1998 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 16, 1998 (1998-01-16) – November 22, 1998 (1998-11-22)
Number of official events36
Most wins4 South Korea Se Ri Pak and Sweden Annika Sörenstam
Money leaderSweden Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the YearSweden Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Se Ri Pak
1997
1999

The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each. Annika Sörenstam led the money list with earnings of $1,092,748.

This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners (19 to 17). There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth, Rachel Hetherington, Se Ri Pak, Pearl Sinn.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 18HealthSouth InauguralFloridaUnited States Kelly Robbins (7)209 (−7)600,00090,000
Jan 25The Office DepotFloridaSweden Helen Alfredsson (3)277 (−11)600,00090,000
Feb 15Los Angeles Women's ChampionshipCaliforniaUnited States Dale Eggeling (3)141 (−3)^650,00097,500
Feb 21Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaiiUnited States Wendy Ward (2)204 (−12)650,00097,500
Mar 1Australian Ladies MastersAustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (9)272 (−16)700,000105,000
Mar 15Welch's/Circle K ChampionshipArizonaSweden Helen Alfredsson (4)274 (−14)500,00075,000
Mar 22Standard Register PINGArizonaSweden Liselotte Neumann (11)279 (−13)850,000127,500
Mar 29Nabisco Dinah ShoreCaliforniaUnited States Pat Hurst (2)281 (−7)1,000,000105,000
Apr 5Longs Drugs ChallengeCaliforniaUnited States Donna Andrews (6)278 (−10)600,00090,000
Apr 19City of Hope Myrtle Beach ClassicSouth CarolinaAustralia Karrie Webb (10)269 (−19)600,00090,000
Apr 26Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgiaSweden Liselotte Neumann (12)202 (−14)700,000105,000
May 3Mercury Titleholders ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Danielle Ammaccapane (6)276 (−12)1,000,000150,000
May 10Sara Lee ClassicTennesseeUnited States Barb Mucha (5)205 (−11)750,000112,500
May 17McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelawareSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (1)273 (−11)1,300,000195,000
May 24LPGA Corning ClassicNew YorkUnited States Tammie Green (7)268 (−20)700,000105,000
May 31Wegmans Rochester InternationalNew YorkUnited States Rosie Jones (9)279 (−9)700,000105,000
Jun 7Michelob Light ClassicMissouriSweden Annika Sörenstam (13)208 (−8)600,00090,000
Jun 14Oldsmobile ClassicMichiganCanada Lisa Walters (3)265 (−23)650,00097,500
Jun 21Friendly's ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Amy Fruhwirth (1)208 (−8)600,00090,000
Jun 28ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew JerseySweden Annika Sörenstam (14)196 (−17)1,000,000150,000
Jul 5U.S. Women's OpenWisconsinSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (2)290 (+6)1,500,000267,500
Jul 12Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhioSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (3)261 (−23)800,000120,000
Jul 19JAL Big Apple ClassicNew YorkSweden Annika Sörenstam (15)265 (−19)775,000116,250
Jul 26Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicOhioSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (4)201 (−15)800,000120,000
Aug 2du Maurier ClassicCanadaUnited States Brandie Burton (5)270 (−18)1,200,000180,000
Aug 9Star Bank LPGA ClassicOhioUnited States Meg Mallon (9)199 (−17)600,00090,000
Aug 16Weetabix Women's British OpenEnglandUnited States Sherri Steinhauer (3)292 (+4)1,000,000162,000
Aug 23Rainbow Foods LPGA ClassicMinnesotaJapan Hiromi Kobayashi (3)206 (−10)600,00090,000
Aug 30State Farm Rail ClassicIllinoisUnited States Pearl Sinn (1)200 (−16)700,000105,000
Sep 6Safeway LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregonUnited States Danielle Ammaccapane (7)204 (−12)600,00090,000
Sep 13Safeco ClassicWashingtonSweden Annika Sörenstam (16)273 (−15)600,00090,000
Sep 27First Union Betsy King ClassicPennsylvaniaAustralia Rachel Hetherington (1)274 (−14)650,00097,500
Oct 11Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of ChampionsAlabamaUnited States Kelly Robbins (8)276 (−12)750,000122,000
Oct 25Samsung World Championship of Women's GolfFloridaUnited States Juli Inkster (17)275 (−13)550,000137,000
Nov 8Japan ClassicJapanJapan Hiromi Kobayashi (4)205 (−11)800,000120,000
Nov 22PageNet Tour ChampionshipNevadaEngland Laura Davies (17)277 (−11)1,000,000215,000

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerAnnika Sörenstam (3) Sweden
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Annika Sörenstam (3) Sweden
Player of the YearAnnika Sörenstam (3) Sweden
Rookie of the YearSe Ri Pak South Korea

References

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