1998 PLAYERS champion

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May. 5, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Justin Leonard was never more than five shots off the lead all week. When Lee Janzen faltered with a final-round 79 and Glen Day made a string of bogeys, Leonard took his chance and closed with a 67 to win with a 278 total. His five-stroke comeback victory was the second-best comeback after Raymond Floyd made up six shots in 1981. Brad Fabel found the green on No. 17 only to see a seagull pick up his ball in its beak, fly off and drop it in the lake.

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Leonard's scorecard at TPC Sawgrass

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72
Yardage	388	526	170	384	454	381	439	215	582	3539	415	529	336	172	450	440	497	132	440	3411	6950
Round 1	5	6	2	4	4	3	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	5	5	2	4	36	72
Round 2	4	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	34	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	35	69
Round 3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	35	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	35	70
Round 4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	34	3	4	4	2	3	4	5	3	5	33	67

1998 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Justin Leonard	72	69	70	67	278/-10	$720,000
T2	Glen Day	66	73	70	71	280/-8	$352,000
T2	Tom Lehman	72	70	70	68	280/-8	$352,000
4	Mark Calcavecchia	69	75	68	69	281/-7	$192,000
T5	Scott Hoch	73	69	70	70	282/-6	$146,000
T5	Len Mattiace	69	71	72	70	282/-6	$146,000
T5	Lee Westwood	74	71	68	69	282/-6	$146,000
T8	Phil Mickelson	69	73	70	71	283/-5	$116,000
T8	Nick Price	71	72	70	70	283/-5	$116,000
T8	Payne Stewart	72	71	75	65	283/-5	$116,000