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Sunday 16 August 1998Women’s tour eventsYear in Review
Steinhauer wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 1998 · purse £100,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 32 km/h W, gusts 46 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/14°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/14°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Women's tour event
Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brandie Burton, Sophie Gustafson
The golfer
b. 1962, Madison, Wisconsin, United States; United States; age 35 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