1998 U.S. Women's Open
Golf tournament
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 .
The champion was Se Ri Pak , the winner of a 20-hole Monday playoff over amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn .[ 3] major championships in the same year.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] 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
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
Source: [ 9]
Second round
Friday, July 3, 1998
Source: [ 10]
Third round
Saturday, July 4, 1998
Source: [ 11]
Final round
Sunday, July 5, 1998
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
+1
+1
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+6
+6
+6
+6
+5
+5
+5
+6
+6
+5
+5
+5
+5
+6
+6
+6
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
+6
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+5
+5
+6
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+8
+8
+9
+9
+9
+10
+10
+9
+8
+7
+8
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+8
+6
+6
+6
+7
+7
+8
+8
+8
+8
+7
+7
+9
+10
+9
+8
+8
+9
+8
+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
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
E
E
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+3
+3
+2
+1
+1
E
+1
+1
+1
+2
−1
−2
−2
−2
−3
E
E
E
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
Sudden-death Playoff
E
−1
E
x
Source: [ 14] [ 15]
References
^ "U.S. Women's Open: fourth round results" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 6, 1998. p. c4.^ "Open full of early surprises" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 3, 1998. p. C1.^ D'Amato, Gary (July 7, 1998). "From knee deep to sky high for Pak" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . p. C1. ^ "U.S. Women's Open - History – 1998" . Retrieved July 31, 2011 .^ Diaz, Jaime (July 13, 1998). "20/20" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved July 31, 2011 . ^ "Pak is youngest winner" . Toledo Blade . Ohio. Associated Press. July 7, 1998. p. 25.^ "40-foot putt forces playoff" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. July 6, 1998. p. C-1.^ "How the course played" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . July 6, 1998. p. C1.^ "Golf: U.S. Women's Open" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . July 3, 1998. p. D-7.^ "LPGA Tour" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. July 4, 1998. p. 6D.^ "USGA - U.S. Women's Open" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. July 5, 1998. p. 8G.^ "Scoreboard" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . July 6, 1998. p. 6C.^ "Leaders' scorecards" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . July 6, 1998. p. 6C.^ "Playoff scorecard" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . July 7, 1998. p. 1C.^ "U.S. Women's Open playoff results" . Toledo Blade . Ohio. Associated Press. July 7, 1998. p. 30.
External links
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