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1992 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1992 U.S. Women's Open
dates	July 23–27, 1992
location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
course	Oakmont Country Club
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6312 yd
field	156 players, 66 after cut
cut	151 (+9)
purse	$700,000
winners_share	$130,000
champion	USA Patty Sheehan
score	280 (−4), playoff
previous	[1991](1991-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[1993](1993-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Pennsylvania The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th U.S. Women's Open, held July 23–27 at Oakmont Country Club 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. 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.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1992/08/03/126910/golf-shoot-out-at-soakmont-patty-sheehan-beat-juli-inkster-in-a-playoff-to-win-the-us-womens-open-at-rainy-Oakmont http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004064/index.htm-- |title=Shoot-out at 'Soakmont' |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Garrity |first=John |date=August 3, 1992 |page=66}} 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 at Oakmont. The course was set at 6312 yd, at the time, the second-longest in U.S. Women's Open history. The championship returned to Oakmont in 2010, won by Paula Creamer.

This was the first U.S. Women's Open for Annika Sörenstam, then a 21-year-old amateur; she made the cut on the number at 151 (+9) and finished with 308 (+24), tied for 64th.

This championship coincided with the opening weekend of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 23, 1992

Friday, July 24, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Donna Andrews	69	−2
USA Tracy Kerdyk
USA Nancy Ramsbottom
USA Muffin Spencer-Devlin
USA Patty Sheehan
T6	USA Dottie Pepper	70	−1
USA Kris Tschetter
SCO Pamela Wright
T9		USA Amy Alcott	71	E
SWE Helen Alfredsson
CAN Dawn Coe
USA Dale Eggeling
USA Christa Johnson

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Second round

Friday, July 24, 1992

Saturday, July 25, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	SCO Pamela Wright	70-69=139	−3
2		USA Juli Inkster	72-68=140	−2
3	USA Patty Sheehan	69-72=141	−1
T4	USA Donna Andrews	69-73=142	E
CAN Dawn Coe	71-71=142
T6	USA Jane Geddes	73-70=143	+1
CAN Gail Graham	72-71=143
USA Alice Ritzman	74-69=143
T9	USA Amy Benz	73-71=144	+2
USA Dottie Pepper	70-74=144
USA Nancy Ramsbottom	69-75=144
USA Kris Tschetter	70-74=144

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Third round

Saturday, July 25, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Patty Sheehan	69-72-70=211	−2
USA Juli Inkster	72-68-71=211
T3	USA Donna Andrews	69-73-72=214	+1
CAN Dawn Coe	71-71-72=214
CAN Gail Graham	72-71-71=214
T6	USA Michelle McGann	72-73-70=215	+2
SCO Pamela Wright	70-69-76=215
8	USA Dottie Pepper	70-74-72=216	+3
T9	USA Amy Benz	73-71-73=217	+4
USA Meg Mallon	73-72-72=217

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Final round

Sunday, July 26, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Patty Sheehan	69-72-70-69=280	−4	Playoff
USA Juli Inkster	72-68-71-69=280
3	USA Donna Andrews	69-73-72-70=284	E	38,830
4	USA Meg Mallon	73-72-72-70=287	+3	28,336
5	CAN Dawn Coe	71-71-72-74=288	+4	22,295
T6	USA Dottie Pepper	70-74-72-73=289	+5	17,472
CAN Gail Graham	72-71-71-75=289
USA Michelle McGann	72-73-70-74=289
T9	USA Jane Geddes	73-70-78-70=291	+7	13,372
SCO Pamela Wright	70-69-76-76=291
USA Tammie Green	73-75-70-73=291

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Playoff

Monday, July 27, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Patty Sheehan	35-37=72	+1	130,000
2	USA Juli Inkster	37-37=74	+3	65,000

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4
USA Sheehan	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1
USA Inkster	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+3	+3

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References

(July 27, 1992). "U.S. Women's Open results". Spokane Chronicle.
USGA, [http://www.usga.org/news/2010/March/USGA,-Oakmont-To-Team-Up-Again/ Oakmont, USGA To Team Up Again] March 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2011
(July 28, 1992). "Sheehan sets aside '90 disaster to capture U.S. Open playoff". Spokane Chronicle.
(July 27, 1992). "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(July 24, 1992). "Five share lead at Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 25, 1992). "Wright on target at Open". Spokesman-Review.
Stewart, John. "It's a friendly fight for Open title". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 27, 1992). "U.S. Women's Open: final round scores". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(July 28, 1992). "Sheehan doesn't fold, wins Open". Milwaukee Sentinel.

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