1998 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1998 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 2–6, 1998
Location	Kohler, Wisconsin
Course(s)	Blackwolf Run (Original Course)
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,412 yards (5,863 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 62 after cut[2]
Cut	150 (+8)
Prize fund	$1.5 million
Winner's share	$267,500
Champion
Se Ri Pak
290 (+6), playoff
«1997 1999»

Blackwolf
Run

Location in the United States

Blackwolf
Run

Location in Wisconsin

The 1998 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 53rd edition of the U.S. Women's Open, held July 2–6 at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin.

The champion was Se Ri Pak, the winner of a 20-hole Monday playoff over amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn.^[3] Both age 20, Pak and Chuasiriporn finished the 18-hole playoff round tied at 73, and both parred the first extra hole, a par-5. Pak rolled in an 18-foot (5.5 m) birdie putt on the 92nd hole of competition to become the youngest woman to win two major championships in the same year.^[4][5][6] She won her first major, the LPGA Championship, seven weeks earlier.

On the 72nd hole on Sunday, Chuasiriporn holed a 40-foot (12 m) birdie putt to get into the playoff. Pak later had an 8-foot (2.4 m) birdie putt to win the title outright, but it did not drop. Pak was awarded the winner's share of the prize money on Sunday, prior to the playoff, as Chuasiriporn was an amateur.^[7]

The championship returned to the course fourteen years later, in 2012.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	340	522	402	335	409	159	415	152	395	3,129	564	374	410	142	310	350	540	172	421	3,283	6,412
Par	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	35	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	71

Source:^[8]

• "Original Course" used the back nine from Meadow Valleys for its front nine, and the first four and final five holes from River for its back nine.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	70	70	75	76	291	+7	3
Laura Davies	England	1987	68	75	78	74	295	+11	T11
Hollis Stacy	United States	1977, 1978, 1984	76	68	82	71	297	+13	T15
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996	71	75	79	77	302	+18	T41
Pat Bradley	United States	1981	71	77	83	73	304	+20	T46
Jan Stephenson	Australia	1983	73	77	82	77	309	+25	T57

Source:^[9]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	73	79	152	+10
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	77	76	153	+11
Patty Sheehan	United States	1992, 1994	75	80	155	+13
Amy Alcott	United States	1980	79	77	156	+14
Alison Nicholas	England	1997	78	78	156	+14
Jane Geddes	United States	1986	78	79	157	+15

Source:^[10]

Final round

Sunday, July 5, 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	69-70-75-76=290	+6	Playoff
	Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)	United States	72-71-75-72=290
3	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	70-70-75-76=291	+7	157,500
T4	Danielle Ammaccapane	United States	76-71-74-71=292	+8	77,351
	Pat Hurst	United States	69-75-75-73=292
	Christa Johnson	United States	72-70-76-74=292
T7	Stefania Croce	Italy	74-71-76-72=293	+9	46,737
	Tammie Green	United States	73-71-76-73=293
	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	72-70-73-78=293
10	Trish Johnson	England	73-71-77-73=294	+10	39,015

Source:^[9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Pak	+1	+1	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6
Chuasiriporn	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7	+6
Neumann	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7
Ammaccapane	+8	+8	+9	+9	+9	+10	+10	+9	+8	+7	+8	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8
Hurst	+6	+6	+6	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+7	+7	+9	+10	+9	+8	+8	+9	+8
Johnson	+5	+5	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+4	+6	+5	+5	+6	+6	+8	+7	+8	+8	+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[11]

Playoff

Monday, July 6, 1998

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	38-35=73	+2	267,500
2	Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)	United States	36-37=73	+2	0

• Pak and Chuasiriporn tied in the 18-hole playoff at 73 (+2).
• The sudden-death playoff began on the back nine:
  • Both parred the first hole (#10, par 5)
  • Pak (3) birdied the second hole (#11) and Chuasiriporn (x) did not.

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Pak	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+2
Chuasiriporn	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Sudden-death Playoff
Pak										E	−1
Chuasiriporn										E	x

Source:^[12][13]

References

1. "U.S. Women's Open: fourth round results". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 6, 1998. p. c4.
2. "Open full of early surprises". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 3, 1998. p. C1.
3. D'Amato, Gary (July 7, 1998). "From knee deep to sky high for Pak". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. C1.
4. "U.S. Women's Open - History – 1998". Retrieved July 31, 2011.
5. Diaz, Jaime (July 13, 1998). "20/20". Sports Illustrated. pp. 44–5. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
6. "Pak is youngest winner". Toledo Blade (Ohio). Associated Press. July 7, 1998. p. 25.
7. "40-foot putt forces playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 6, 1998. p. C-1.
8. "How the course played". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 6, 1998. p. C1.
9. "Scoreboard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 6, 1998. p. 6C.
10. "Scoreboard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 4, 1998. p. 6C.
11. "Leaders' scorecards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 6, 1998. p. 6C.
12. "Playoff scorecard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 7, 1998. p. 1C.
13. "U.S. Women's Open playoff results". Toledo Blade (Ohio). Associated Press. July 7, 1998. p. 30.

External links

• Golf Observer final leaderboard
• U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

Coordinates: 43°43′34″N 87°46′26″W / 43.726°N 87.774°W