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 |
