1993 U.S. Women's Open: Lauri Merten wins at Crooked Stick Golf Club

Lauri Merten won the 1993 U.S. Women's Open at Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, United States with 280 (−8), by 1 stroke over Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 22, 1993 to July 25, 1993
Course: Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, United States
Edition: 48th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,311 yards
Entries: 850
Field: 156
Made the cut: 63 (cut at 147)
Purse: $800,000 · winner's share $144,000
Champion: Lauri Merten · age 33 · United States · born Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 71-71-70-68 = 280 (−8) · won by 1 stroke
Runners-up: Donna Andrews, Helen Alfredsson (281 each)
54-hole leader: Helen Alfredsson · Lauri Merten was 5 strokes back
Caddie: Tom Hanson
Low amateur: Debbi Miho Koyama (291)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Lauri Merten	71	71	70	68	280	−8
T2	Donna Andrews	71	70	69	71	281	−7
T2	Helen Alfredsson	68	70	69	74	281	−7

What happened at the 1993 U.S. Women's Open

Five strokes back entering the final round, Lauri Merten holed a 72-foot nine-iron pitch from beside the pond at No. 16 to tie for the lead.

Merten hit a six-iron to the 18th green and holed the birdie putt to win by one, and Helen Alfredsson then missed a 15-foot putt on the last hole that would have forced a playoff.

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).

1993 U.S. Women's Open: Lauri Merten wins at Crooked Stick Golf Club

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 1993 U.S. Women's Open

How this was built

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