1998 LPGA Tour
Duration | January 16, 1998 | – November 22, 1998
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Number of official events | 36 |
Most wins | 4 ![]() ![]() |
Money leader | ![]() |
Rolex Player of the Year | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 1997 1999 → |
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.
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.
Tournament results
[edit]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.
^ – weather-shortened tournament
Awards
[edit]Award | Winner | Country |
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Money winner | Annika Sörenstam (3) | ![]() |
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) | Annika Sörenstam (3) | ![]() |
Player of the Year | Annika Sörenstam (3) | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | Se Ri Pak | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999 Archived 2007-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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