Lauri Merten

United States · born July 6, 1960, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Women's PGA1 2nd

Summary

First major 1993 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

1993 U.S. Women's Open Crooked Stick G.C. · 280 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson

Near misses

1993 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Patty Sheehan

Rivals

Beat her

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Moments

1993 U.S. Women's Open From a muddy lie beside the greenside pond about 70 feet from the hole at the 404-yard 16th, Merten chipped in with a 9-iron for a birdie that tied her for the lead.
1993 U.S. Women's Open Merten hit a 6-iron from 166 yards to about three to four feet at the 72nd hole and holed the birdie putt for 280, and Alfredsson, three groups behind, then pushed a 15-foot putt on 18 that would have forced a Monday playoff.

Results by championship

Best day

1993 U.S. Women's Open

Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, IN · 280 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson

From a muddy lie beside the greenside pond about 70 feet from the hole at the 404-yard 16th, Merten chipped in with a 9-iron for a birdie that tied her for the lead.

Merten hit a 6-iron from 166 yards to about three to four feet at the 72nd hole and holed the birdie putt for 280, and Alfredsson, three groups behind, then pushed a 15-foot putt on 18 that would have forced a Monday playoff.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1993.

Career line, 1993–1993

U.S. Women's Open

1993 U.S. Women's Open: won

Women's PGA

1993 Women's PGA: runner-up to Patty Sheehan

19931994

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Major win
Runner-up

Lauri Merten was born on July 6, 1960, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. Merten won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 1993 U.S. Women's Open.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

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

1993 U.S. Women's Open Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, IN · 280 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson

Near misses

1993 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Patty Sheehan

Sources

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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.