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Liselotte Neumann

Sweden · born , Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden

1major championship, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1988 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 3 times
  • Other titles 1994 Women's Open

Wins

  1. 1988 U.S. Women's Open Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course) · 277 (-7) · by 3 strokes from Patty Sheehan
  2. 1994 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 280

Near misses

  1. 1992 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Betsy King
  2. 1999 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Juli Inkster
  3. 2002 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Annika Sörenstam

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Betsy King's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1988 U.S. Women's Open Neumann four-putted from about 30 feet for a double bogey early in the final round, dropping into a three-way tie with Patty Sheehan and Colleen Walker, then birdied 10, 11 and 12 and won going away.
  2. 1988 U.S. Women's Open Neumann's opening 67 was the lowest first round in the championship's history to that point, and she led or shared the lead after every round, breaking Pat Bradley's 72-hole record of 279.

Records and firsts

  1. 1988 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: Swedish champion
  2. 1988 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: with ties

Results by championship

    Best day

    1988 U.S. Women's Open

    Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore, MD · 277 (-7) · by 3 strokes from Patty Sheehan

    Neumann four-putted from about 30 feet for a double bogey early in the final round, dropping into a three-way tie with Patty Sheehan and Colleen Walker, then birdied 10, 11 and 12 and won going away.

    Neumann's opening 67 was the lowest first round in the championship's history to that point, and she led or shared the lead after every round, breaking Pat Bradley's 72-hole record of 279.

    Record: Swedish champion

    Record: with ties

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1988.

    Career line, 1988–2002

    U.S. Women's Open
    1988 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Chevron Championship
    2002 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Annika Sörenstam
    Women's PGA
    1992 Women's PGA: runner-up to Betsy King1999 Women's PGA: runner-up to Juli Inkster
    Women's Open
    1994 Women's Open: won
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    5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Liselotte Neumann was born on May 20, 1966, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden. Neumann won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 1988 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.

    1. 1988 U.S. Women's Open Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore, MD · 277 (-7) · by 3 strokes from Patty Sheehan
    2. 1994 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 280

    Near misses

    1. 1992 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Betsy King
    2. 1999 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Juli Inkster
    3. 2002 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Annika Sörenstam

    Other wins in championships we cover

    1. 1994 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 280

    Records and firsts

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

    1. 1988 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: Swedish champion
    2. 1988 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: with ties

    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.

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    18. Wikipedia: Women's British Open
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    20. lpga.com: british history