 Tom Jenkins won the tournament over Bruce Lietzke, Morris Hatalsky and Walter Morgan.A new course record was set when sixty-one-year-old Walter Morgan recorded an incredible 11 under par 60 in the second round of the tournament, improving on the 63 shot by Jerry Pate in the 1976 Canadian Open.In 1998, Essex also undertook a massive renovation project to improve the club's facilities, practice range, parking, course maintenance facility and a total refurbishment of the clubhouse facilities.