1983 U.S. Women's Open: Jan Stephenson wins at Cedar Ridge Country Club
Jan Stephenson won the 1983 U.S. Women's Open at Cedar Ridge Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States with 290 (+6), by 1 stroke over JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- July 28, 1983 to July 31, 1983
- Course
- Cedar Ridge Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Edition
- 38th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,298 yards
- Entries
- 414
- Field
- 151
- Made the cut
- 66 (cut at 156)
- Purse
- $200,000 · winner's share $32,780
- Champion
- Jan Stephenson · age 31 · Australia · born Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 3rd major
- Winning score
- 72-73-71-74 = 290 (+6) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- JoAnne Carner, Patty Sheehan (291 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Jan Stephenson
- Low amateur
- Heather Farr (296)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Stephenson | 72 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 290 | +6 |
| T2 | Patty Sheehan | 71 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 291 | +7 |
| T2 | JoAnne Carner | 81 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 291 | +7 |
What happened at the 1983 U.S. Women's Open
In triple-digit heat, Jan Stephenson hit a four-wood to 2½ feet for birdie on the par-4 12th and led by three with two holes to play.
JoAnne Carner, 44, followed an opening 81 with a closing 68 to tie Patty Sheehan for second, one stroke behind Stephenson's 290.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).