# 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 18-foot (5.5 m) 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 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.
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 |
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* "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 par |
| T1 | Laura Davies | 68 | −3 |
| T1 | Kim Williams | 68 | −3 |
| T3 | Pat Hurst | 69 | −2 |
| T3 | Se Ri Pak | 69 | −2 |
| T3 | Leslie Spalding | 69 | −2 |
| T6 | Donna Andrews | 70 | −1 |
| T6 | Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a) | 70 | −1 |
| T6 | Jackie Gallagher-Smith | 70 | −1 |
| T6 | Barb Mucha | 70 | −1 |
| T6 | Liselotte Neumann | 70 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, July 3, 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Se Ri Pak | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| 2 | Liselotte Neumann | 70-70=140 | −2 |
| T3 | Christa Johnson | 72-70=142 | E |
| T3 | Brenda Corrie-Kuehn (a) | 71-71=142 | E |
| T3 | Mhairi McKay | 72-70=142 | E |
| T3 | Dottie Pepper | 71-71=142 | E |
| T7 | Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T7 | Laura Davies | 68-75=143 | +1 |
| T7 | Akiko Fukushima | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T7 | Dale Eggeling | 71-72=143 | +1 |
| T7 | Leslie Spalding | 69-74=143 | +1 |
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### Third round

Saturday, July 4, 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Se Ri Pak | 69-70-75=214 | +1 |
| T2 | Mhairi McKay | 72-70-73=215 | +2 |
| T2 | Liselotte Neumann | 70-70-75=215 | +2 |
| T4 | Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) | 72-71-75=218 | +5 |
| T4 | Christa Johnson | 72-70-76=218 | +5 |
| T6 | Pat Hurst | 69-75-75=219 | +6 |
| T6 | Barb Mucha | 70-74-75=219 | +6 |
| T8 | Donna Andrews | 74-71-76=220 | +7 |
| T8 | Tammie Green | 73-71-76=220 | +7 |
| T8 | Dottie Pepper | 71-71-78=220 | +7 |
| T8 | Lisa Walters | 76-70-74=220 | +7 |
| T8 | Wendy Ward | 76-69-75=220 | +7 |
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### Final round

Sunday, July 5, 1998
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T1 | Se Ri Pak | 69-70-75-76=290 | +6 | Playoff |
| T1 | Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) | 72-71-75-72=290 | +6 | Playoff |
| 3 | Liselotte Neumann | 70-70-75-76=291 | +7 | 157,500 |
| T4 | Danielle Ammaccapane | 76-71-74-71=292 | +8 | 77,351 |
| T4 | Pat Hurst | 69-75-75-73=292 | +8 | 77,351 |
| T4 | Christa Johnson | 72-70-76-74=292 | +8 | 77,351 |
| T7 | Stefania Croce | 74-71-76-72=293 | +9 | 46,737 |
| T7 | Tammie Green | 73-71-76-73=293 | +9 | 46,737 |
| T7 | Mhairi McKay | 72-70-73-78=293 | +9 | 46,737 |
| 10 | Trish Johnson | 73-71-77-73=294 | +10 | 39,015 |
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#### 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 |
| 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
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Se Ri Pak | 38-35=73 | +2 | 267,500 |
| 2 | Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) | 36-37=73 | +2 | 0 |
* 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 |
| Pak | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +1 | +1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 |
| Chuasiriporn | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 |
| Sudden-death Playoff |||||||||||||||||||
| Pak | | | | | | | | | | E | −1 | | | | | | | |
| Chuasiriporn | | | | | | | | | | E | x | | | | | | | |
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