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 Kelly Robbins (7)209 (−7) 600,000 90,000 Jan 25 The Office Depot Florida Helen Alfredsson (3)277 (−11) 600,000 90,000 Feb 15 Los Angeles Women's Championship California Dale Eggeling (3)141 (−3)^ 650,000 97,500 Feb 21 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Wendy Ward (2)204 (−12) 650,000 97,500 Mar 1 Australian Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb (9)272 (−16) 700,000 105,000 Mar 15 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Helen Alfredsson (4)274 (−14) 500,000 75,000 Mar 22 Standard Register PING Arizona Liselotte Neumann (11)279 (−13) 850,000 127,500 Mar 29 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Pat Hurst (2)281 (−7) 1,000,000 105,000 Apr 5 Longs Drugs Challenge California Donna Andrews (6)278 (−10) 600,000 90,000 Apr 19 City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic South Carolina Karrie Webb (10)269 (−19) 600,000 90,000 Apr 26 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Liselotte Neumann (12)202 (−14) 700,000 105,000 May 3 Mercury Titleholders Championship Florida Danielle Ammaccapane (6)276 (−12) 1,000,000 150,000 May 10 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Barb Mucha (5)205 (−11) 750,000 112,500 May 17 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Se Ri Pak (1)273 (−11) 1,300,000 195,000 May 24 LPGA Corning Classic New York Tammie Green (7)268 (−20) 700,000 105,000 May 31 Wegmans Rochester International New York Rosie Jones (9)279 (−9) 700,000 105,000 Jun 7 Michelob Light Classic Missouri Annika Sörenstam (13)208 (−8) 600,000 90,000 Jun 14 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Lisa Walters (3)265 (−23) 650,000 97,500 Jun 21 Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Amy Fruhwirth (1)208 (−8) 600,000 90,000 Jun 28 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Annika Sörenstam (14)196 (−17) 1,000,000 150,000 Jul 5 U.S. Women's Open Wisconsin Se Ri Pak (2)290 (+6) 1,500,000 267,500 Jul 12 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak (3)261 (−23) 800,000 120,000 Jul 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Annika Sörenstam (15)265 (−19) 775,000 116,250 Jul 26 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak (4)201 (−15) 800,000 120,000 Aug 2 du Maurier Classic Canada Brandie Burton (5)270 (−18) 1,200,000 180,000 Aug 9 Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Meg Mallon (9)199 (−17) 600,000 90,000 Aug 16 Weetabix Women's British Open England Sherri Steinhauer (3)292 (+4) 1,000,000 162,000 Aug 23 Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic Minnesota Hiromi Kobayashi (3)206 (−10) 600,000 90,000 Aug 30 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Pearl Sinn (1)200 (−16) 700,000 105,000 Sep 6 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Danielle Ammaccapane (7)204 (−12) 600,000 90,000 Sep 13 Safeco Classic Washington Annika Sörenstam (16)273 (−15) 600,000 90,000 Sep 27 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Rachel Hetherington (1)274 (−14) 650,000 97,500 Oct 11 Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions Alabama Kelly Robbins (8)276 (−12) 750,000 122,000 Oct 25 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf Florida Juli Inkster (17)275 (−13) 550,000 137,000 Nov 8 Japan Classic Japan Hiromi Kobayashi (4)205 (−11) 800,000 120,000 Nov 22 PageNet Tour Championship Nevada Laura Davies (17)277 (−11) 1,000,000 215,000
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