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Golf tour season
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 $1,092,748. She also won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, becoming the first to break 70 with an average of 69.99.[ 1]
This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners (19 to 17). There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth , Rachel Hetherington , Se Ri Pak , Pearl Sinn .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season.[ 2] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 18
HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Kelly Robbins (7)209 (−7)
600,000
90,000
Jan 25
The Office Depot Florida Helen Alfredsson (3)277 (−11)
600,000
90,000
Feb 15
Los Angeles Women's Championship California Dale Eggeling (3)141 (−3)^
650,000
97,500
Feb 21
Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Wendy Ward (2)204 (−12)
650,000
97,500
Mar 1
Australian Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb (9)272 (−16)
700,000
105,000
Mar 15
Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Helen Alfredsson (4)274 (−14)
500,000
75,000
Mar 22
Standard Register PING Arizona Liselotte Neumann (11)279 (−13)
850,000
127,500
Mar 29
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Pat Hurst (2)281 (−7)
1,000,000
105,000
Apr 5
Longs Drugs Challenge California Donna Andrews (6)278 (−10)
600,000
90,000
Apr 19
City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic South Carolina Karrie Webb (10)269 (−19)
600,000
90,000
Apr 26
Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Liselotte Neumann (12)202 (−14)
700,000
105,000
May 3
Mercury Titleholders Championship Florida Danielle Ammaccapane (6)276 (−12)
1,000,000
150,000
May 10
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Barb Mucha (5)205 (−11)
750,000
112,500
May 17
McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Se Ri Pak (1)273 (−11)
1,300,000
195,000
May 24
LPGA Corning Classic New York Tammie Green (7)268 (−20)
700,000
105,000
May 31
Wegmans Rochester International New York Rosie Jones (9)279 (−9)
700,000
105,000
Jun 7
Michelob Light Classic Missouri Annika Sörenstam (13)208 (−8)
600,000
90,000
Jun 14
Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Lisa Walters (3)265 (−23)
650,000
97,500
Jun 21
Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Amy Fruhwirth (1)208 (−8)
600,000
90,000
Jun 28
ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Annika Sörenstam (14)196 (−17)
1,000,000
150,000
Jul 5
U.S. Women's Open Wisconsin Se Ri Pak (2)290 (+6)
1,500,000
267,500
Jul 12
Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak (3)261 (−23)
800,000
120,000
Jul 19
JAL Big Apple Classic New York Annika Sörenstam (15)265 (−19)
775,000
116,250
Jul 26
Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak (4)201 (−15)
800,000
120,000
Aug 2
du Maurier Classic Canada Brandie Burton (5)270 (−18)
1,200,000
180,000
Aug 9
Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Meg Mallon (9)199 (−17)
600,000
90,000
Aug 16
Weetabix Women's British Open England Sherri Steinhauer (3)292 (+4)
1,000,000
162,000
Aug 23
Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic Minnesota Hiromi Kobayashi (3)206 (−10)
600,000
90,000
Aug 30
State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Pearl Sinn (1)200 (−16)
700,000
105,000
Sep 6
Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Danielle Ammaccapane (7)204 (−12)
600,000
90,000
Sep 13
Safeco Classic Washington Annika Sörenstam (16)273 (−15)
600,000
90,000
Sep 27
First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Rachel Hetherington (1)274 (−14)
650,000
97,500
Oct 11
Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions Alabama Kelly Robbins (8)276 (−12)
750,000
122,000
Oct 25
Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf Florida Juli Inkster (17)275 (−13)
550,000
137,000
Nov 8
Japan Classic Japan Hiromi Kobayashi (4)205 (−11)
800,000
120,000
Nov 22
PageNet Tour Championship Nevada Laura Davies (17)277 (−11)
1,000,000
215,000
^ – weather-shortened tournament
Se Ri Pak and 
Annika Sörenstam
