1998 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1998 LPGA Tour 1998 1 16 – 1998 11 22 36 4 KOR Pak Se-ri, SWE Annika Sörenstam Money leader SWE Annika Sörenstam Rolex Player of the Year SWE Annika Sörenstam Vare Trophy SWE Annika Sörenstam Rookie of the Year KOR Pak Se-ri 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 $1,092,748. She also won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, becoming the first to break 70 with an average of 69.99.https://www.newspapers.com/image/685519610/?match=1&terms=annika%20sorenstam%20vare Pak learned about golf's highs and lows during rookie season The Kansas City Star Mechelle Voepel November 28, 1998 D2 newspapers.com subscription This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners (19 to 17). There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth, Rachel Hetherington, Se Ri Pak, Pearl Sinn. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20070920192212/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf September 20, 2007 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 18 HealthSouth Inaugural Florida USA Kelly Robbins (7) 209 (−7) 600,000 90,000 Jan 25 The Office Depot Florida SWE Helen Alfredsson (3) 277 (−11) 600,000 90,000 Feb 15 Los Angeles Women's Championship California USA Dale Eggeling (3) 141 (−3)^ 650,000 97,500 Feb 21 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii USA Wendy Ward (2) 204 (−12) 650,000 97,500 Mar 1 Australian Ladies Masters Australia AUS Karrie Webb (9) 272 (−16) 700,000 105,000 Mar 15 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona SWE Helen Alfredsson (4) 274 (−14) 500,000 75,000 Mar 22 Standard Register PING Arizona SWE Liselotte Neumann (11) 279 (−13) 850,000 127,500 Mar 29 Nabisco Dinah Shore California USA Pat Hurst (2) 281 (−7) 1,000,000 105,000 Apr 5 Longs Drugs Challenge California USA Donna Andrews (6) 278 (−10) 600,000 90,000 Apr 19 City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic South Carolina AUS Karrie Webb (10) 269 (−19) 600,000 90,000 Apr 26 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia SWE Liselotte Neumann (12) 202 (−14) 700,000 105,000 May 3 Mercury Titleholders Championship Florida USA Danielle Ammaccapane (6) 276 (−12) 1,000,000 150,000 May 10 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee USA Barb Mucha (5) 205 (−11) 750,000 112,500 May 17 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware KOR Se Ri Pak (1) 273 (−11) 1,300,000 195,000 May 24 LPGA Corning Classic New York USA Tammie Green (7) 268 (−20) 700,000 105,000 May 31 Wegmans Rochester International New York USA Rosie Jones (9) 279 (−9) 700,000 105,000 Jun 7 Michelob Light Classic Missouri SWE Annika Sörenstam (13) 208 (−8) 600,000 90,000 Jun 14 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan CAN Lisa Walters (3) 265 (−23) 650,000 97,500 Jun 21 Friendly's Classic Massachusetts USA Amy Fruhwirth (1) 208 (−8) 600,000 90,000 Jun 28 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey SWE Annika Sörenstam (14) 196 (−17) 1,000,000 150,000 Jul 5 U.S. Women's Open Wisconsin KOR Se Ri Pak (2) 290 (+6) 1,500,000 267,500 Jul 12 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio KOR Se Ri Pak (3) 261 (−23) 800,000 120,000 Jul 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York SWE Annika Sörenstam (15) 265 (−19) 775,000 116,250 Jul 26 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio KOR Se Ri Pak (4) 201 (−15) 800,000 120,000 Aug 2 du Maurier Classic Canada USA Brandie Burton (5) 270 (−18) 1,200,000 180,000 Aug 9 Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio USA Meg Mallon (9) 199 (−17) 600,000 90,000 Aug 16 Weetabix Women's British Open England USA Sherri Steinhauer (3) 292 (+4) 1,000,000 162,000 Aug 23 Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic Minnesota JPN Hiromi Kobayashi (3) 206 (−10) 600,000 90,000 Aug 30 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois USA Pearl Sinn (1) 200 (−16) 700,000 105,000 Sep 6 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon USA Danielle Ammaccapane (7) 204 (−12) 600,000 90,000 Sep 13 Safeco Classic Washington SWE Annika Sörenstam (16) 273 (−15) 600,000 90,000 Sep 27 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania AUS Rachel Hetherington (1) 274 (−14) 650,000 97,500 Oct 11 Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions Alabama USA Kelly Robbins (8) 276 (−12) 750,000 122,000 Oct 25 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf Florida USA Juli Inkster (17) 275 (−13) 550,000 137,000 Nov 8 Japan Classic Japan JPN Hiromi Kobayashi (4) 205 (−11) 800,000 120,000 Nov 22 PageNet Tour Championship Nevada ENG Laura Davies (17) 277 (−11) 1,000,000 215,000 ^ – weather-shortened tournament Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Annika Sörenstam (3) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Annika Sörenstam (3) Player of the Year Annika Sörenstam (3) Rookie of the Year Se Ri Pak References External links LPGA Tour official site 1998 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour