1998 U.S. Women's Open


The 1998 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship 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 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 birdie putt to get into the playoff. Pak later had an 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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3405224023354091594151523953,1295643744101423103505401724213,2836,412
Par454443434355443445343671

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Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 2, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Laura Davies68−3
T1Kim Williams68−3
T3Pat Hurst69−2
T3Se Ri Pak69−2
T3Leslie Spalding69−2
T6Donna Andrews70−1
T6Brenda Corrie-Kuehn 70−1
T6Jackie Gallagher-Smith70−1
T6Barb Mucha70−1
T6Liselotte Neumann70−1

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Second round

Friday, July 3, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Se Ri Pak69-70=139−3
2Liselotte Neumann70-70=140−2
T3Christa Johnson72-70=142E
T3Brenda Corrie-Kuehn 71-71=142E
T3Mhairi McKay72-70=142E
T3Dottie Pepper71-71=142E
T7Jenny Chuasiriporn 72-71=143+1
T7Laura Davies68-75=143+1
T7Akiko Fukushima72-71=143+1
T7Dale Eggeling71-72=143+1
T7Leslie Spalding69-74=143+1

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Third round

Saturday, July 4, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Se Ri Pak69-70-75=214+1
T2Mhairi McKay72-70-73=215+2
T2Liselotte Neumann70-70-75=215+2
T4Jenny Chuasiriporn 72-71-75=218+5
T4Christa Johnson72-70-76=218+5
T6Pat Hurst69-75-75=219+6
T6Barb Mucha70-74-75=219+6
T8Donna Andrews74-71-76=220+7
T8Tammie Green73-71-76=220+7
T8Dottie Pepper71-71-78=220+7
T8Lisa Walters76-70-74=220+7
T8Wendy Ward76-69-75=220+7

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Final round

Sunday, July 5, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Se Ri Pak69-70-75-76=290+6Playoff
T1Jenny Chuasiriporn 72-71-75-72=290+6Playoff
3Liselotte Neumann70-70-75-76=291+7157,500
T4Danielle Ammaccapane76-71-74-71=292+877,351
T4Pat Hurst69-75-75-73=292+877,351
T4Christa Johnson72-70-76-74=292+877,351
T7Stefania Croce74-71-76-72=293+946,737
T7Tammie Green73-71-76-73=293+946,737
T7Mhairi McKay72-70-73-78=293+946,737
10Trish Johnson73-71-77-73=294+1039,015

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff

Monday, July 6, 1998
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Se Ri Pak38-35=73+2267,500
2Jenny Chuasiriporn 36-37=73+20

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