1998 U.S. Women's Open

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

1998 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 2–6, 1998
LocationKohler, Wisconsin
Course(s)Blackwolf Run
(original course)
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,412 yards (5,863 m)[1]
Field150 players, 62 after cut[2]
Cut150 (+8)
Prize fund$1.5 million
Winner's share$267,500
Champion
Se Ri Pak
290 (+6), playoff
Blackwolf
Run
Location in the United States
Blackwolf
Run
Location in 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
Main article: Blackwolf Run
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3405224023354091594151523953,1295643744101423103505401724213,2836,412
Par454443434355443445343671

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.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 2, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Laura Davies68−3
Kim Williams
T3 Pat Hurst69−2
Se Ri Pak
Leslie Spalding
T6 Donna Andrews70−1
Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a)
Jackie Gallagher-Smith
Barb Mucha
Liselotte Neumann

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, July 3, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Se Ri Pak69-70=139−3
2 Liselotte Neumann70-70=140−2
T3 Christa Johnson72-70=142E
Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a)71-71=142
Mhairi McKay72-70=142
Dottie Pepper71-71=142
T7 Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)72-71=143+1
Laura Davies68-75=143
Akiko Fukushima72-71=143
Dale Eggeling71-72=143
Leslie Spalding69-74=143

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, July 4, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Se Ri Pak69-70-75=214+1
T2 Mhairi McKay72-70-73=215+2
Liselotte Neumann70-70-75=215
T4 Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)72-71-75=218+5
Christa Johnson72-70-76=218
T6 Pat Hurst69-75-75=219+6
Barb Mucha70-74-75=219
T8 Donna Andrews74-71-76=220+7
Tammie Green73-71-76=220
Dottie Pepper71-71-78=220
Lisa Walters76-70-74=220
Wendy Ward76-69-75=220

Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, July 5, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1 Se Ri Pak69-70-75-76=290+6Playoff
Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)72-71-75-72=290
3 Liselotte Neumann70-70-75-76=291+7157,500
T4 Danielle Ammaccapane76-71-74-71=292+877,351
Pat Hurst69-75-75-73=292
Christa Johnson72-70-76-74=292
T7 Stefania Croce74-71-76-72=293+946,737
Tammie Green73-71-76-73=293
Mhairi McKay72-70-73-78=293
10 Trish Johnson73-71-77-73=294+1039,015

Source:[12]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454443434544344534
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:[13]

Playoff

Monday, July 6, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Se Ri Pak38-35=73+2267,500
2 Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)36-37=73+20  
  • 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 101112131415161718
Par454443434544344534
PakEE+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+2+1+1E+1+1+1+2
Chuasiriporn−1−2−2−2−3EEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2
Sudden-death Playoff
PakE−1
ChuasiripornEx

Source:[14][15]

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. "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 3, 1998. p. D-7.
  10. "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. July 4, 1998. p. 6D.
  11. "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. July 5, 1998. p. 8G.
  12. "Scoreboard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 6, 1998. p. 6C.
  13. "Leaders' scorecards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 6, 1998. p. 6C.
  14. "Playoff scorecard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 7, 1998. p. 1C.
  15. "U.S. Women's Open playoff results". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. July 7, 1998. p. 30.

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