1992 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th edition of this major championship. It ended in an 18-hole playoff between LPGA stars Patty Sheehan and Juli Inkster.
Winner: Patty Sheehan, 280
Where it was played: Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Tournament dates: July 23-27, 1992
Leaders after first round: Patty Sheehan, Donna Andrews, Muffin Spencer-Devlin, Nancy Ramsbottom, 69
Leader after second round: Pamela Wright, 139
Leader after third round: Patty Sheehan, Juli Inkster, 211
What Happened in the 1992 U.S. Women's Open
Patty Sheehan won an 18-hole playoff against Juli Inkster to claim the trophy in the 1992 U.S. Women's Open. It happened two years after Sheehan broke down in tears at the end of the 1990 USWO, in which she blew a 9-stroke lead over the final two rounds.Sheehan cried at the end of the playoff here, too, but, she said afterward, "Today they are tears of joy."
Inkster and Sheehan entered the fourth round tied for the lead at 211. Then they both scored 69s. But it was Sheehan who forced the playoff with birdies on the 71st and 72nd holes.
In the Monday playoff, Sheehan birdied the first hole and never gave up that lead. Her lead was two at the turn, and five with two holes left. Sheehan wound up scoring 72 to Inkster's 74.
It was Sheehan's first U.S. Women's Open victory (she won again in 1994) and her third overall major championship win. It was her 29th career win on the LPGA Tour. Inkster, already a two-time USWO winner, finished in the Top 10 at all four women's majors in 1992, and also lost in a playoff (to Dottie Pepper) at the 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore.
Twenty-one-year-old amateur Annika Sorenstam made her U.S. Women's Open and major championship debuts here. Sorenstam, who went on to win this major three times, made the cut and tied for 63rd place.
This was the first time the U.S. Women's Open, or any of the LPGA majors, was played at Oakmont Country Club.
1992 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Patty Sheehan | 69-72-70-69—280 (72) |
| Juli Inkster | 72-68-71-69—280 (74) |
| Donna Andrews | 69-73-72-70—284 |
| Meg Mallon | 73-72-72-70—287 |
| Dawn Coe | 71-71-72-74—288 |
| Dottie Mochrie | 70-74-72-73—289 |
| Michelle McGann | 72-73-70-74—289 |
| Gail Graham | 72-71-71-75—289 |
| Pamela Wright | 70-69-76-76—291 |
| Tammie Green | 73-75-70-73—291 |
| Jane Geddes | 73-70-78-70—291 |
| Mitzi Edge | 73-74-72-73—292 |
| Helen Alfredsson | 71-79-72-71—293 |
| Amy Alcott | 76-74-73-70—293 |
| Liselotte Neumann | 76-72-72-74—294 |
| Suzanne Strudwick | 75-73-73-74—295 |
| Nancy Lopez | 75-76-71-73—295 |
| Ok-Hee Ku | 73-74-74-74—295 |
| Betsy King | 74-73-73-75—295 |
| Nina Foust | 73-74-74-74—295 |
| Michelle Estill | 74-74-73-74—295 |
| Lisa Walters | 74-72-72-78—296 |
| Alice Ritzman | 74-69-77-76—296 |
| Amy Benz | 73-71-73-79—296 |
| Kris Monaghan | 75-72-75-75—297 |
| Rosie Jones | 73-75-73-76—297 |
| Vicki Fergon | 74-73-75-75—297 |
| Judy Dickinson | 75-72-74-76—297 |
| Nancy Ramsbottom | 69-75-77-77—298 |
| Barb Mucha | 78-71-75-74—298 |
| Tracy Kerdyk | 69-77-76-76—298 |
| Akiko Fukushima | 77-72-78-71—298 |
| Marta Figueras-Dotti | 74-77-74-73—298 |
| Pat Bradley | 74-74-78-72—298 |
| Tina Barrett | 73-75-75-75—298 |
| Kris Tschetter | 70-74-76-79—299 |
| Jan Stephenson | 75-71-78-75—299 |
| Sherri Steinhauer | 74-75-76-74—299 |
| Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 69-80-76-74—299 |
| Sally Little | 74-74-74-77—299 |
| Kristi Albers | 72-76-74-77—299 |
| Sherri Turner | 75-76-75-74—300 |
| Kelly Skalicky | 78-71-76-75—300 |
| Caroline Keggi | 74-73-77-76—300 |
| Dale Eggeling | 71-75-76-78—300 |
| Karen Davies | 77-70-79-74—300 |
| JoAnne Carner | 74-75-73-78—300 |
| Deb Richard | 76-74-74-77—301 |
| Katie Peterson | 73-75-80-73—301 |
| Mary Murphy | 75-75-73-78—301 |
| Melissa McNamara | 76-73-74-78—301 |
| Chris Johnson | 71-77-73-80—301 |
| a-Vicki Goetze | 74-77-76-74—301 |
| Nanci Bowen | 77-74-75-75—301 |
| Kelly Robbins | 75-75-78-75—303 |
| Lisa DePaulo | 72-79-76-76—303 |
| Laurie Rinker-Graham | 76-74-77-77—304 |
| Barb Bunkowsky | 79-71-75-79—304 |
| Jody Anschutz | 76-74-79-75—304 |
| Pearl Sinn | 78-72-78-78—306 |
| Kim Saiki | 75-76-75-80—306 |
| Cindy Schreyer | 77-73-77-80—307 |
| a-Annika Sorenstam | 76-75-80-77—308 |
| Cindy Mackey | 78-72-79-79—308 |
| Shelley Hamlin | 74-77-80-77—308 |
| Michele Berteotti | 74-77-80-82—313 |
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1991 U.S. Women's Open - 1993 U.S. Women's Open
Sources:
Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA Media Guide 1996, Player Biographies, Juli Inkster and Patty Sheehan.
Spokane (Wash.) Chronicle. "Sheehan sets aside '90 disaster to capture U.S. Open in playoff," Associated Press, July 28, 1992, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bFlYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AfoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2304%2C3774270.
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open, Records & Results, 1992, https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/history-timeline/scoring-and-stats/scoring.html#!&y=1992.