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.
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.
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1998, lpga, tour, 49th, season, since, lpga, tour, officially, began, 1950, season, from, january, november, season, consisted, official, money, events, annika, sörenstam, most, tournaments, four, each, annika, sörenstam, money, list, with, earnings, seasondur. 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 Sorenstam won the most tournaments four each Annika Sorenstam led the money list with earnings of 1 092 748 1998 LPGA Tour seasonDurationJanuary 16 1998 1998 01 16 November 22 1998 1998 11 22 Number of official events36Most wins4 Se Ri Pak and Annika SorenstamMoney leaderAnnika SorenstamRolex Player of the YearAnnika SorenstamRookie of the YearSe Ri Pak 19971999 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 Contents 1 Tournament results 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksTournament results EditThe 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 000Jan 25 The Office Depot Florida Helen Alfredsson 3 277 11 600 000 90 000Feb 15 Los Angeles Women s Championship California Dale Eggeling 3 141 3 650 000 97 500Feb 21 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Wendy Ward 2 204 12 650 000 97 500Mar 1 Australian Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb 9 272 16 700 000 105 000Mar 15 Welch s Circle K Championship Arizona Helen Alfredsson 4 274 14 500 000 75 000Mar 22 Standard Register PING Arizona Liselotte Neumann 11 279 13 850 000 127 500Mar 29 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Pat Hurst 2 281 7 1 000 000 105 000Apr 5 Longs Drugs Challenge California Donna Andrews 6 278 10 600 000 90 000Apr 19 City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic South Carolina Karrie Webb 10 269 19 600 000 90 000Apr 26 Chick fil A Charity Championship Georgia Liselotte Neumann 12 202 14 700 000 105 000May 3 Mercury Titleholders Championship Florida Danielle Ammaccapane 6 276 12 1 000 000 150 000May 10 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Barb Mucha 5 205 11 750 000 112 500May 17 McDonald s LPGA Championship Delaware Se Ri Pak 1 273 11 1 300 000 195 000May 24 LPGA Corning Classic New York Tammie Green 7 268 20 700 000 105 000May 31 Wegmans Rochester International New York Rosie Jones 9 279 9 700 000 105 000Jun 7 Michelob Light Classic Missouri Annika Sorenstam 13 208 8 600 000 90 000Jun 14 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Lisa Walters 3 265 23 650 000 97 500Jun 21 Friendly s Classic Massachusetts Amy Fruhwirth 1 208 8 600 000 90 000Jun 28 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Annika Sorenstam 14 196 17 1 000 000 150 000Jul 5 U S Women s Open Wisconsin Se Ri Pak 2 290 6 1 500 000 267 500Jul 12 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak 3 261 23 800 000 120 000Jul 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Annika Sorenstam 15 265 19 775 000 116 250Jul 26 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak 4 201 15 800 000 120 000Aug 2 du Maurier Classic Canada Brandie Burton 5 270 18 1 200 000 180 000Aug 9 Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Meg Mallon 9 199 17 600 000 90 000Aug 16 Weetabix Women s British Open England Sherri Steinhauer 3 292 4 1 000 000 162 000Aug 23 Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic Minnesota Hiromi Kobayashi 3 206 10 600 000 90 000Aug 30 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Pearl Sinn 1 200 16 700 000 105 000Sep 6 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Danielle Ammaccapane 7 204 12 600 000 90 000Sep 13 Safeco Classic Washington Annika Sorenstam 16 273 15 600 000 90 000Sep 27 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Rachel Hetherington 1 274 14 650 000 97 500Oct 11 Lifetime s AFLAC Tournament of Champions Alabama Kelly Robbins 8 276 12 750 000 122 000Oct 25 Samsung World Championship of Women s Golf Florida Juli Inkster 17 275 13 550 000 137 000Nov 8 Japan Classic Japan Hiromi Kobayashi 4 205 11 800 000 120 000Nov 22 PageNet Tour Championship Nevada Laura Davies 17 277 11 1 000 000 215 000 weather shortened tournamentAwards EditAward Winner CountryMoney winner Annika Sorenstam 3 SwedenScoring leader Vare Trophy Annika Sorenstam 3 SwedenPlayer of the Year Annika Sorenstam 3 SwedenRookie of the Year Se Ri Pak South KoreaReferences Edit LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990 1999 Archived 2007 09 20 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditLPGA Tour official site 1998 season coverage at golfobserver com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 LPGA Tour amp oldid 1101410695, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
