Golf Network News
Sunday 16 August 1998AmateurYear in Review
Park wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Michigan · Tuesday 11 to Sunday 16 August 1998
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 33 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 8 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/17°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 35 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/17°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 22 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Barton Hills C.C., Ann Arbor
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jenny Chuasiriporn
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1979, Seoul, South Korea; South Korea; age 19 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet