Ang taong 1998 ay isang magandang magaling para kay Mark O'Meara. Kinuha niya ang ika-72 butas sa Augusta National upang manalo ang The Masters, kung gayon, pagkalipas ng ilang buwan, nanalo ng isang playoff upang kunin din ang British Open.
Bumagsak ang 1998 British Open sa isang pinaka-masayang pagsisimula sa pagbaril ng Tiger Woods 65 upang ibahagi ang first-round lead. Ang unheralded na si Brian Watts, isang Amerikano na karamihan ay naglaro sa Japan hanggang sa puntong ito, ang nanguna sa pangalawang pag-ikot.
Ang Woods, 17-taong gulang na si Justin Rose, at 3-time major champion na si Nick Presyo ay nakatali sa pangalawa.
Ang masamang panahon ay tumama sa Royal Birkdale sa Round 3, at ang 72 na kard ng O'Meara ay isa sa mga pinakamahusay na marka ng araw. Lumipat siya sa pangalawa, dalawang stroke sa likod ng Watts.
Pinukaw ni Rose ang karamihan sa pamamagitan ng pagtapos sa ika-apat na lugar, at kinasuhan si Woods ng isang pangwakas na pag-ikot 66, ngunit natapos sina Watts at O'Meara na nakatali at tumungo sa playout ng four-hole. Aling O'Meara ang nanalo kasama ang isang birdie sa unang butas na isinama ng isang Watts bogey sa ika-apat na butas.
1998 Mga Mataas na marka ng British
Mga resulta at pera ng gantimpala (USD) mula sa 1998 British Open na nilalaro sa Royal Birkdale (par 70) sa Southport, England (p-won play ng four-hole; a-amateur):
| p-Mark O'Meara, $ 492, 000 | 72-68-72-68-280 |
| Brian Watts, $ 308, 320 | 68-69-73-70-280 |
| Tiger Woods, $ 221, 400 | 65-73-77-66-281 |
| Jesper Parnevik, $ 125, 733 | 68-72-72-70-282 |
| Jim Furyk, $ 125, 733 | 70-70-72-70-282 |
| a-Justin Rose | 72-66-75-69-282 |
| Raymond Russell, $ 125, 733 | 68-73-75-66-282 |
| Davis Love III, $ 81, 180 | 67-73-77-68-285 |
| Costantino Rocca, $ 69, 994 | 72-74-70-70-286 |
| Thomas Bjorn, $ 69, 994 | 68-71-76-71-286 |
| Brad Faxon, $ 54, 666 | 67-74-74-72-287 |
| David Duval, $ 54, 666 | 70-71-75-71-287 |
| John Huston, $ 54, 666 | 65-77-73-72-287 |
| Gordon Brand, $ 47, 560 | 71-70-76-71-288 |
| Greg Turner, $ 38, 786 | 68-75-75-71-289 |
| Des Smyth, $ 38, 786 | 74-69-75-71-289 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal, $ 38, 786 | 73-72-75-69-289 |
| Peter Baker, $ 38, 786 | 69-72-77-71-289 |
| Mark James, $ 28, 240 | 71-74-74-71-290 |
| Sandy Lyle, $ 28, 240 | 71-72-75-72-290 |
| Curtis Strange, $ 28, 240 | 73-73-74-70-290 |
| Vijay Singh, $ 28, 240 | 67-74-78-71-290 |
| Robert Allenby, $ 28, 240 | 67-76-78-69-290 |
| Peter O'Malley, $ 20, 467 | 71-71-78-71-291 |
| Lee Janzen, $ 20, 467 | 72-69-80-70-291 |
| Sam Torrance, $ 20, 467 | 69-77-75-70-291 |
| Si Stephen Ames, $ 20, 467 | 68-72-79-72-291 |
| Si Bob Estes, $ 20, 467 | 72-70-76-73-291 |
| Loren Roberts, $ 16, 892 | 66-76-76-74-292 |
| Shigeki Maruyama, $ 16, 892 | 70-73-75-74-292 |
| Ernie Els, $ 16, 892 | 72-74-74-72-292 |
| a-Sergio Garcia | 69-75-76-72-292 |
| Si Scott Dunlap, $ 16, 892 | 72-69-80-71-292 |
| Nick Presyo, $ 16, 892 | 66-72-82-72-292 |
| Sven Struver, $ 14, 596 | 75-70-80-68-293 |
| Santiago Luna, $ 14, 596 | 70-72-80-71-293 |
| Mark Calcavecchia, $ 14, 596 | 69-77-73-74-293 |
| Philip Walton, $ 13, 694 | 68-76-74-76-294 |
| Joakim Haeggman, $ 13, 694 | 71-74-78-71-294 |
| Steen Tinning, $ 13, 694 | 69-76-77-72-294 |
| Tom Kite, $ 13, 694 | 72-69-79-74-294 |
| Patrik Sjoland, $ 13, 694 | 72-72-77-73-294 |
| Naomichi Ozaki, $ 13, 694 | 72-73-76-73-294 |
| David Carter, $ 12, 433 | 71-75-76-73-295 |
| Payne Stewart, $ 12, 433 | 71-71-78-75-295 |
| David Howell, $ 12, 433 | 68-77-79-71-295 |
| Rodger Davis, $ 12, 433 | 76-70-78-71-295 |
| David Frost, $ 12, 433 | 72-73-78-72-295 |
| Nick Faldo, $ 12, 433 | 72-73-75-75-295 |
| Andrew Coltart, $ 12, 433 | 68-77-75-75-295 |
| Katsuyoshi Tomori, $ 12, 433 | 75-71-70-79-295 |
| Frankie Minoza, $ 11, 250 | 69-75-76-76-296 |
| Steve Stricker, $ 11, 250 | 70-72-80-74-296 |
| Larry Mize, $ 11, 250 | 70-75-79-72-296 |
| Ang Brandt Jobe, $ 11, 250 | 70-73-82-71-296 |
| Billy Mayfair, $ 11, 250 | 72-73-77-74-296 |
| Ian Woosnam, $ 10, 273 | 72-74-76-75-297 |
| Steve Jones, $ 10, 273 | 73-72-79-73-297 |
| Trevor Dodds, $ 10, 273 | 73-71-81-72-297 |
| Ignacio Garrido, $ 10, 273 | 71-74-80-72-297 |
| Justin Leonard, $ 10, 273 | 73-73-82-69-297 |
| Greg Chalmers, $ 10, 273 | 71-75-77-74-297 |
| Eduardo Romero, $ 10, 273 | 71-70-79-77-297 |
| Lee Westwood, $ 9, 799 | 71-71-78-78-298 |
| Carlos Franco, $ 9, 799 | 71-73-76-78-298 |
| Michael Long, $ 9, 512 | 70-74-78-77-299 |
| Stewart Cink, $ 9, 512 | 71-73-83-72-299 |
| Michael Campbell, $ 9, 512 | 73-73-80-73-299 |
| a-Didier de Vooght | 70-76-80-73-299 |
| Mark Brooks, $ 9, 512 | 71-73-75-80-299 |
| Fred Couples, $ 9, 512 | 66-74-78-81-299 |
| Andrew Clapp, $ 9, 266 | 72-74-81-73-300 |
| Gary Evans, $ 9, 184 | 69-74-84-74-301 |
| Bob May, $ 9, 184 | 70-73-85-75-303 |
| Andrew McLardy, $ 9, 184 | 72-74-80-78-304 |
| Fredrik Jacobson, $ 9, 184 | 67-78-81-79-305 |
| Kazuhiko Hosokawa, $ 9, 184 | 72-73-81-80-306 |
| Robert Giles, $ 9, 184 | 72-74-83-78-307 |
| Phil Mickelson, $ 9, 184 | 71-74-85-78-308 |
| Andrew Oldcorn, $ 9, 184 | 75-71-84-79-309 |
| Dudley Hart, $ 9, 184 | 73-72-85-80-310 |
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