1992 U.S. Women's Open

1992 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 23–27, 1992
LocationOakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Oakmont Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,312 yards (5,772 m)[1]
Field156 players, 66 after cut
Cut151 (+9)
Prize fund$700,000
Winner's share$130,000
Champion
United States Patty Sheehan
280 (−4), playoff
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Oakmont CC is located in Pennsylvania
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The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th U.S. Women's Open, held July 23–27 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.

The champion was Patty Sheehan, the winner of an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74.[2][3] Tied for the lead after the third round at 211 (−2) on the par-71 course, both players shot 69 in the fourth round to finish at 280 (−4) for the championship, four strokes ahead of third-place finisher Donna Andrews.[4] Rain delays during the first two rounds extended play to the following day.

The site of many U.S. Opens, PGA Championships, and U.S. Amateurs, this was the first U.S. Women's Open and women's major at Oakmont. The course was set at 6,312 yards (5,772 m), at the time, the second-longest in U.S. Women's Open history.[4] The championship returned to Oakmont in 2010, won by Paula Creamer.

This was the first U.S. Women's Open for Annika Sörenstam, then a 21-year-old amateur; she made the cut on the number at 151 (+9) and finished with 308 (+24), tied for 64th.[5]

This championship coincided with the opening weekend of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 23, 1992
Friday, July 24, 1992

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Donna Andrews 69 −2
United States Tracy Kerdyk
United States Nancy Ramsbottom
United States Muffin Spencer-Devlin
United States Patty Sheehan
T6 United States Dottie Pepper 70 −1
United States Kris Tschetter
Scotland Pamela Wright
T9 United States Amy Alcott 71 E
Sweden Helen Alfredsson
Canada Dawn Coe
United States Dale Eggeling
United States Christa Johnson

Source:[6][7][8]

Second round

Friday, July 24, 1992
Saturday, July 25, 1992

Place Player Score To par
1 Scotland Pamela Wright 70-69=139 −3
2 United States Juli Inkster 72-68=140 −2
3 United States Patty Sheehan 69-72=141 −1
T4 United States Donna Andrews 69-73=142 E
Canada Dawn Coe 71-71=142
T6 United States Jane Geddes 73-70=143 +1
Canada Gail Graham 72-71=143
United States Alice Ritzman 74-69=143
T9 United States Amy Benz 73-71=144 +2
United States Dottie Pepper 70-74=144
United States Nancy Ramsbottom 69-75=144
United States Kris Tschetter 70-74=144

Source:[7][8]

Third round

Saturday, July 25, 1992

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Patty Sheehan 69-72-70=211 −2
United States Juli Inkster 72-68-71=211
T3 United States Donna Andrews 69-73-72=214 +1
Canada Dawn Coe 71-71-72=214
Canada Gail Graham 72-71-71=214
T6 United States Michelle McGann 72-73-70=215 +2
Scotland Pamela Wright 70-69-76=215
8 United States Dottie Pepper 70-74-72=216 +3
T9 United States Amy Benz 73-71-73=217 +4
United States Meg Mallon 73-72-72=217

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, July 26, 1992

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 United States Patty Sheehan 69-72-70-69=280 −4 Playoff
United States Juli Inkster 72-68-71-69=280
3 United States Donna Andrews 69-73-72-70=284 E 38,830
4 United States Meg Mallon 73-72-72-70=287 +3 28,336
5 Canada Dawn Coe 71-71-72-74=288 +4 22,295
T6 United States Dottie Pepper 70-74-72-73=289 +5 17,472
Canada Gail Graham 72-71-71-75=289
United States Michelle McGann 72-73-70-74=289
T9 United States Jane Geddes 73-70-78-70=291 +7 13,372
Scotland Pamela Wright 70-69-76-76=291
United States Tammie Green 73-75-70-73=291

Source:[5][9]

Playoff

Monday, July 27, 1992

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Patty Sheehan 35-37=72 +1 130,000
2 United States Juli Inkster 37-37=74 +3 65,000

Scorecard

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4
United States Sheehan −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1
United States Inkster E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +3 +3

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Women's Open results". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. July 27, 1992. p. C4.
  2. ^ USGA, Oakmont, USGA To Team Up Again March 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2011
  3. ^ "Sheehan sets aside '90 disaster to capture U.S. Open playoff". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. July 28, 1992. p. C3.
  4. ^ a b Garrity, John (August 3, 1992). "Shoot-out at 'Soakmont'". Sports Illustrated. p. 66.
  5. ^ a b "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. July 27, 1992. p. 8B.
  6. ^ "Five share lead at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. July 24, 1992. p. 5C.
  7. ^ a b "Wright on target at Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 25, 1992. p. C5.
  8. ^ a b c Stewart, John. "It's a friendly fight for Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Baltimore Sun). p. 1E.
  9. ^ "U.S. Women's Open: final round scores". Milwaukee Sentinel. July 27, 1992. p. 8B.
  10. ^ "Sheehan doesn't fold, wins Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. July 28, 1992. p. 1B.

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