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The
1998 United States Open Championship
was the 98th
U.S. Open
, held June 18–21 at the Lake Course of the
Olympic Club
in
San Francisco
,
California
.
Lee Janzen
won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up
Payne Stewart
.
[3]
Janzen became the second winner at a U.S. Open at the Olympic Club to come back from seven strokes behind in the final round;
Billy Casper
also did it in
1966
, but on the back nine alone. Stewart rebounded and won the title the
next year
at
Pinehurst
, but died four months later in an
aviation accident
.
Four-time champion
Jack Nicklaus
, age 58, made the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open for the final time.
[4]
This was the fourth U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club; the first two in
1955
and
1966
ended in playoffs, and
1987
was a one-stroke victory. The U.S. Open returned in
2012
, also won by one stroke.