The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each. Annika Sörenstam led the money list with earnings of $1,092,748.
This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners (19 to 17). There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth, Rachel Hetherington, Se Ri Pak, Pearl Sinn.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
| Date |
Tournament |
Location |
Winner |
Score |
Purse ($) |
1st prize ($)
|
| Jan 18 |
HealthSouth Inaugural |
Florida |
United States Kelly Robbins (7) |
209 (−7) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Jan 25 |
The Office Depot |
Florida |
Sweden Helen Alfredsson (3) |
277 (−11) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Feb 15 |
Los Angeles Women's Championship |
California |
United States Dale Eggeling (3) |
141 (−3)^ |
650,000 |
97,500
|
| Feb 21 |
Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open |
Hawaii |
United States Wendy Ward (2) |
204 (−12) |
650,000 |
97,500
|
| Mar 1 |
Australian Ladies Masters |
Australia |
Australia Karrie Webb (9) |
272 (−16) |
700,000 |
105,000
|
| Mar 15 |
Welch's/Circle K Championship |
Arizona |
Sweden Helen Alfredsson (4) |
274 (−14) |
500,000 |
75,000
|
| Mar 22 |
Standard Register PING |
Arizona |
Sweden Liselotte Neumann (11) |
279 (−13) |
850,000 |
127,500
|
| Mar 29 |
Nabisco Dinah Shore |
California |
United States Pat Hurst (2) |
281 (−7) |
1,000,000 |
105,000
|
| Apr 5 |
Longs Drugs Challenge |
California |
United States Donna Andrews (6) |
278 (−10) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Apr 19 |
City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic |
South Carolina |
Australia Karrie Webb (10) |
269 (−19) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Apr 26 |
Chick-fil-A Charity Championship |
Georgia |
Sweden Liselotte Neumann (12) |
202 (−14) |
700,000 |
105,000
|
| May 3 |
Mercury Titleholders Championship |
Florida |
United States Danielle Ammaccapane (6) |
276 (−12) |
1,000,000 |
150,000
|
| May 10 |
Sara Lee Classic |
Tennessee |
United States Barb Mucha (5) |
205 (−11) |
750,000 |
112,500
|
| May 17 |
McDonald's LPGA Championship |
Delaware |
South Korea Se Ri Pak (1) |
273 (−11) |
1,300,000 |
195,000
|
| May 24 |
LPGA Corning Classic |
New York |
United States Tammie Green (7) |
268 (−20) |
700,000 |
105,000
|
| May 31 |
Wegmans Rochester International |
New York |
United States Rosie Jones (9) |
279 (−9) |
700,000 |
105,000
|
| Jun 7 |
Michelob Light Classic |
Missouri |
Sweden Annika Sörenstam (13) |
208 (−8) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Jun 14 |
Oldsmobile Classic |
Michigan |
Canada Lisa Walters (3) |
265 (−23) |
650,000 |
97,500
|
| Jun 21 |
Friendly's Classic |
Massachusetts |
United States Amy Fruhwirth (1) |
208 (−8) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Jun 28 |
ShopRite LPGA Classic |
New Jersey |
Sweden Annika Sörenstam (14) |
196 (−17) |
1,000,000 |
150,000
|
| Jul 5 |
U.S. Women's Open |
Wisconsin |
South Korea Se Ri Pak (2) |
290 (+6) |
1,500,000 |
267,500
|
| Jul 12 |
Jamie Farr Kroger Classic |
Ohio |
South Korea Se Ri Pak (3) |
261 (−23) |
800,000 |
120,000
|
| Jul 19 |
JAL Big Apple Classic |
New York |
Sweden Annika Sörenstam (15) |
265 (−19) |
775,000 |
116,250
|
| Jul 26 |
Giant Eagle LPGA Classic |
Ohio |
South Korea Se Ri Pak (4) |
201 (−15) |
800,000 |
120,000
|
| Aug 2 |
du Maurier Classic |
Canada |
United States Brandie Burton (5) |
270 (−18) |
1,200,000 |
180,000
|
| Aug 9 |
Star Bank LPGA Classic |
Ohio |
United States Meg Mallon (9) |
199 (−17) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Aug 16 |
Weetabix Women's British Open |
England |
United States Sherri Steinhauer (3) |
292 (+4) |
1,000,000 |
162,000
|
| Aug 23 |
Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic |
Minnesota |
Japan Hiromi Kobayashi (3) |
206 (−10) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Aug 30 |
State Farm Rail Classic |
Illinois |
United States Pearl Sinn (1) |
200 (−16) |
700,000 |
105,000
|
| Sep 6 |
Safeway LPGA Golf Championship |
Oregon |
United States Danielle Ammaccapane (7) |
204 (−12) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Sep 13 |
Safeco Classic |
Washington |
Sweden Annika Sörenstam (16) |
273 (−15) |
600,000 |
90,000
|
| Sep 27 |
First Union Betsy King Classic |
Pennsylvania |
Australia Rachel Hetherington (1) |
274 (−14) |
650,000 |
97,500
|
| Oct 11 |
Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions |
Alabama |
United States Kelly Robbins (8) |
276 (−12) |
750,000 |
122,000
|
| Oct 25 |
Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf |
Florida |
United States Juli Inkster (17) |
275 (−13) |
550,000 |
137,000
|
| Nov 8 |
Japan Classic |
Japan |
Japan Hiromi Kobayashi (4) |
205 (−11) |
800,000 |
120,000
|
| Nov 22 |
PageNet Tour Championship |
Nevada |
England Laura Davies (17) |
277 (−11) |
1,000,000 |
215,000
|
^ – weather-shortened tournament
Awards
References
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