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  Mark O'Meara captured his second major in three months by winning the British Open in a four-hole playoff   
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Mark of a champion

Masterful O'Meara wins British Open for 2nd major of '98

With every shot in the playoff, the gallery stampeded down the fairway behind Mark O'Meara and Brian Watts, anxious to see what other heroics Royal Birkdale had in store.

Only there were no miracle shots left at the British Open, and none required.
FULL STORY

  • British Open Notebook: Successful Open prompts Rose to turn professional
    • Rose blossoms during fairy tale Open
    In fairy tales, 17-year-old amateur golfers take the British Open by storm, threaten to win it and chip in from 45 yards in front of thousands of cheering fans at the 18th hole. Justin Rose was one of the happy few to live that fairy tale on Sunday.
    FULL STORY

    Journeyman Watts performed like anything but a no-name
    Brian Watts didn't come out of nowhere to contend for the British Open. He came from everywhere. From Montreal, Dallas, Oklahoma and Japan. From every journeyman's dream and every name pro's nightmare.
    FULL STORY

    O'Meara plans to offer Woods a sip from Claret Jug
    Seven years ago Mark O'Meara was invited to drink from the Auld Claret Jug trophy awarded to his friend Ian Baker-Finch after Baker-Finch won the British Open at the Royal Birkdale course. In the next few days, O'Meara will be issuing a similar invitation to a young man called Tiger Woods.
    FULL STORY

    Closing 69 lets Leonard leave Birkdale on good note
    Defending champion Justin Leonard left the British Open with something to be pleased about after a closing 1-under-par 69 at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.
    FULL STORY

    MORE STORIES

    JULY 19
      • Successful Open prompts Rose to turn professional

    JULY 18
      • Woods relieved 'the suffering is over'
    • Rose, 17, hints that jump to pros could come soon
    • Hoch heckled mercilessly for bad-mouthing British
    • Despite carding 82, Leonard comes up smiling
    • Royal Birkdale's devilish 6th hole a royal pain

    JULY 17
      • Nick Price sued for abandoning club company
    • Unknowns Watts, Rose take center stage at blustery British Open
    • Montgomerie mystified after another Open missed cut
    • Watts burns bright at British Open
    • Daly bows out of British after brutal 10 on No. 18
    • Rose ties lowest Open round by amateur with stellar 66
    • Royal Birkdale bites back as weather turns wicked

    JULY 16
      • Putts finally begin to drop for Price
    • Woods' smart golf yields 65, share of British Open lead
    • Faulty handstand, not carousel, caused Lehman's pain
    • For Watson, Ballesteros, past British Open glory tough to find
    • Magnets helping Huston cope with aches and pains
    • Kuchar enjoying his British Open ride

    JULY 15
      • Lehman injured in carousel mishap
    • Thanks to Westwood, pressure eases on Montgomerie
    • Leonard cherishes challenge of difficult Royal Birkdale
    • Daly: 'I'm winning a major every day I wake up'
    • Royal Birkdale promises to blow away Open field
    		  
    * O'Meara, the Unlikely British Open Champ

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    * Jack Nicklaus's Week

    Alan Shipnuck:
    * Pre-Tournament Reflections
    * Round 1 Reflections
    * Round 2 Reflections
    * Round 3 Reflections
    * Final Round Reflections

    * Teeing Off: Bullish on the British
    * Jaime Diaz: A British Open Dream Team

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    * 1976: Johnny Miller
    * 1983: Tom Watson
    * 1991: Ian Baker-Finch

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