1998 LPGA Championship

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1998 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 14–17, 1998
LocationWilmington, Delaware
Course(s)DuPont Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,386 yards (5,839 m)[1]
Field139 players, 72 after cut
Cut146 (+4)
Prize fund$1.3 million
Winner's share$195,000
Champion
South Korea Se Ri Pak
273 (−11)
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Wilmington  is located in the United States
Wilmington 
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Location in the United States
DuPont CC is located in Delaware
DuPont CC
DuPont CC
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Location in Delaware

The 1998 LPGA Championship was the 44th LPGA Championship, played May 14–17 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 1998.

Twenty-year-old rookie Se Ri Pak led wire-to-wire to win the first of her five majors, three strokes ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney.[2][3] Less than two months later, Pak won the next major, the U.S. Women's Open.

The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Christa Johnson  United States 1997 72 70 69 73 278 −6 T6
Meg Mallon  United States 1991 70 71 63 72 278 −6 T6
Kelly Robbins  United States 1995 69 71 68 71 279 −5 T9
Jane Geddes  United States 1987 69 69 70 72 280 −4 T11
Betsy King  United States 1992 71 73 72 71 287 +3 T37
Pat Bradley  United States 1986 72 73 67 76 288 +4 T44
Laura Davies  England 1994, 1996 72 73 72 71 288 +4 T44
Sally Little  South Africa 1980 76 70 73 69 288 +4 T44
Nancy Lopez  United States 1978, 1985, 1989 75 71 71 71 288 +4 T44
Beth Daniel  United States 1990 70 74 73 74 291 +7 T58

Source:[1][4]

Missed the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Patty Sheehan  United States 1983, 1984, 1993 75 73 148 +6
Jan Stephenson  Australia 1982 75 73 148 +6
Sherri Turner  United States 1988 81 80 161 +19

Source:[4]

Final leaderboard[]

Sunday, May 17, 1998

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Se Ri Pak  South Korea 65-68-72-68=273 −11 195,000
T2 Donna Andrews  United States 71-67-69-69=276 −8 104,666
Lisa Hackney  England 70-66-69-71=276
T4 Wendy Ward  United States 71-67-69-70=277 −7 62,145
Karrie Webb  Australia 71-73-67-66=277
T6 Christa Johnson  United States 69-71-67-71=278 −6 39,467
Emilee Klein  United States 72-67-68-71=278
Meg Mallon  United States 71-69-68-70=278
T9 Catrin Nilsmark  Sweden 69-73-70-67=279 −5 29,110
Kelly Robbins  United States 69-71-68-71=279

Source:[1][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "LPGA Championship: final scores". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). May 18, 1998. p. 4C.
  2. ^ Diaz, Jaime (May 25, 1998). "The whole Pak-age". Sports Illustrated. p. G3.
  3. ^ "Upstart surprises LPGA field with 1st major title". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. May 18, 1998. p. 5C.
  4. ^ a b c "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

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