1998 U.S. Open Winner and Scores

The 1998 U.S. Open was the 98th edition of this major championship tournament. The winner became a two-time champion with a come-from-behind victory.

Winner: Lee Janzen, 280

Where it was played: Olympic Club (Lake Course) in San Francisco, California

Tournament dates: June 18-21, 1998

Leader after first round: Payne Stewart, 66

Leader after second round: Payne Stewart, 137

Leader after third round: Payne Stewart, 207

What Happened in the 1998 U.S. Open

Entering the final round, it was Payne Stewart's tournament to lose, and he lost it. Or, rather, Lee Janzen won it.

Stewart led by four strokes entering the final round, and by five over Janzen. Stewart's final-round 74 was not terrible, but Janzen's 68 was much better. Good enough to generate a one-stroke victory for Janzen, who won the U.S. Open for the second time.

At one point in the final round, Janzen trailed Stewart by seven strokes. In one of the previous times Olympic Club hosted the tournament, the 1966 U.S. Open, Billy Casper also came back from seven down in the final round to win.

Stewart held the outright lead following each of the first three rounds. Tom Lehman and Bob Tway shared second place after the third round, four behind Stewart. But Tway scored 73 and Lehman 75 in Round 4.

Janzen bogeyed the second and third holes of his final round, and at that point fell seven behind Stewart. But he made four birdies and no bogeys the rest of the way. Stewart had bogeys on No. 4, 7 and 12, at which point his lead over Janzen was down to one.

But after Janzen birdied No. 13 and Stewart bogeyed it, Janzen went in front for the first time. Stewart birdied No. 14 to regain a share of the lead, but then bogeyed No. 16. Janzen parred the final five holes for the one-stroke victory. Stewart was also the runner-up to Janzen when Janzen won the 1993 U.S. Open.

Jack Nicklaus tied for 43rd place at age 58. It was the last time the 4-time U.S. Open champ made the cut in this major, his second-to-last made cut in any of the majors.

1998 U.S. Open Final Scores

Lee Janzen	73-66-73-68-280
Payne Stewart	66-71-70-74-281
Bob Tway	68-70-73-73-284
Nick Price	73-68-71-73-285
Steve Stricker	73-71-69-73-286
Tom Lehman	68-75-68-75-286
David Duval	75-68-75-69-287
Lee Westwood	72-74-70-71-287
Jeff Maggert	69-69-75-74-287
Jeff Sluman	72-74-74-68-288
Phil Mickelson	71-73-74-70-288
Stuart Appleby	73-74-70-71-288
Stewart Cink	73-68-73-74-288
Paul Azinger	75-72-77-65-289
Jesper Parnevik	69-74-76-70-289
a-Matt Kuchar	70-69-76-74-289
Jim Furyk	74-73-68-74-289
Colin Montgomerie	70-74-77-69-290
Loren Roberts	71-76-71-72-290
Frank Lickliter II	73-71-72-74-290
Jose Maria Olazabal	68-77-71-74-290
Tiger Woods	74-72-71-73-290
Casey Martin	74-71-74-72-291
Glen Day	73-72-71-75-291
D.A. Weibring	72-72-75-73-292
Per-Ulrik Johansson	71-75-73-73-292
Eduardo Romero	72-70-76-74-292
Chris Perry	74-71-72-75-292
Vijay Singh	73-72-73-74-292
Thomas Bjorn	72-75-70-75-292
Mark Carnevale	67-73-74-78-292
Mark O'Meara	70-76-78-69-293
Padraig Harrington	73-72-76-72-293
Bruce Zabriski	74-71-74-74-293
Steve Pate	72-75-73-73-293
John Huston	73-72-72-76-293
Joe Durant	68-73-76-76-293
Chris DiMarco	71-71-74-77-293
Lee Porter	72-67-76-78-293
Justin Leonard	71-75-77-71-294
Scott McCarron	72-73-77-72-294
Frank Nobilo	76-67-76-75-294
Darren Clarke	74-72-77-72-295
Joey Sindelar	71-75-75-74-295
Tom Kite	70-75-76-74-295
Joe Acosta Jr.	73-72-76-74-295
Olin Browne	73-70-77-75-295
Jack Nicklaus	73-74-73-75-295
Ernie Els	75-70-75-76-296
Michael Reid	76-70-73-77-296
Brad Faxon	73-68-76-79-296
Scott Verplank	74-72-73-77-296
Fred Couples	72-75-79-71-297
Tim Herron	75-72-77-73-297
Jim Johnston	74-73-79-71-297
John Daly	69-75-75-78-297
Mark Brooks	75-71-76-76-298
Scott Simpson	72-71-78-79-300
Rocky Walcher	77-70-77-79-303
Tom Sipula	75-71-78-81-305

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