1998 PGA Championship: Vijay Singh wins at Sahalee Country Club
Vijay Singh won the 1998 PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington with 271 (−9), by 2 strokes over Steve Stricker.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1998 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 13, 1998 to August 16, 1998
- Course
- Sahalee Country Club, Redmond, Washington
- Edition
- 80th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 6,906 yards
- Field
- 150
- Made the cut
- 75 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- $3,000,000 · winner's share $540,000
- Champion
- Vijay Singh · age 35 · Fiji · born Lautoka, Fiji
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 18
- Winning score
- 70-66-67-68 = 271 (−9) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Steve Stricker
- 54-hole leaders
- Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (203)
- Caddie
- Dave Renwick
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 70 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 271 | −9 |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | 69 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 273 | −7 |
What happened at the 1998 PGA Championship
On the par-3 17th, Singh and Stricker both found the same bunker; Singh saved par and Stricker bogeyed to fall two behind.
Singh escaped from the woods on the 14th with a hooded wedge and was serenaded with chants of "Vijay!" walking up the 18th.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).
Sources
- Golf Compendium 1998
- Sports Illustrated 1998
- Today's Golfer past champions
- BetMGM winner payouts
- Today's Golfer purse history
- PGA of America club pros who made the cut
- PGA of America 1998 leaderboard
- Fox News/AP, Dave Renwick
- PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 32
- PGA of America 2012 media guide, p. 148
- OWGR player event table, 1998