maruyama | 70-73-75-74-292 |
Ernie Els | 72-74-74-72-292 |
a-Sergio Garcia | 69-75-76-72-292 |
Scott Dunlap | 72-69-80-71-292 |
Nick Price | 66-72-82-72-292 |
Sven Struver | 75-70-80-68-293 |
Santiago Luna | 70-72-80-71-293 |
Mark Calcavecchia | 69-77-73-74-293 |
Philip Walton | 68-76-74-76-294 |
Joakim Haeggman | 71-74-78-71-294 |
Steen Tinning | 69-76-77-72-294 |
Tom Kite | 72-69-79-74-294 |
Patrik Sjoland | 72-72-77-73-294 |
Naomichi Ozaki | 72-73-76-73-294 |
David Carter | 71-75-76-73-295 |
Payne Stewart | 71-71-78-75-295 |
David Howell | 68-77-79-71-295 |
Rodger Davis | 76-70-78-71-295 |
David Frost | 72-73-78-72-295 |
Nick Faldo | 72-73-75-75-295 |
Andrew Coltart | 68-77-75-75-295 |
Katsuyoshi Tomori | 75-71-70-79-295 |
Frankie Minoza | 69-75-76-76-296 |
Steve Stricker | 70-72-80-74-296 |
Larry Mize | 70-75-79-72-296 |
Brandt Jobe | 70-73-82-71-296 |
Billy Mayfair | 72-73-77-74-296 |
Ian Woosnam | 72-74-76-75-297 |
Steve Jones | 73-72-79-73-297 |
Trevor Dodds | 73-71-81-72-297 |
Ignacio Garrido | 71-74-80-72-297 |
Justin Leonard | 73-73-82-69-297 |
Greg Chalmers | 71-75-77-74-297 |
Eduardo Romero | 71-70-79-77-297 |
Lee Westwood | 71-71-78-78-298 |
Carlos Franco | 71-73-76-78-298 |
Michael Long | 70-74-78-77-299 |
Stewart Cink | 71-73-83-72-299 |
Michael Campbell | 73-73-80-73-299 |
a-Didier de Vooght | 70-76-80-73-299 |
Mark Brooks | 71-73-75-80-299 |
Fred Couples | 66-74-78-81-299 |
Andrew Clapp | 72-74-81-73-300 |
Gary Evans | 69-74-84-74-301 |
Bob May | 70-73-85-75-303 |
Andrew McLardy | 72-74-80-78-304 |
Fredrik Jacobson | 67-78-81-79-305 |
Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 72-73-81-80-306 |
Robert Giles | 72-74-83-78-307 |
Phil Mickelson | 71-74-85-78-308 |
Andrew Oldcorn | 75-71-84-79-309 |
Dudley Hart | 73-72-85-80-310 |