1998 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The Masters was played for the 62nd time in 1998, but for the first time Mark O'Meara was a major championship winner. He sealed this victory with a birdie on the final hole.
Winner: Mark O'Meara, 279
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 9-12, 1998
Leader after first round: Fred Couples, 69
Leader after second round: Fred Couples and David Duval, 139
Leader after third round: Fred Couples, 210
What Happened at the 1998 Masters Tournament
Mark O'Meara was a regular winner on the PGA Tour prior to 1998, but had no majors to show for it. Then he befriended Tiger Woods and played regular money matches against Tiger in practice. And then he won two majors in 1998 (including the British Open later in the year). Coincidence? O'Meara didn't think so.Fred Couples shared or held the lead the first three rounds. O'Meara moved into the Top 10 after a second-round 70, then moved into a tie for second place with a 68 in the third round. He started the final round two strokes behind Couples.
But in that final round, O'Meara carded a 67 that was good enough to jump ahead of Couples (70) for the win. O'Meara birdied three of his last four holes, including the winning 20-foot putt on the 72nd hole. That made O'Meara the fifth player in the tournament's history to win The Masters by making birdie on his final hole, and just the third to make birdie to win on the final putt of the tournament.
Jack Nicklaus, at age 58, finished sixth. Nicklaus' 5-under score of 283 was, at the time, the best score ever posted in The Masters by a golfer aged 50 or over (a record since broken).
Matt Kuchar, age 19, earned low amateur honors. David Toms, in his first Masters appearance, tied the back nine record of 29 in his final-round 64. Defending champion Tiger Woods finished tied for eighth place, six strokes back of his friend O'Meara.
1998 Masters Final Scores
| Mark O'Meara | 74-70-68-67=279 |
| David Duval | 71-68-74-67=280 |
| Fred Couples | 69-70-71-70=280 |
| Jim Furyk | 76-70-67-68=281 |
| Paul Azinger | 71-72-69-70=282 |
| David Toms | 75-72-72-64=283 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 73-72-70-68=283 |
| Justin Leonard | 74-73-69-69=285 |
| Darren Clarke | 76-73-67-69=285 |
| Tiger Woods | 71-72-72-70=285 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 71-75-69-70=285 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 74-75-67-70=286 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 70-73-71-72=286 |
| Jay Haas | 72-71-71-72=286 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-69-69-74=286 |
| Ian Woosnam | 74-71-72-70=287 |
| Scott McCarron | 73-71-72-71=287 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 74-74-69-70=287 |
| Ernie Els | 75-70-70-72=287 |
| Scott Hoch | 70-71-73-73=287 |
| Willie Wood | 74-74-70-70=288 |
| a-Matt Kuchar | 72-76-68-72=288 |
| Stewart Cink | 74-76-69-70=289 |
| John Huston | 77-71-70-71=289 |
| Jeff Maggert | 72-73-72-72=289 |
| Steve Jones | 75-70-75-70=290 |
| David Frost | 72-73-74-71=290 |
| Brad Faxon | 73-74-71-72=290 |
| Michael Bradley | 73-74-72-72=291 |
| Steve Elkington | 75-75-71-71=292 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 75-73-73-72=293 |
| Andrew Magee | 74-72-74-73=293 |
| Phil Blackmar | 71-78-75-70=294 |
| Lee Janzen | 76-74-72-72=294 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-74-75-74=294 |
| John Daly | 77-71-71-75=294 |
| Davis Love III | 74-75-67-78=294 |
| Tom Kite | 73-74-74-74=295 |
| Bernhard Langer | 75-73-74-74=296 |
| Paul Stankowski | 70-80-72-74=296 |
| Corey Pavin | 73-77-72-75=297 |
| Craig Stadler | 79-68-73-77=297 |
| John Cook | 75-73-74-76=298 |
| Lee Westwood | 74-76-72-78=300 |
| a-Joel Kribel | 74-76-76-75=301 |
| Gary Player | 77-72-78-75=302 |
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