1998 Players Championship

1998 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 26–29, 1998
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,950 yards (6,355 m)[1]
Field 144 players, 72 after cut
Cut 146 (+2)
Prize fund $4.0 million
Winner's share $720,000
Champion
United States Justin Leonard
278 (−10)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 1998 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 25th Players Championship.

Five strokes back, Justin Leonard shot a final round 67 to win at 278 (−10), two ahead of runners-up Glen Day and Tom Lehman.[2] Len Mattiace surged into the lead in the final round, but a quintuple-bogey at 17 ended his chances; he birdied the last hole and finished four strokes back. Third round leader and 1995 champion Lee Janzen shot 79 and fell to eighteenth.[3][4] He regrouped and won his second U.S. Open at Olympic in June.

Defending champion Steve Elkington withdrew on Monday night, citing complications after sinus surgery.[5][6] the first not to compete since Jerry Pate in 1983 (neck).[5]

Venue

This was the seventeenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; it was extended this year to 6,950 yards (6,355 m),[1] an increase of 54 yards (49 m).

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Price Zimbabwe199371727070283−5T8
Lee Janzen United States199570676979285−3T13
Hal Sutton United States198374697470287−1T18
Tom Kite United States198972667872288ET25
Fred Couples United States1984, 199667737378291+3T42
Davis Love III United States199273726980294+6T57

Source:[1][7]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Sandy Lyle Scotland19877475149+5
Mark McCumber United States19887777154+10

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 26, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Glen Day United States66−6
T2Fred Couples United States67−5
Rocco Mediate United States
4Jerry Kelly United States68−4
T5Mark Calcavecchia United States69−3
Ben Crenshaw United States
David Duval United States
David Frost South Africa
Nolan Henke United States
Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden
Bruce Lietzke United States
Jeff Maggert United States
Len Mattiace United States
Billy Mayfair United States
Phil Mickelson United States
Naomichi Ozaki Japan

Source:[9][10]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Lee Janzen United States70-67=137−7
Naomichi Ozaki Japan69-68=137
2Tom Kite United States72-66=138−6
T3Glen Day United States66-73=139−5
Jerry Kelly United States68-71=139
Bruce Lietzke United States69-70=139
T6Fred Couples United States67-73=140−4
David Frost South Africa69-71=140
Scott Gump United States72-68=140
Jeff Maggert United States69-71=140
Len Mattiace United States69-71=140
Rocco Mediate United States67-73=140

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Janzen United States70-67-69=206−10
2Glen Day United States66-73-70=209−7
3Justin Leonard United States72-69-70=211−5
T4Mark Calcavecchia United States69-75-68=212−4
Scott Hoch United States73-69-70=212
Tom Lehman United States72-70-70=212
Len Mattiace United States69-71-72=212
Phil Mickelson United States69-73-70=212
T9Fred Couples United States67-73-73=213−3
Ernie Els South Africa71-72-70=213
David Frost South Africa69-71-73=213
Bruce Lietzke United States69-70-74=213
Billy Mayfair United States69-75-69=213
Naomichi Ozaki Japan69-68-76=213
Nick Price Zimbabwe71-72-70=213
Craig Stadler United States71-70-72=213
Omar Uresti United States72-71-70=213
Lee Westwood England74-71-68=213

Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, March 29, 1998

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Justin Leonard United States72-69-70-67=278−10720,000
T2Glen Day United States66-73-70-71=280−8352,000
Tom Lehman United States72-70-70-68=280
4Mark Calcavecchia United States69-75-68-69=281−7192,000
T5Scott Hoch United States73-69-70-70=282−6146,000
Len Mattiace United States69-71-72-70=282
Lee Westwood England74-71-68-69=282
T8Phil Mickelson United States69-73-70-71=283−5116,000
Nick Price Zimbabwe71-72-70-70=283
Payne Stewart United States72-71-75-65=283

Source:[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1998. p. 7C.
  2. ↑ Parascenzo, Marino (March 30, 1998). "Leonard charges to victory in TPC". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
  3. ↑ Garrity, John (April 6, 1998). "Sunday Driver". Sports Illustrated. p. 60.
  4. ↑ "Leonard rallies from five shots back to win". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1998. p. 7C.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Smits, Gary (March 25, 1998). "Elkington out". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Elkington won't defend". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 25, 1998. p. 2B.
  7. 1 2 "Results: Players Championship". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 30, 1998. p. C10.
  8. 1 2 "Golf:PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 28, 1998. p. 8D.
  9. 1 2 "Eagle on 19th makes it a great Day for leader". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1998. p. 5C.
  10. ↑ "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 27, 1998. p. 6C.
  11. ↑ "Janzen taking aim at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 29, 1998. p. 3G.

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