1994 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 1994 U.S. Women's Open was the 49th time this major championship was played. The winner, one of the LPGA Tour's best, took advantage of another player's collapse.
Winner: Patty Sheehan, 277
Where it was played: Indianwood Golf and Country Club (Old Course) in Lake Orion, Michigan
Tournament dates: July 21-24, 1994
Leader after first round: Helen Alfredsson, 63
Leader after second round: Helen Alfredsson, 132
Leader after third round: Patty Sheehan, 206
What Happened in the 1994 U.S. Women's Open
Patty Sheehan won the 1994 U.S. Women's Open after Helen Alfredsson couldn't follow up on the historically low scoring of her first 43 holes.Alfredsson scored 63 in the first round, the very first 63 in USWO history (lowering the 18-hole tournament record by two). With a 69 in Round 2, Alfredsson's 132 over the first two rounds set a tournament record for lowest opening 36 holes.
Alfredsson reached 13-under early in her third round, lower than any golfer had ever been in this tournament. After seven holes of Round 3, Alfredsson led by seven strokes. But Alfredsson badly missed the fairway on No. 8 and made bogey, then had a 3-putt bogey on the ninth. Her collapse was under way. She wound up scoring 76-77 on the weekend, 21 strokes worse than her first two rounds. Alfredsson finished in a tie for ninth, eight behind the winner.
Sheehan opened 66-71, then took the lead in the third round with a 69. She led by one over Tammie Green at that point. After Sheehan and Green both had 71s in the final round, that is how they finished — Sheehan winning by a stroke over runner-up Green. Green had a 12-foot birdie try on the final hole that would have forced a playoff, but she missed.
Sheehan's 72-hole total of 277 tied the U.S. Women's Open scoring record of the time. It was Sheehan's 32nd overall win on the LPGA Tour (she finished her career with 35 LPGA victories) and her fifth major championship victory (she ended with six).
Amy Alcott, winner of the 1980 U.S. Women's Open and four other majors, tied for sixth place. It was her final Top 10 finish in any of the majors.
1994 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Patty Sheehan | 66-71-69-71—277 |
| Tammie Green | 66-72-69-71—278 |
| Liselotte Neumann | 69-72-71-69—281 |
| Tania Abitbol | 72-68-73-70—283 |
| Alicia Dibos | 69-68-73-73—283 |
| Meg Mallon | 70-72-73-69—284 |
| Amy Alcott | 71-67-77-69—284 |
| Betsy King | 69-71-72-72—284 |
| Kelly Robbins | 71-72-70-72—285 |
| Donna Andrews | 67-72-70-76—285 |
| Helen Alfredsson | 63-69-76-77—285 |
| Lauri Merten | 74-68-75-69—286 |
| Dottie Pepper | 72-72-71-71—286 |
| Lisa Grimes | 72-73-69-72—286 |
| Judy Dickinson | 66-73-73-74—286 |
| Michelle Estill | 69-68-75-74—286 |
| Laura Davies | 68-68-75-75—286 |
| Michelle McGann | 71-70-77-69—287 |
| Juli Inkster | 75-72-69-71—287 |
| Beth Daniel | 69-74-71-73—287 |
| Joan Pitcock | 74-72-67-74—287 |
| Stephanie Brecht | 73-70-76-69—288 |
| Lisa Walters | 72-73-72-71—288 |
| Sherri Steinhauer | 68-72-74-74—288 |
| Kris Tschetter | 71-73-72-73—289 |
| Deb Richard | 68-74-72-75—289 |
| Pat Bradley | 72-69-70-78—289 |
| Pamela Wright | 74-65-71-79—289 |
| Karen Lunn | 72-72-77-69—290 |
| Vicki Goetze-Ackerman | 71-73-73-73—290 |
| Dale Eggeling | 67-73-79-72—291 |
| JoAnne Carner | 69-74-75-73—291 |
| a-Carol Semple Thompson | 66-75-76-74—291 |
| Amy Read | 68-72-76-75—291 |
| Colleen Walker | 73-73-75-71—292 |
| Holly Vaughn | 74-70-76-72—292 |
| Kim Williams | 72-74-72-74—292 |
| Jane Geddes | 73-72-73-74—292 |
| Dawn Coe-Jones | 73-73-71-75—292 |
| Nancy Lopez | 73-71-73-75—292 |
| Missie McGeorge | 69-73-75-75—292 |
| Kris Monaghan | 75-69-72-76—292 |
| Vicki Fergon | 72-72-77-72—293 |
| Missie Berteotti | 71-73-77-72—293 |
| Elaine Crosby | 74-72-73-74—293 |
| Mayumi Hirase | 74-72-73-74—293 |
| Brandie Burton | 70-73-74-76—293 |
| Sally Little | 67-76-74-76—293 |
| Nanci Bowen | 73-74-72-75—294 |
| Ayako Okamoto | 71-72-72-79—294 |
| Sherri Turner | 72-74-75-74—295 |
| Dana Dormann | 73-73-73-76—295 |
| a-Emilee Klein | 71-73-69-82—295 |
| Jan Stephenson | 70-77-74-75—296 |
| Hiromi Kobayashi | 71-76-73-76—296 |
| Nancy Ramsbottom | 71-74-72-79—296 |
| Caroline McMillan | 74-73-76-74—297 |
| a-Sarah LeBrun | 74-71-77-75—297 |
| Tara Fleming | 70-75-77-75—297 |
| Alice Ritzman | 73-74-74-76—297 |
| Mitzi Edge | 72-72-76-77—297 |
| Toshimi Kimura | 73-72-75-78—298 |
| Lisa D'Amore | 71-74-73-80—298 |
| Pearl Sinn-Bonanni | 74-73-75-78—300 |
| Page Halpin | 73-71-78-78—300 |
| Judy Sams | 74-73-76-80—303 |
| Sarah McGuire | 76-71-77-80—304 |
Sources:
LPGA.com. U.S. Women's Open, Past Winners, https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/us-womens-open/results?filters=1994
Nutt, Amy. "Sweet and Sour," Sports Illustrated, Aug. 1, 1994, https://web.archive.org/web/20160914093026/https://www.si.com/vault/1994/08/01/131715/sweet-and-sour-patty-sheehan-won-a-second-womens-us-open-as-helen-alfredsson-self-destructed
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open Records, https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--women-s-open-records.html
