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