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1998 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1998 U.S. Women's Open
image
dates	July 2–6, [1998](1998-lpga-tour)
location	Kohler, Wisconsin
course	Blackwolf Run
(original course)
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6412 yd
field	150 players, 62 after cut
cut	150 (+8)
purse	$1.5 million
winners_share	$267,500
champion	KOR Se Ri Pak
score	290 (+6), playoff
previous	[1997](1997-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[1999](1999-u-s-women-s-open)

(original course) |USA Run |USA Wisconsin Run 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. 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 ft birdie putt on the 92nd hole of competition to become the youngest woman to win two major championships in the same year. She won her first major, the LPGA Championship, seven weeks earlier.

On the 72nd hole on Sunday, Chuasiriporn holed a 40 ft birdie putt to get into the playoff. Pak later had an 8 ft 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.

The championship returned to the course fourteen years later, in 2012.

Course layout

Main article: Blackwolf Run

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

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"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

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

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Second round

Friday, July 3, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	KOR Se Ri Pak	69-70=139	−3
2	SWE Liselotte Neumann	70-70=140	−2
T3	USA Christa Johnson	72-70=142	E
USA Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a)	71-71=142
	SCO Mhairi McKay	72-70=142
USA Dottie Pepper	71-71=142
T7	USA Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)	72-71=143	+1
ENG Laura Davies	68-75=143
JPN Akiko Fukushima	72-71=143
USA Dale Eggeling	71-72=143
USA Leslie Spalding	69-74=143

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Third round

Saturday, July 4, 1998

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

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Final round

Sunday, July 5, 1998

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

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Scorecard

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
KOR Pak	+1	+1	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6
USA Chuasiriporn	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7	+6
SWE Neumann	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7
USA Ammaccapane	+8	+8	+9	+9	+9	+10	+10	+9	+8	+7	+8	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+8
USA Hurst	+6	+6	+6	+7	+7	+8	+8	+8	+8	+7	+7	+9	+10	+9	+8	+8	+9	+8
USA 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

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Playoff

Monday, July 6, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	KOR Se Ri Pak	38-35=73	+2	267,500
2	USA 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

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
KOR Pak	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+2
USA Chuasiriporn	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Sudden-death Playoff
KOR Pak		E	−1
USA Chuasiriporn	E	x

Source:

References

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(July 3, 1998). "Open full of early surprises". Spokesman-Review.
D'Amato, Gary. (July 7, 1998). "From knee deep to sky high for Pak". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
"U.S. Women's Open - History – 1998".
Diaz, Jaime. (July 13, 1998). "20/20".
(July 7, 1998). "Pak is youngest winner". Toledo Blade.
(July 6, 1998). "40-foot putt forces playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(July 6, 1998). "How the course played". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
(July 3, 1998). "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(July 4, 1998). "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 5, 1998). "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 6, 1998). "Scoreboard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
(July 6, 1998). "Leaders' scorecards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
(July 7, 1998). "Playoff scorecard". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
(July 7, 1998). "U.S. Women's Open playoff results". Toledo Blade.

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