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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 13–16, 1998 |
| Location | Redmond, 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]
- ^ "Tournament Info for: 1998 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 17, 1998). "It's ama-Singh; Vijay wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D1.
- ^ Parascenzo, Marino (August 17, 1998). "Singh lives dream". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 23.
- ^ Garrity, John (August 24, 1998). "Vijay the victor". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
- ^ Newnham, Blaine (February 26, 2006). "Sahalee deserving of more championships". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Newnham, Blaine (January 27, 2005). "PGA owes Sahalee new date". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 16, 2015.