1998 U.S. Women's Open

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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
South Korea Se Ri Pak
290 (+6), playoff
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Blackwolf Run is located in the United States
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Blackwolf Run is located in Wisconsin
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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.

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[edit]

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.

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, July 2, 1998

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Laura Davies 68 −3
United States Kim Williams
T3 United States Pat Hurst 69 −2
South Korea Se Ri Pak
United States Leslie Spalding
T6 United States Donna Andrews 70 −1
United States Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a)
United States Jackie Gallagher-Smith
United States Barb Mucha
Sweden Liselotte Neumann

Source:[9]

Second round[edit]

Friday, July 3, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Se Ri Pak 69-70=139 −3
2 Sweden Liselotte Neumann 70-70=140 −2
T3 United States Christa Johnson 72-70=142 E
United States Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a) 71-71=142
Scotland Mhairi McKay 72-70=142
United States Dottie Pepper 71-71=142
T7 United States Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) 72-71=143 +1
England Laura Davies 68-75=143
Japan Akiko Fukushima 72-71=143
United States Dale Eggeling 71-72=143
United States Leslie Spalding 69-74=143

Source:[10]

Third round[edit]

Saturday, July 4, 1998

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Se Ri Pak 69-70-75=214 +1
T2 Scotland Mhairi McKay 72-70-73=215 +2
Sweden Liselotte Neumann 70-70-75=215
T4 United States Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) 72-71-75=218 +5
United States Christa Johnson 72-70-76=218
T6 United States Pat Hurst 69-75-75=219 +6
United States Barb Mucha 70-74-75=219
T8 United States Donna Andrews 74-71-76=220 +7
United States Tammie Green 73-71-76=220
United States Dottie Pepper 71-71-78=220
Canada Lisa Walters 76-70-74=220
United States Wendy Ward 76-69-75=220

Source:[11]

Final round[edit]

Sunday, July 5, 1998

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

Source:[12]

Scorecard[edit]

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
South Korea Pak +1 +1 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6
United States Chuasiriporn +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +7 +6
Sweden Neumann +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7
United States Ammaccapane +8 +8 +9 +9 +9 +10 +10 +9 +8 +7 +8 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +8
United States Hurst +6 +6 +6 +7 +7 +8 +8 +8 +8 +7 +7 +9 +10 +9 +8 +8 +9 +8
United States 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[edit]

Monday, July 6, 1998

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

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
South Korea Pak E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 +2
United States Chuasiriporn −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2
Sudden-death Playoff
South Korea Pak E −1
United States Chuasiriporn E x

Source:[14][15]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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