1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore

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.

1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Tournament information
DatesMarch 26–29, 1998
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke 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
United States Pat Hurst
281 (−7)
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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

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Sunday, March 28, 1998

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Pat Hurst 68-72-70-71=281 −7 150,000
2   Helen Dobson 70-74-71-67=282 −6 93,093
T3   Helen Alfredsson 70-73-70-70=283 −5 60,385
  Laura Davies 75-70-70-68=283
T5   Donna Andrews 71-72-71-70=284 −4 38,998
  Liselotte Neumann 69-71-71-73=284
T7   Annika Sörenstam 76-71-69-70=286 −2 27,928
  Karrie Webb 71-72-70-73=286
T9   Dottie Pepper 73-72-74-68=287 −1 22,393
  Sherri Steinhauer 69-76-71-71=287

Source:[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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