| 1998 U.S. Open | |
The 1998 U.S. Open was played on the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Payne Stewart led each of the first three rounds, but someone was chasing him - Lee Janzen. Janzen chased and caught Stewart to win the 1993 U.S. Open, and he chased and caught Stewart to win this one, too.
That 68 was one of only three sub-par rounds on Sunday. And neither of the other two came from Stewart or other contenders. Stewart wound up with a 74 in the final round. And Janzen wound up with the 1-stroke victory.
The 1998 U.S. Open was the last one in which Jack Nicklaus made the cut (he played only two more after this one). Nicklaus finished tied for 43rd at 15-over par.
It was also the first one in which a competitor rode in a cart. Casey Martin, suffering from a birth defect that caused the withering of his right leg, qualified for the tournament. He earlier, after being denied a cart by the PGA Tour, successfully sued the PGA Tour under the Americans With Disabilities Act for the right to use a motorized cart. The USGA honored that legal decision, and Martin rode in a cart between shots, made the cut and finished 23rd.
1998 U.S. Open Scores
Results from the 1998 U.S. Open golf tournament played at the par-70 Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. (a-amateur):
| Lee Janzen, $535,000 | 73-66-73-68-280 |
| Payne Stewart, $315,000 | 66-71-70-74-281 |
| Bob Tway, $201,730 | 68-70-73-73-284 |
| Nick Price, $140,597 | 73-68-71-73-285 |
| Steve Stricker, $107,392 | 73-71-69-73-286 |
| Tom Lehman, $107,392 | 68-75-68-75-286 |
| David Duval, $83,794 | 75-68-75-69-287 |
| Lee Westwood, $83,794 | 72-74-70-71-287 |
| Jeff Maggert, $83,794 | 69-69-75-74-287 |
| Jeff Sluman, $64,490 | 72-74-74-68-288 |
| Phil Mickelson, $64,490 | 71-73-74-70-288 |
| Stuart Appleby, $64,490 | 73-74-70-71-288 |
| Stewart Cink, $64,490 | 73-68-73-74-288 |
| Paul Azinger, $52,214 | 75-72-77-65-289 |
| Jesper Parnevik, $52,214 | 69-74-76-70-289 |
| a-Matt Kuchar | 70-69-76-74-289 |
| Jim Furyk, $52,214 | 74-73-68-74-289 |
| Colin Montgomerie, $41,833 | 70-74-77-69-290 |
| Loren Roberts, $41,833 | 71-76-71-72-290 |
| Frank Lickliter II, $41,833 | 73-71-72-74-290 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal, $41,833 | 68-77-71-74-290 |
| Tiger Woods, $41,833 | 74-72-71-73-290 |
| Casey Martin, $34,043 | 74-71-74-72-291 |
| Glen Day, $34,043 | 73-72-71-75-291 |
| D.A. Weibring, $25,640 | 72-72-75-73-292 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson, $25,640 | 71-75-73-73-292 |
| Eduardo Romero, $25,640 | 72-70-76-74-292 |
| Chris Perry, $25,640 | 74-71-72-75-292 |
| Vijay Singh, $25,640 | 73-72-73-74-292 |
| Thomas Bjorn, $25,640 | 72-75-70-75-292 |
| Mark Carnevale, $25,640 | 67-73-74-78-292 |
| Mark O'Meara, $18,372 | 70-76-78-69-293 |
| Padraig Harrington, $18,372 | 73-72-76-72-293 |
| Bruce Zabriski, $18,372 | 74-71-74-74-293 |
| Steve Pate, $18,372 | 72-75-73-73-293 |
| John Huston, $18,372 | 73-72-72-76-293 |
| Joe Durant, $18,372 | 68-73-76-76-293 |
| Chris DiMarco, $18,372 | 71-71-74-77-293 |
| Lee Porter, $18,372 | 72-67-76-78-293 |
| Justin Leonard, $15,155 | 71-75-77-71-294 |
| Scott McCarron, $15,155 | 72-73-77-72-294 |
| Frank Nobilo, $15,155 | 76-67-76-75-294 |
| Darren Clarke, $12,537 | 74-72-77-72-295 |
| Joey Sindelar, $12,537 | 71-75-75-74-295 |
| Tom Kite, $12,537 | 70-75-76-74-295 |
| Joe Acosta, Jr., $12,537 | 73-72-76-74-295 |
| Olin Browne, $12,537 | 73-70-77-75-295 |
| Jack Nicklaus, $12,537 | 73-74-73-75-295 |
| Ernie Els, $9,711 | 75-70-75-76-296 |
| Michael Reid, $9,711 | 76-70-73-77-296 |
| Brad Faxon, $9,711 | 73-68-76-79-296 |
| Scott Verplank, $9,711 | 74-72-73-77-296 |
| Fred Couples, $8,531 | 72-75-79-71-297 |
| Tim Herron, $8,531 | 75-72-77-73-297 |
| Jim Johnston, $8,531 | 74-73-79-71-297 |
| John Daly, $8,531 | 69-75-75-78-297 |
| Mark Brooks, $8,030 | 75-71-76-76-298 |
| Scott Simpson, $7,844 | 72-71-78-79-300 |
| Rocky Walcher, $7,696 | 77-70-77-79-303 |
| Tom Sipula, $7,549 | 75-71-78-81-305 |
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