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 . 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
aviation accident
1999 South Dakota Learjet crash
1998 U.S. Open (golf)