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The Players Championship
Sawgrass Stadium Course
Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida
26th - 29th March 1998

Par 72 Prize Money $4 million

First Round Scores

First Round Report

Glen Day 35-31-66 6-under Fred Couples 
34-33-67 5-under Rocco Mediate 32-35-67 Jerry Kelly 32-36-68 4-under Joe Ozaki 
35-34-69 3-under Billy Mayfair 36-33-69 Ben Crenshaw 34-35-69 Phil Mickelson 37-32-69 
Bruce Lietzke 35-34-69 Mark Calcavecchia 35-34-69 David Duval 36-33-69 David Frost 
34-35-69 Jeff Maggert 32-37-69 Len Mattiace 35-34-69 Nolan Henke 33-36-69 Per-Ulrik 
Johansson 34-35-69 Ted Tryba 33-37-70 2-under Jim Furyk 35-35-70 Billy Andrade 
35-35-70 Mark O'Meara 33-37-70 Lee Janzen 38-32-70 Ronnie Black 36-34-70 Steve 
Jones 36-35-71 1-under Tom Watson 35-36-71 Brad Faxon 38-33-71 John Cook 35-36-71 
John Daly 38-33-71 David Toms 35-36-71 Ernie Els 37-34-71 Nick Price 35-36-71 
Craig Stadler 33-38-71 Stewart Cink 37-34-71 Tommy Armour III 35-36-71 Retief 
Goosen 38-33-71 Steve Pate 38-33-71 Robert Damron 36-35-71 Stephen Ames 34-37-71 
Doug Barron 34-37-71 Andrew Magee 37-34-71 Scott Verplank 34-37-71 Donnie Hammond 
38-33-71 Kirk Triplett 36-35-71 Steve Lowery 36-35-71 David Sutherland 34-38-72 
Even John Huston 36-36-72 Frank Nobilo 35-37-72 Phil Blackmar 40-32-72 Tiger Woods 
37-35-72 Russ Cochran 36-36-72 Bob Estes 37-35-72 Jose Maria Olazabal 36-36-72 
Scott Gump 34-38-72 Brandel Chamblee 37-35-72 Lee Rinker 35-37-72 Omar Uresti 
37-35-72 Jesper Parnevik 35-37-72 Bob Tway 38-34-72 Justin Leonard 36-36-72 Tom 
Lehman 38-34-72 Scott McCarron 37-35-72 Stuart Appleby 35-37-72 Vijay Singh 37-35-72 
Payne Stewart 35-37-72 Tom Kite 36-36-72 Paul Goydos 38-34-72 Kevin Sutherland 
35-37-72 Chris Perry 34-38-72 Fred Funk 36-37-73 1-over Mark Brooks 37-36-73 Mike 
Hulbert 37-36-73 Craig Parry 37-36-73 Mike Standly 37-36-73 David Edwards 38-35-73 
Brian Henninger 38-35-73 Scott Hoch 37-36-73 Willie Wood 35-38-73 Davis Love III 
37-36-73 Larry Mize 35-38-73 Joey Sindelar 37-36-73 Pete Jordan 36-37-73 Fulton 
Allem 37-37-74 2-over Brent Geiberger 38-36-74 Robert Gamez 38-36-74 Lee Westwood 
37-37-74 Skip Kendall 36-38-74 Shigeki Maruyama 38-36-74 Tim Herron 37-37-74 Michael 
Bradley 37-37-74 Gabriel Hjertstedt 36-38-74 Steve Stricker 36-38-74 Hal Sutton 
36-38-74 Jay Haas 37-37-74 Larry Nelson 38-36-74 Doug Martin 37-37-74 John Adams 
38-36-74 Darren Clarke 38-36-74 Dudley Hart 38-36-74 David Ogrin 37-37-74 Jeff 
Sluman 39-35-74 Kenny Perry 37-37-74 Mike Reid 36-38-74 Colin Montgomerie 36-38-74 
Sandy Lyle 36-38-74 Joe Durant 37-38-75 3-over Guy Boros 38-37-75 Nick Faldo 38-37-75 
Paul Stankowski 39-36-75 Duffy Waldorf 39-36-75 Kelly Gibson 39-36-75 Corey Pavin 
39-36-75 Scott Simpson 39-36-75 Loren Roberts 35-40-75 Phil Tataurangi 36-39-75 
Don Pooley 35-40-75 Brad Fabel 40-35-75 Costantino Rocca 38-38-76 4-over P.H. 
Horgan III 40-36-76 Trevor Dodds 40-36-76 Clarence Rose 38-38-76 Neal Lancaster 
37-39-76 Mark Wiebe 38-38-76 Grant Waite 39-37-76 Wayne Grady 37-39-76 Mark McCumber 
38-39-77 5-over Tom Purtzer 36-41-77 Frank Lickliter 41-36-77 Rick Fehr 40-37-77 
Jumbo Ozaki 36-41-77 Tommy Tolles 41-36-77 Olin Browne 40-38-78 6-over Lennie 
Clements 40-38-78 Jay Don Blake 36-42-78 Curtis Strange 40-38-78 Jim Carter 38-40-78 
Larry Rinker 40-38-78 Dan Forsman 39-39-78 Mike Springer 40-39-79 7-over Tom Byrum 
38-41-79 Mike Brisky 41-39-80 8-over Paul Azinger 38-42-80 Bernhard Langer 38-42-80 
Billy Ray Brown 41-40-81 9-over Michael Christie 38-43-81 

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