1998 U.S. Women's Open

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.

1998 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 2–6, 1998
Location	Kohler, Wisconsin
Course(s)	Blackwolf Run (original course)
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,412 yards (5,863 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 62 after cut[2]
Cut	150 (+8)
Prize fund	$1.5 million
Winner's share	$267,500
Champion
Se Ri Pak
290 (+6), playoff
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Blackwolf
Run

Location in the United States

Blackwolf
Run

Location in 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

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

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

First round

Thursday, July 2, 1998

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

Source:^[9]

Second round

Friday, July 3, 1998

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

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, July 4, 1998

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

Source:^[11]

Final round

Sunday, July 5, 1998

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

Source:^[12]

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

Monday, July 6, 1998

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Se Ri Pak	38-35=73	+2	267,500
2	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
Pak	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+2
Chuasiriporn	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Sudden-death Playoff
Pak										E	−1
Chuasiriporn										E	x

Source:^[14][15]