1998 LPGA Tour
The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each. Annika Sörenstam led the money list with earnings of $1,092,748.
This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners. There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth, Rachel Hetherington, Se Ri Pak, Pearl Sinn.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse | 1st prize |
| Jan 18 | HealthSouth Inaugural | Florida |  Kelly Robbins | 209 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jan 25 | The Office Depot | Florida |  Helen Alfredsson | 277 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Feb 15 | Los Angeles Women's Championship | California | Dale Eggeling | 141 ^ | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Feb 21 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | Hawaii | Wendy Ward | 204 | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Mar 1 | Australian Ladies Masters | Australia |  Karrie Webb | 272 | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| Mar 15 | Welch's/Circle K Championship | Arizona | Helen Alfredsson | 274 | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| Mar 22 | Standard Register PING | Arizona | Liselotte Neumann | 279 | 850,000 | 127,500 |
| Mar 29 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | California | Pat Hurst | 281 | 1,000,000 | 105,000 |
| Apr 5 | Longs Drugs Challenge | California | Donna Andrews | 278 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Apr 19 | City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic | South Carolina | Karrie Webb | 269 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Apr 26 | Chick-fil-A Charity Championship | Georgia | Liselotte Neumann | 202 | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| May 3 | Mercury Titleholders Championship | Florida | Danielle Ammaccapane | 276 | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| May 10 | Sara Lee Classic | Tennessee | Barb Mucha | 205 | 750,000 | 112,500 |
| May 17 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | Delaware |  Se Ri Pak | 273 | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| May 24 | LPGA Corning Classic | New York | Tammie Green | 268 | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| May 31 | Wegmans Rochester International | New York | Rosie Jones | 279 | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| Jun 7 | Michelob Light Classic | Missouri | Annika Sörenstam | 208 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jun 14 | Oldsmobile Classic | Michigan |  Lisa Walters | 265 | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Jun 21 | Friendly's Classic | Massachusetts | Amy Fruhwirth | 208 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jun 28 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey | Annika Sörenstam | 196 | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Jul 5 | U.S. Women's Open | Wisconsin | Se Ri Pak | 290 | 1,500,000 | 267,500 |
| Jul 12 | Jamie Farr Kroger Classic | Ohio | Se Ri Pak | 261 | 800,000 | 120,000 |
| Jul 19 | JAL Big Apple Classic | New York | Annika Sörenstam | 265 | 775,000 | 116,250 |
| Jul 26 | Giant Eagle LPGA Classic | Ohio | Se Ri Pak | 201 | 800,000 | 120,000 |
| Aug 2 | du Maurier Classic | Canada | Brandie Burton | 270 | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Aug 9 | Star Bank LPGA Classic | Ohio | Meg Mallon | 199 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Aug 16 | Weetabix Women's British Open | England | Sherri Steinhauer | 292 | 1,000,000 | 162,000 |
| Aug 23 | Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic | Minnesota |  Hiromi Kobayashi | 206 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Aug 30 | State Farm Rail Classic | Illinois | Pearl Sinn | 200 | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| Sep 6 | Safeway LPGA Golf Championship | Oregon | Danielle Ammaccapane | 204 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Sep 13 | Safeco Classic | Washington | Annika Sörenstam | 273 | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Sep 27 | First Union Betsy King Classic | Pennsylvania | Rachel Hetherington | 274 | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Oct 11 | Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions | Alabama | Kelly Robbins | 276 | 750,000 | 122,000 |
| Oct 25 | Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf | Florida | Juli Inkster | 275 | 550,000 | 137,000 |
| Nov 8 | Japan Classic | Japan | Hiromi Kobayashi | 205 | 800,000 | 120,000 |
| Nov 22 | PageNet Tour Championship | Nevada |  Laura Davies | 277 | 1,000,000 | 215,000 |
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