1998 Open Championship prize money
Every one of the seventeen cheques paid at the 1998 Open Championship, in finishing order, from $222,075 down to the $8,719 Phil Mickelson collected. We hold no first place for this edition.
Every cheque at the 1998 Open Championship
19 July 1998
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tiger Woods | USA | 1 | 281 | $222,075 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | USA | 2 | 282 | $126,117 |
| 8 | Davis Love III | USA | 5 | 285 | $81,428 |
| T15 | José María Olazábal | ESP | 9 | 289 | $38,904 |
| T19 | Robert Allenby | AUS | 10 | 290 | $28,327 |
| T19 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 10 | 290 | $28,327 |
| T24 | Bob Estes | USA | 11 | 291 | $20,530 |
| T29 | Ernie Els | RSA | 12 | 292 | $16,499 |
| T52 | Steve Stricker | USA | 16 | 296 | $11,285 |
| T57 | Greg Chalmers | AUS | 17 | 297 | $10,305 |
| T57 | Justin Leonard | USA | 17 | 297 | $10,305 |
| T64 | Carlos Franco | PAR | 18 | 298 | $9,829 |
| T64 | Lee Westwood | ENG | 18 | 298 | $9,829 |
| T66 | Fred Couples | USA | 19 | 299 | $9,541 |
| T66 | Stewart Cink | USA | 19 | 299 | $9,541 |
| 76 | Freddie Jacobson | SWE | 25 | 305 | $8,965 |
| 79 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 28 | 308 | $8,719 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $632,842 between them, against $17,684 shared by the other two players paid.
The seventeen cheques above come to $650,526 between them. We hold 30 players for the week in all, so thirteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Open Championship years
30 editions, 1996 to 2026
The 1997 ladder is the edition before this one, won by Justin Leonard. The 1999 ladder is the one after. The Open Championship roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1998 golf year
twenty other tournaments we hold a 1998 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1998 was the $720,000 paid at the PLAYERS Championship, won by Justin Leonard.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1998 Open Championship?
We hold no first place for the 1998 Open Championship. The seventeen cheques we do hold start at $222,075.
How much did the 1998 Open Championship pay out?
The seventeen cheques on this page come to $650,526 between them, from $222,075 at the top down to $8,719.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1998 Open Championship?
$8,719, which Phil Mickelson collected for finishing 79.
How many players were paid at the 1998 Open Championship?
seventeen. We hold 30 players for that week in all, so thirteen of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.