1993 U.S. Women's Open

1993 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 22–25, 1993
LocationCarmel, Indiana
Course(s)Crooked Stick Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,311 yards (5,771 m)[1]
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$800,000[2]
Winner's share$144,000
Champion
United States Lauri Merten
280 (−8)
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Crooked Stick Golf Club is located in the United States
Crooked Stick Golf Club
Crooked Stick Golf Club
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Location in the United States
Crooked Stick GC is located in Indiana
Crooked Stick GC
Crooked
Stick GC
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Location in Indiana

The 1993 U.S. Women's Open was the 48th U.S. Women's Open, held July 22–25 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. Five strokes back after three rounds, Lauri Merten fired a 68 (−4) to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson, the 54-hole leader.[3][4]

This Open set a record for sup-par rounds at 89; the previous record was 66 in 1988. The par-72 Pete Dye-designed course was set at 6,311 yards (5,771 m), the third-longest in the championship's 48-year history. Only nine rounds were under par on Sunday.[1]

Two years earlier, Crooked Stick was the venue for the PGA Championship, won by John Daly. It later hosted the Solheim Cup matches in 2005, won by the United States.

Round summaries

First round

Friday, July 22, 1993

Place Player Score To par
T1 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 68 −4
Japan Ayako Okamoto
3 Canada Dawn Coe-Jones 69 −3
T4 United States Amy Alcott 70 −2
United States Jane Geddes
United States Debbie Koyama (a)
United States Nancy Lopez
United States Michelle McGann
United States Amy Read
T10 United States Dina Ammaccapane 71 −1
United States Donna Andrews
United States JoAnne Carner
Belgium Florence Descampe
United States Nina Foust
United States Juli Inkster
United States Christa Johnson
Japan Hiromi Kobayashi
United States Lauri Merten
United States Nancy Ramsbottom
United States Kelly Robbins

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, July 23, 1993

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Michelle McGann 70-66=136 −8
T2 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 68-70=138 −6
Japan Hiromi Kobayashi 71-67=138
T4 United States JoAnne Carner 71-69=140 −4
United States Jane Geddes 70-70=140
Japan Ayako Okamoto 68-72=140
United States Sherri Steinhauer 73-67=140
T8 United States Dina Ammaccapane 71-70=141 −3
United States Donna Andrews 71-70=141
Canada Dawn Coe-Jones 69-72=141
United States Nancy Lopez 70-71=141
United States Alice Miller 73-68=141
United States Kelly Robbins 71-70=141

Source:[6][7]

Third round

Saturday, July 24, 1993

Place Player Score To par
1 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 68-70-69=207 −9
2 Japan Hiromi Kobayashi 71-67-71=209 −7
T3 United States Donna Andrews 71-70-69=210 −6
United States Pat Bradley 72-70-68=210
T5 United States Dina Ammaccapane 71-70-70=211 −5
United States Nancy Lopez 70-71-70=211
Japan Ayako Okamoto 68-72-71=211
8 United States Lauri Merten 71-71-70=212 −4
T9 United States JoAnne Carner 71-69-73=213 −3
England Laura Davies 73-71-69=213
United States Nina Foust 71-71-71=213
United States Patty Sheehan 73-71-69=213
United States Kris Tschetter 73-71-69=213

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, July 25, 1993

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Lauri Merten 71-71-70-68=280 −8 144,000
T2 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 68-70-69-74=281 −7 62,431
United States Donna Andrews 71-70-69-71=281
T4 United States Pat Bradley 72-70-68-73=283 −5 29,249
Japan Hiromi Kobayashi 71-67-71-74=283
6 United States Patty Sheehan 73-71-69-71=284 −4 22,379
T7 United States Betsy King 74-70-72-69=285 −3 17,525
United States Nancy Lopez 70-71-70-74=285
United States Michelle McGann 70-66-78-71=285
Japan Ayako Okamoto 68-72-71-74=285

Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Record falls". Toledo Blade. Ohio. July 26, 1993. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Purse soars to record $800,000 for tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 23, 1993. p. 3C.
  3. ^ Garrity, John (August 2, 1993). "Positively Pessimistic". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  4. ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (July 26, 1993). "Late-charging Merten get her miracle". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (New York Times). p. 1B.
  5. ^ Brennan, Christine (July 23, 1993). "It's U.S. Open but a foreign show". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 3C.
  6. ^ "U.S. Women's Open scores". Morning Star. Wilmington, North Carolina. July 24, 1993. p. 2C.
  7. ^ Diaz, Jaime (July 24, 1993). "McGann's power a Daly reminder". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (New York Times). p. 1C.
  8. ^ Brennan, Christine (July 25, 1993). "Swede regains top spot from ailing McGann". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1E.

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