Jan Stephenson

Australia · born December 22, 1951, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

3major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Chevron Championship1 2nd
Women's PGA1 win
Other LPGA majors1 win

Summary

First major 1982 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Last major 1983 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

1981 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
1982 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 279 (-9) · 2 strokes from JoAnne Carner
1983 U.S. Women's Open Cedar Ridge C.C. · 290 (+6) · by 1 stroke from JoAnne Gunderson Carner and Patty Sheehan

Near misses

1985 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Alice Miller

Rivals

Beat her

Alice MillerBeat Jan Stephenson to the 1985 Chevron Championship

Moments

1983 U.S. Women's Open Stephenson went into the water twice in the first five holes on Sunday, then saved par at the 6th with a chip, birdied the par-4 12th with a 4-wood to 2.5 feet, and played the last two holes safely for bogeys to win by one.
1983 U.S. Women's Open JoAnne Carner, who opened with an 81 and sat 101st after the first round, closed with a 68 and nearly forced a playoff, salvaging par at the 18th with an off-balance fairway-bunker wood.

Records and firsts

1983 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: Australian champion

Results by championship

Best day

1983 U.S. Women's Open

Cedar Ridge C.C., Tulsa, OK · 290 (+6) · by 1 stroke from JoAnne Gunderson Carner and Patty Sheehan

Stephenson went into the water twice in the first five holes on Sunday, then saved par at the 6th with a chip, birdied the par-4 12th with a 4-wood to 2.5 feet, and played the last two holes safely for bogeys to win by one.

JoAnne Carner, who opened with an 81 and sat 101st after the first round, closed with a 68 and nearly forced a playoff, salvaging par at the 18th with an off-balance fairway-bunker wood.

Record: Australian champion

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1983.

Career line, 1981–1985

U.S. Women's Open

1983 U.S. Women's Open: won

Chevron Championship

1985 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Alice Miller

Women's PGA

1982 Women's PGA: won

Other LPGA majors

1981 du Maurier Classic: won

198219841986

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Major win
Runner-up

Jan Stephenson was born on December 22, 1951, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Stephenson won 3 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 du Maurier Classic (1981), 1 Women's PGA Championship (1982) and 1 U.S. Women's Open (1983).

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The record

Wins in the majors (3)

Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

1981 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
1982 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 279 (-9) · 2 strokes from JoAnne Carner
1983 U.S. Women's Open Cedar Ridge C.C., Tulsa, OK · 290 (+6) · by 1 stroke from JoAnne Gunderson Carner and Patty Sheehan

Near misses

1985 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Alice Miller

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

1983 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: Australian champion

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.