1991 U.S. Women's Open: Meg Mallon wins at Colonial Country Club
Meg Mallon won the 1991 U.S. Women's Open at Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas, United States with 283 (−1), by 2 strokes over Pat Bradley.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- July 11, 1991 to July 14, 1991
- Course
- Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Edition
- 46th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,340 yards
- Entries
- 865
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 74 (cut at 152)
- Purse
- $600,000 · winner's share $110,000
- Champion
- Meg Mallon · age 28 · United States · born Natick, Massachusetts, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- Winning score
- 70-75-71-67 = 283 (−1) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Pat Bradley (285)
- 54-hole leader
- Pat Bradley, Joan Pitcock · Meg Mallon was 2 strokes back
- Low amateur
- Tracy Hanson (293)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meg Mallon | 70 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 283 | −1 |
| 2 | Pat Bradley | 69 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 285 | +1 |
What happened at the 1991 U.S. Women's Open
Meg Mallon trailed Pat Bradley by three with ten holes to play, took the lead with a 15-foot birdie at No. 14, added a 20-footer at No. 15 and closed with a 67.
During a slow first round Lori Garbacz protested by having her caddie order a pizza, which was delivered to the 17th tee.
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).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 1991 U.S. Women's Open
- mediacenter.usga.org: 2026 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet V2
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Meg Mallon
- golfcompendium.com: 1991 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- filecache.mediaroom.com: 21 U.S. Women's Open
- deseret.com: mallon sinks sizzling putts for open win
- where2golf.com: meg mallon
- orlandosentinel.com: king takes aim at 3rd open title
- orlandosentinel.com: headache good omen for bradley
- orlandosentinel.com: bradley pitcock even in us open