1989 U.S. Women's Open: Betsy King wins at Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Old Course)

Betsy King won the 1989 U.S. Women's Open at Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Old Course), Lake Orion, Michigan, United States with 278 (−6), by 4 strokes over Nancy Lopez.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 13, 1989 to July 16, 1989
Course: Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Old Course), Lake Orion, Michigan, United States
Edition: 44th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 6,109 yards
Entries: 736
Field: 156
Cut: 150
Purse: $450,000 · winner's share $80,000
Champion: Betsy King · age 33 · United States · born Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 2nd major
Winning score: 67-71-72-68 = 278 (−6) · won by 4 strokes
Runner-up: Nancy Lopez (282)
54-hole leader: Betsy King, Patty Sheehan
Low amateur: Vicki Goetze (300)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Betsy King	67	71	72	68	278	−6
2	Nancy Lopez	73	70	71	68	282	−2

What happened at the 1989 U.S. Women's Open

Betsy King lost four strokes to par over the last four holes of Saturday's third round and fell into a 54-hole tie with Patty Sheehan at 210.

King birdied the first hole on Sunday and closed with a 68 to win by four, while Sheehan shot 79 and Ayako Okamoto's closing 65 tied the championship 18-hole record.

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).

1989 U.S. Women's Open: Betsy King wins at Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Old Course)

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1989 U.S. Women's Open

How this was built

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