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, held August 13–16 at Sahalee Country Club in

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won the first of his three major championships, two strokes ahead of runner-up

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. This was only the tenth time the championship was played in the

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half of the United States; the next was 22 years later at

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, all PGA Championships. The previous two were

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. Sahalee was scheduled to host again in

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Course layout

South and North nines *Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, August 13, 1998''

Second round

''Friday, August 14, 1998''

Third round

''Saturday, August 15, 1998''

Final round

''Sunday, August 16, 1998'' As 54-hole co-leaders at 203 (−7),

and

were in the final pairing at noon PDT, four shots ahead of the field. Stricker stayed within a stroke until the par-3 17th, where both tee shots found the same bunker. Singh saved par but Stricker couldn't, and both parred 18; Singh shot 68 (−2) to win his first major by two strokes.

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champion, carded a 67 to finish in solo third, a stroke behind Stricker.

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, the champion in

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, shot a bogey-free 65 to equal the course record. Source:

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' Source:

References

External links

Full results
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