1998 LPGA Championship

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.

1998 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 14–17, 1998
Location	Wilmington, Delaware
Course(s)	DuPont Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,386 yards (5,839 m)[1]
Field	139 players, 72 after cut
Cut	146 (+4)
Prize fund	$1.3 million
Winner's share	$195,000
Champion
Se Ri Pak
273 (−11)

Wilmington 

Location in the United States

DuPont CC

Location in Delaware

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. "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. "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard