1988 U.S. Women's Open: Liselotte Neumann wins at Baltimore Country Club (Five Farms, East Course)

Liselotte Neumann won the 1988 U.S. Women's Open at Baltimore Country Club (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore, Maryland, United States with 277 (−7), by 3 strokes over Patty Sheehan.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 21, 1988 to July 24, 1988
Course: Baltimore Country Club (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Edition: 43rd edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 6,232 yards
Entries: 736
Field: 152
Made the cut: 67 (cut at 150)
Purse: $400,000 · winner's share $70,000
Champion: Liselotte Neumann · age 22 · Sweden · born Finspång, Sweden
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 67-72-69-69 = 277 (−7) · won by 3 strokes
Runner-up: Patty Sheehan (280)
54-hole leader: Liselotte Neumann
Low amateur: Carol Semple Thompson (292)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Liselotte Neumann	67	72	69	69	277	−7
2	Patty Sheehan	70	72	68	70	280	−4

What happened at the 1988 U.S. Women's Open

Liselotte Neumann opened with a 67, the lowest first round in the championship's history to that point, and led or shared the lead after every round.

After four-putting the 7th on Sunday to lose her three-shot lead, Neumann birdied Nos. 10, 11, 12 and 15 and holed a 25-foot birdie at No. 17, coming home in 32.

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).

1988 U.S. Women's Open: Liselotte Neumann wins at Baltimore Country Club (Five Farms, East Course)

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1988 U.S. Women's Open

How this was built

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