Golf Network News
Sunday 16 August 1998Men’s majorsYear in Review
Singh wins PGA Championship
Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, Washington · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 1998 · purse $3,000,000 · winner's share $540,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/14°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/14°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 7 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/11°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 24 · 16.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 75 (cut at 145) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Sahalee Country Club, Redmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Steve Stricker
The golfer
b. 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; Fiji; age 35 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet