1998 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 16, 1998 (1998-01-16) – November 22, 1998 (1998-11-22)
Number of official events	36
Most wins	4 Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam
Money leader	Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the Year	Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the Year	Se Ri Pak
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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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ( $)	1st prize ($)
Jan 18	HealthSouth Inaugural	Florida	Kelly Robbins (7)	209 (−7)	600,000	90,000
Jan 25	The Office Depot	Florida	Helen Alfredsson (3)	277 (−11)	600,000	90,000
Feb 15	Los Angeles Women's Championship	California	Dale Eggeling (3)	141 (−3)^	650,000	97,500
Feb 21	Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open	Hawaii	Wendy Ward (2)	204 (−12)	650,000	97,500
Mar 1	Australian Ladies Masters	Australia	Karrie Webb (9)	272 (−16)	700,000	105,000
Mar 15	Welch's/Circle K Championship	Arizona	Helen Alfredsson (4)	274 (−14)	500,000	75,000
Mar 22	Standard Register PING	Arizona	Liselotte Neumann (11)	279 (−13)	850,000	127,500
Mar 29	Nabisco Dinah Shore	California	Pat Hurst (2)	281 (−7)	1,000,000	105,000
Apr 5	Longs Drugs Challenge	California	Donna Andrews (6)	278 (−10)	600,000	90,000
Apr 19	City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic	South Carolina	Karrie Webb (10)	269 (−19)	600,000	90,000
Apr 26	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	Georgia	Liselotte Neumann (12)	202 (−14)	700,000	105,000
May 3	Mercury Titleholders Championship	Florida	Danielle Ammaccapane (6)	276 (−12)	1,000,000	150,000
May 10	Sara Lee Classic	Tennessee	Barb Mucha (5)	205 (−11)	750,000	112,500
May 17	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Delaware	Se Ri Pak (1)	273 (−11)	1,300,000	195,000
May 24	LPGA Corning Classic	New York	Tammie Green (7)	268 (−20)	700,000	105,000
May 31	Wegmans Rochester International	New York	Rosie Jones (9)	279 (−9)	700,000	105,000
Jun 7	Michelob Light Classic	Missouri	Annika Sörenstam (13)	208 (−8)	600,000	90,000
Jun 14	Oldsmobile Classic	Michigan	Lisa Walters (3)	265 (−23)	650,000	97,500
Jun 21	Friendly's Classic	Massachusetts	Amy Fruhwirth (1)	208 (−8)	600,000	90,000
Jun 28	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Annika Sörenstam (14)	196 (−17)	1,000,000	150,000
Jul 5	U.S. Women's Open	Wisconsin	Se Ri Pak (2)	290 (+6)	1,500,000	267,500
Jul 12	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	Ohio	Se Ri Pak (3)	261 (−23)	800,000	120,000
Jul 19	JAL Big Apple Classic	New York	Annika Sörenstam (15)	265 (−19)	775,000	116,250
Jul 26	Giant Eagle LPGA Classic	Ohio	Se Ri Pak (4)	201 (−15)	800,000	120,000
Aug 2	du Maurier Classic	Canada	Brandie Burton (5)	270 (−18)	1,200,000	180,000
Aug 9	Star Bank LPGA Classic	Ohio	Meg Mallon (9)	199 (−17)	600,000	90,000
Aug 16	Weetabix Women's British Open	England	Sherri Steinhauer (3)	292 (+4)	1,000,000	162,000
Aug 23	Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic	Minnesota	Hiromi Kobayashi (3)	206 (−10)	600,000	90,000
Aug 30	State Farm Rail Classic	Illinois	Pearl Sinn (1)	200 (−16)	700,000	105,000
Sep 6	Safeway LPGA Golf Championship	Oregon	Danielle Ammaccapane (7)	204 (−12)	600,000	90,000
Sep 13	Safeco Classic	Washington	Annika Sörenstam (16)	273 (−15)	600,000	90,000
Sep 27	First Union Betsy King Classic	Pennsylvania	Rachel Hetherington (1)	274 (−14)	650,000	97,500
Oct 11	Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions	Alabama	Kelly Robbins (8)	276 (−12)	750,000	122,000
Oct 25	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	Florida	Juli Inkster (17)	275 (−13)	550,000	137,000
Nov 8	Japan Classic	Japan	Hiromi Kobayashi (4)	205 (−11)	800,000	120,000
Nov 22	PageNet Tour Championship	Nevada	Laura Davies (17)	277 (−11)	1,000,000	215,000

^ – weather-shortened tournament

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Annika Sörenstam (3)	Sweden
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Annika Sörenstam (3)	Sweden
Player of the Year	Annika Sörenstam (3)	Sweden
Rookie of the Year	Se Ri Pak	South Korea

References

External links

• LPGA Tour official site
• 1998 season coverage at golfobserver.com