1998 PGA Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 13–16, 1998 |
| Location | Sammamish, Washington 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W |
| Course(s) | Sahalee Country Club (South & North nines) |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,906 yards (6,315 m) |
| Field | 148 players, 75 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 145 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $3.0 million |
| Winner's share | $540,000 |
| Champion | |
 Vijay Singh | |
| 271 (−9) | |
| Location map | |
  Sahalee Location in the United States  Sahalee Location in Washington | |
The 1998 PGA Championship was the 80th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. Vijay Singh won the first of his three major championships, two strokes ahead of runner-up Steve Stricker.[2][3][4]
This was only the tenth time the championship was played in the western half of the United States; the next was 22 years later at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. It was the third major championship held in the Pacific Northwest, all PGA Championships. The previous two were match play events, held in Spokane in 1944 and Portland in 1946.
Sahalee was scheduled to host again in 2010, but the PGA of America reversed its decision in early 2005 and moved it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.[5][6]
South and North nines
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 406 | 507 | 415 | 386 | 195 | 480 | 421 | 444 | 213 | 3,467 | 401 | 546 | 458 | 176 | 374 | 417 | 377 | 215 | 475 | 3,439 | 6,906 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
- Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members
