The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
, held July 23–27 at
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont Country Club is a country club in the eastern United States, located mostly in Plum with only a very small portion of the property located in Oakmont, suburbs of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. Established in 1903, its golf course i ...
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.
[USGA]
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March 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2011 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.
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
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour.
LPGA majors ...
at Oakmont. The course was set at , at the time, the second-longest in U.S. Women's Open history.
[ The championship returned to Oakmont in ]2010
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, won by Paula Creamer.
This was the first U.S. Women's Open for Annika Sörenstam, then a 21-year-old amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...
; she made the cut on the number at 151 (+9) and finished with 308 (+24), tied for 64th.1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in Barcelona, Spain.
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, July 23, 1992''
''Friday, July 24, 1992''
Source:
Second round
''Friday, July 24, 1992''
''Saturday, July 25, 1992''
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Third round
''Saturday, July 25, 1992''
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Final round
''Sunday, July 26, 1992''
Source:
Playoff
''Monday, July 27, 1992''
Scorecard
Source:
References
External links
Golf Observer final leaderboardU.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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U.S. Women's Open
Golf in Pennsylvania
Sports competitions in Pennsylvania
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
Women's sports in Pennsylvania