{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1998 LPGA Championship | image = | dates = May 14–17, 1998 | location = Wilmington, Delaware | course = DuPont Country Club | tour = LPGA Tour | par = 71 | yardage = {{convert|6386|yd}}<ref name=fnlsco>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jtpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5110%2C1265463 |work=Wilmington Morning Star |location=North Carolina |title=LPGA Championship: final scores |date=May 18, 1998 |page=4C}}</ref> | field = 139 players, 72 after cut | format = Stroke play - 72 holes | cut = 146 (+4) | purse = $1.3 million | winners_share = $195,000 | champion = {{flagicon|KOR}} Se Ri Pak | score = 273 (−11) | previous = 1997 | next = 1999 | map = USA#USA Delaware | map_label = DuPont CC | map_caption = Location in United States##Location in Delaware | map_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|39.789|-75.564}} }} The '''1998 LPGA Championship''' was the 44th LPGA Championship, played May 14–17 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 1998.
Twenty-year-old rookie Se Ri Pak led wire-to-wire to win the first of her five majors, three strokes ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney.<ref name=twlpkg>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1998/05/25/243639/the-whole-pak-age-twenty-year-old-se-ri-pak-of-south-korea-staked-a-claim-on-the-future-with-a-victory-at-the-lpga-championship |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Diaz |first=Jaime |title=The whole Pak-age |date=May 25, 1998 |page=G3<!--83-->}}</ref><ref name=upstrt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jtpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598%2C1271337 |work=Wilmington Morning Star |location=North Carolina |agency=Associated Press |title=Upstart surprises LPGA field with 1st major title |date=May 18, 1998 |page=5C}}</ref> Less than two months later, Pak won the next major, the U.S. Women's Open<!--, in a dramatic Monday playoff that extended to twenty holes-->.
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.
==Final leaderboard== ''Sunday, May 17, 1998'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par !! Money ($) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Se Ri Pak''' || 65-68-72-68=273 || align=center|−11 || align=center|195,000 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T2 || {{flagicon|USA}} Donna Andrews || 71-67-69-69=276 || align=center rowspan=2|−8 || align=center rowspan=2|104,666 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} Lisa Hackney || 70-66-69-71=276 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T4 || {{flagicon|USA}} Wendy Ward || 71-67-69-70=277 || align=center rowspan=2|−7 || align=center rowspan=2|62,145 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb || 71-73-67-66=277 |- | align=center rowspan=3|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} Christa Johnson || 69-71-67-71=278 || align=center rowspan=3|−6 || align=center rowspan=3|39,467 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Emilee Klein || 72-67-68-71=278 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Meg Mallon || 71-69-68-70=278 |- |align=center rowspan=2| T9 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Catrin Nilsmark || 69-73-70-67=279 || align=center rowspan=2|−5 || align=center rowspan=2|29,110 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Kelly Robbins || 69-71-68-71=279 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=fnlsco/><ref name=eiglpgach>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/results?filters=1998 |publisher=LPGA |title=KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship) |date=1998 |accessdate=July 27, 2017}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/wegmans-lpga-championship/full-results.aspx?year=1998 || publisher=LPGA |title=Wegmans LPGA Championship: 1998 results|accessdate=June 2, 2012}}</ref> -->
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054052/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=1998&tour=LPGA&tournament=McDonald's+LPGA+Championship Golf Observer leaderboard]
{{Women's Golf Major Championships master|1998}} {{LPGA Championship championships}} {{coord|39.789|-75.564|type:event|display=title}}
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