1998 U.S. Open (golf)
Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Lee Janzen United States 1993 73 66 73 68 280 E 1
Payne Stewart United States 1991 66 71 70 74 281 +1 2
Tom Kite United States 1992 70 75 76 74 295 +15 T43
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962 , 1967 , 1972 , 1980 73 74 73 75 295 +15 T43
Ernie Els South Africa 1994 , 1997 75 70 75 76 296 +16 T49
Scott Simpson United States 1987 72 71 78 79 300 +20 58
Past champions in the field -- Made the cut
The 1998 United States Open Championship was the 98th U.S. Open, held June 18-21 at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart. Janzen became the second winner at a U.S. Open at the Olympic Club to come back from seven strokes behind in the final round; Billy Casper also did it in 1966, but on the back nine alone. Stewart rebounded and won the title the next year at Pinehurst, but died four months later in an aviation accident. Four-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 58, made the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open for the final time. This was the fourth U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club; the first two in 1955 and 1966 ended in playoffs, and 1987 was a one-stroke victory. The U.S. Open returned in 2012, also won by one stroke.