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1998 U.S. Women's Open: Se Ri Pak wins at Blackwolf Run

Se Ri Pak won the 1998 U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wisconsin, United States with 290 (+6), beating Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 2, 1998 to July 6, 1998
Course: Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wisconsin, United States
Edition: 53rd edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 6,412 yards
Entries: 925
Field: 150
Made the cut: 62 (cut at 150)
Purse: $1,500,000 · winner's share $267,500
Champion: Se Ri Pak · age 20 · South Korea · born Yuseong (Yusong), Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 2nd major
Winning score: 69-70-75-76 = 290 (+6)
Runner-up: Jenny Chuasiriporn (a) (290)
54-hole leader: Se Ri Pak
Playoff: 18-hole stroke-play playoff (Monday, July 6), tied 73-73, then sudden death; 20 holes; beat Jenny Chuasiriporn (a); No. 11 (par 4), 2nd sudden-death hole / 20th playoff hole - Pak 18-foot birdie (3) to Chuasiriporn's 4
Caddie: Jeff Cable
Low amateur: Jenny Chuasiriporn (290)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Se Ri Pak	69	70	75	76	290	+6
2	Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)	72	71	75	72	290	+6

What happened at the 1998 U.S. Women's Open

Amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to tie Se Ri Pak at six-over 290.

After both shot 73 in the Monday 18-hole playoff and halved No. 10, Pak won with an 18-foot birdie at No. 11, the 20th extra hole and the 92nd hole of the championship.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).

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