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.

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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3405224023354091594151523953,1295643744101423103505401724213,2836,412Par454443434355443445343671 Source: "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 parT1 Laura Davies 68 −3 Kim Williams T3 Pat Hurst 69 −2 Se Ri Pak Leslie SpaldingT6 Donna Andrews 70 −1 Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a) Jackie Gallagher-Smith Barb Mucha Liselotte Neumann Source:

Second round Friday, July 3, 1998 Place Player Score To par1 Se Ri Pak69-70=139−32 Liselotte Neumann70-70=140 −2T3 Christa Johnson72-70=142 E Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a) 71-71=142 Mhairi McKay72-70=142 Dottie Pepper71-71=142T7 Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) 72-71=143 +1 Laura Davies68-75=143 Akiko Fukushima72-71=143 Dale Eggeling71-72=143 Leslie Spalding69-74=143 Source:

Third round Saturday, July 4, 1998 Place Player Score To par1 Se Ri Pak69-70-75=214+1T2 Mhairi McKay72-70-73=215 +2 Liselotte Neumann70-70-75=215 T4 Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) 72-71-75=218 +5 Christa Johnson72-70-76=218T6 Pat Hurst69-75-75=219 +6 Barb Mucha70-74-75=219 T8 Donna Andrews 74-71-76=220 +7 Tammie Green73-71-76=220 Dottie Pepper71-71-78=220 Lisa Walters76-70-74=220 Wendy Ward76-69-75=220 Source:

Final round Sunday, July 5, 1998 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Se Ri Pak69-70-75-76=290+6Playoff Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)72-71-75-72=2903 Liselotte Neumann70-70-75-76=291+7157,500 T4 Danielle Ammaccapane 76-71-74-71=292 +8 77,351 Pat Hurst69-75-75-73=292 Christa Johnson72-70-76-74=292T7 Stefania Croce 74-71-76-72=293 +9 46,737 Tammie Green73-71-76-73=293 Mhairi McKay72-70-73-78=293 10 Trish Johnson73-71-77-73=294+1039,015 Source:

Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454443434 544344534 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:

Playoff Monday, July 6, 1998 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Se Ri Pak 38-35=73 +2267,5002 Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) 36-37=73 +20   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 101112131415161718Par454443434 544344534 Pak EE+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+2+1+1E+1+1+1+2 Chuasiriporn −1 −2−2−2−3EEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2Sudden-death Playoff Pak E−1 Chuasiriporn Ex Source:

References

External links Golf Observer final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship