1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship: Se Ri Pak wins at DuPont Country Club
Se Ri Pak won the 1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship at DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware, United States with 273 (−11), by 3 strokes over Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- May 14, 1998 to May 17, 1998
- Course
- DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Edition
- 44th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,386 yards
- Field
- 139
- Made the cut
- 72 (cut at 146)
- Purse
- $1,300,000 · winner's share $195,000
- Champion
- Se Ri Pak · age 20 · South Korea · born Daejeon, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 65-68-72-68 = 273 (−11) · won by 3 strokes
- Runners-up
- Donna Andrews, Lisa Hackney (276 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Se Ri Pak, Lisa Hackney
- Caddie
- Jeff 'Tree' Cable
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Se Ri Pak | 65 | 68 | 72 | 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T2 | Donna Andrews | 276 | |||||
| T2 | Lisa Hackney | 276 |
What happened at the 1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship
On Saturday Pak pulled her tee shot into the water at the 3rd, then hit a 5-wood from 196 yards to six feet and saved par.
Pak hit a 5-wood onto the green at the 465-yard par-5 18th and two-putted to complete a three-stroke, wire-to-wire win.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA Championship 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).
Sources
- Wikipedia: 1998 LPGA Championship
- Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
- kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: kpmg womens pga championship winners
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- Wikipedia: Pak Se-ri
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