Patty Sheehan

United States · born October 27, 1956, Middlebury, Vermont, United States

6major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open2 wins, 3 2nds
Chevron Championship1 win, 1 2nd
Women's PGA3 wins, 1 2nd
Women's Open1 win
U.S. Women's Amateur1 2nd

Summary

First major 1983 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Last major 1996 The Chevron Championship
Runner-up in majors 5 times
Other titles 1992 Women's Open

Wins

1983 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 279 (-9) · 2 strokes from Sandra Haynie
1984 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 272 (-16) · 10 strokes from Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel
1992 U.S. Women's Open Oakmont C.C. · 280 (-4) · won a playoff against Juli Inkster
1992 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 207
1993 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Bethesda Country Club · 275 (-9) · 1 stroke from Lauri Merten
1994 U.S. Women's Open Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course) · 277 (-7) · by 1 stroke from Tammie Green
1996 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 281 (-7) · 1 stroke from Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins and Annika Sörenstam

Near misses

1979 U.S. Women's Amateur Memphis Country Club · runner-up to Carolyn Hill · 7 & 6
1983 U.S. Women's Open Cedar Ridge C.C. · runner-up to Jan Stephenson · 291
1986 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Pat Bradley
1987 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Betsy King
1988 U.S. Women's Open Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course) · runner-up to Liselotte Neumann · 280
1990 U.S. Women's Open Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside Course) · runner-up to Betsy King · 285

Rivals

Beat her

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Jan Stephenson's rivals →

Moments

1992 U.S. Women's Open Two strokes behind Inkster with two holes to play after a roughly 45-minute rain delay, Sheehan birdied the 71st and 72nd holes (Nos. 17 and 18) for a closing 69 to tie her at 280 and force a playoff.
1992 U.S. Women's Open In the Monday 18-hole playoff Sheehan birdied the first hole, never gave up the lead, was five ahead with two to play and won 72 to 74.
1994 U.S. Women's Open Tied with Green, Sheehan drove into the right rough on the 404-yard 16th and hit a 7-iron from 171 yards to about four or five feet for the decisive birdie.
1994 U.S. Women's Open On the 72nd green Tammie Green's 10-to-12-foot birdie putt to force a Monday playoff slid past the right edge, and Sheehan two-putted from about 30 feet for par and a one-stroke win.

Results by championship

Best day

1994 U.S. Women's Open

Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course), Lake Orion, MI · 277 (-7) · by 1 stroke from Tammie Green

Tied with Green, Sheehan drove into the right rough on the 404-yard 16th and hit a 7-iron from 171 yards to about four or five feet for the decisive birdie.

On the 72nd green Tammie Green's 10-to-12-foot birdie putt to force a Monday playoff slid past the right edge, and Sheehan two-putted from about 30 feet for par and a one-stroke win.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1994.

Career line, 1979–1996

U.S. Women's Open

1983 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Jan Stephenson 1988 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Liselotte Neumann 1990 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Betsy King 1992 U.S. Women's Open: won 1994 U.S. Women's Open: won

Chevron Championship

1987 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Betsy King1996 Chevron Championship: won

Women's PGA

1983 Women's PGA: won1984 Women's PGA: won1986 Women's PGA: runner-up to Pat Bradley1993 Women's PGA: won

Women's Open

1992 Women's Open: won

U.S. Women's Amateur

1979 U.S. Women's Amateur: runner-up

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Patty Sheehan was born on October 27, 1956, in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Sheehan won 6 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 3 Women's PGA Championships (1983, 1984, 1993), 2 U.S. Women's Opens (1992, 1994) and 1 Chevron Championship (1996).

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The record

Wins in the majors (6)

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

1983 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 279 (-9) · 2 strokes from Sandra Haynie
1984 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 272 (-16) · 10 strokes from Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel
1992 U.S. Women's Open Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, PA · 280 (-4) · won a playoff against Juli Inkster (18-hole Monday playoff)
1992 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 207
1993 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Bethesda Country Club · 275 (-9) · 1 stroke from Lauri Merten
1994 U.S. Women's Open Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course), Lake Orion, MI · 277 (-7) · by 1 stroke from Tammie Green
1996 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 281 (-7) · 1 stroke from Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins and Annika Sörenstam

Near misses

1979 U.S. Women's Amateur Memphis Country Club · runner-up to Carolyn Hill · 7 & 6
1983 U.S. Women's Open Cedar Ridge C.C. · runner-up to Jan Stephenson · 291
1986 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Pat Bradley
1987 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Betsy King
1988 U.S. Women's Open Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course) · runner-up to Liselotte Neumann · 280
1990 U.S. Women's Open Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside Course) · runner-up to Betsy King · 285

Other wins in championships we cover

1992 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 207

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.