1998 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Men's professional

  • Masters Tournament – Mark O'Meara
  • U.S. Open – Lee Janzen
  • British Open – Mark O'Meara
  • PGA Championship – Vijay Singh
  • PGA Tour money leader – David Duval – $2,591,031
  • PGA Tour Player of the Year – Mark O'Meara
  • PGA Tour Rookie of the Year – Steve Flesch
  • Senior PGA Tour money leader – Hale Irwin – $2,861,945

Men's amateur

  • British Amateur – Sergio García
  • U.S. Amateur – Hank Kuehne
  • European Amateur – Paddy Gribben

Women's professional

  • Nabisco Dinah Shore – Pat Hurst
  • LPGA Championship – Se Ri Pak
  • U.S. Women's Open – Se Ri Pak
  • Classique du Maurier – Brandie Burton
  • LPGA Tour money leader – Annika Sörenstam – $1,092,748
  • The Solheim Cup is retained by the United States team who beat the European team 16 to 12.

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