1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore

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1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Tournament information
DatesMarch 26–29, 1998
Location Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s) Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,460 yards (5,907 m) [1]
Field103 players, 73 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund $1.0 million
Winner's share$150,000
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Pat Hurst
281 (−7)
  1997
1999  
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The 1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 26–29 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 27th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the sixteenth as a major championship.

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Pat Hurst won her only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Helen Dobson. [2] [3] At the final green, she sank a 5-foot (1.5 m) putt for par and gained her second tour victory. [4]

At 6,460 yards (5,907 m), the course was the longest on the LPGA Tour in 1998. [4]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, March 28, 1998

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Hurst 68-72-70-71=281−7150,000
2 Flag of England.svg Helen Dobson 70-74-71-67=282−693,093
T3 Flag of Sweden.svg Helen Alfredsson 70-73-70-70=283−560,385
Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 75-70-70-68=283
T5 Flag of the United States.svg Donna Andrews 71-72-71-70=284−438,998
Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann 69-71-71-73=284
T7 Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam 76-71-69-70=286−227,928
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb 71-72-70-73=286
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Pepper 73-72-74-68=287−122,393
Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Steinhauer 69-76-71-71=287

Source: [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Scoreboard: LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. March 30, 1998. p. 4B.
  2. "LPGA Dinah Shore". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. Associated Press. March 30, 1998. p. 7C.
  3. "Win has Hurst taking a plunge". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. wire services. March 30, 1998. p. B10.
  4. 1 2 Shipnuck, Alan (April 6, 1998). "Hurst in a burst". Sports Illustrated. p. G38.
  5. "ANA Inspiration (Nabisco Dinah Shore)". LPGA. 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

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