1998 Volvo PGA Championship

1998 Volvo PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	22–25 May 1998
Location	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s)	Wentworth Club West Course
Tour(s)	European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	156 players, 65 after cut
Cut	143 (−1)
Prize fund	€1,200,000
Winner's share	€280,000
Champion
Colin Montgomerie
274 (−14)

Wentworth Club

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Location in England

The 1998 Volvo PGA Championship was the 44th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Colin Montgomerie won his first Volvo PGA Championship with a one stroke victory over Ernie Els, Gary Orr and Patrik Sjöland.

Past champions in the field

Ten former champions entered the tournament.

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Costantino Rocca	Italy	1996	71	70	70	68	279	−9	15
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994	72	71	70	67	280	−8	T16
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1983, 1991	72	71	65	73	281	−7	T21
Rodger Davis	Australia	1986	73	69	69	70	281	−7	T21
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1987, 1993, 1995	69	70	72	71	282	−6	T29
Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	1992	69	73	73	69	284	−4	T37
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1988, 1997	73	70	74	70	287	−1	T54
Howard Clark	England	1984	70	73	74	73	290	+2	62

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Paul Way	England	1985	77	73	150	+6
Manuel Piñero	Spain	1977	76	75	151	+7

Nationalities in the field

North America (2)	South America (3)	Europe (130)	Oceania (12)	Asia (2)	Africa (7)
United States (2)	Argentina (3)	England (55)	Australia (10)	China (1)	South Africa (5)
		Northern Ireland (4)	New Zealand (2)	Japan (1)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Scotland (15)
		Wales (4)
		Ireland (6)
		Denmark (1)
		Finland (1)
		France (5)
		Germany (4)
		Italy (4)
		Netherlands (2)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (10)
		Sweden (17)
		Switzerland (1)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 May 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Michael Jonzon	Sweden	66	−6
2	Brian Davis	England	67	−5
T3	Mats Hallberg	Sweden	68	−4
	David Howell	England
	Malcolm MacKenzie	England
	Chris van der Velde	Netherlands
T7	Ernie Els	South Africa	69	−3
	Stephen Field	England
	Domingo Hospital	Spain
	Mark James	England
	Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe
	Bernhard Langer	Germany
	Stephen Leaney	Australia
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland
	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe
	Gary Stubbington	England
	David Tapping	England
	Clinton Whitelaw	South Africa

Second round

Friday, 23 May 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Michael Jonzon	Sweden	66-70=136	−8
T2	Mats Hallberg	Sweden	68-69=137	−7
	Peter Lonard	Australia	72-65=137
T4	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	72-66=138	−6
	Ernie Els	South Africa	69-69=138
	Domingo Hospital	Spain	69-69=138
	Greg Turner	New Zealand	70-68=138
T8	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	70-69=139	−5
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	71-68=139
	David Gilford	England	70-69=139
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	70-69=139
	David Howell	England	68-71=139
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	69-70=139
	Malcolm MacKenzie	England	68-71=139
	Gary Orr	Scotland	70-69=139
	Dean Robertson	Scotland	70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, 24 May 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	70-70-65=205	−11
T2	Mats Hallberg	Sweden	68-69-69=206	−10
	Dean Robertson	Scotland	70-69-67=206
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	69-69-69=207	−9
	David Gilford	England	70-69-68=207
	Gary Orr	Scotland	70-69-68=207
T7	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	72-71-65=208	−8
	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	70-69-69=208
	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	72-66-70=208
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	70-69-69=208
	Michael Jonzon	Sweden	66-70-72=208
	Peter Lonard	Australia	72-65-71=208
	Greg Turner	New Zealand	70-68-70=208

Final round

Sunday, 25 May 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	70-70-65-69=274	−14	280,000
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	69-69-69-68=275	−13	125,207
	Gary Orr	Scotland	70-69-68-68=275
	Patrik Sjöland	Sweden	72-71-66-66=275
T5	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	70-69-69-68=276	−12	52,024
	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	72-66-70-68=276
	Mats Hallberg	Sweden	68-69-69-70=276
	Peter Lonard	Australia	72-65-71-68=276
	Dean Robertson	Scotland	70-69-67-70=276
10	Paul McGinley	Ireland	72-69-68-68=277	−11	33,600