1993 Mazda LPGA Championship: Patty Sheehan wins at Bethesda Country Club

Patty Sheehan won the 1993 Mazda LPGA Championship at Bethesda Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland, United States with 275 (−9), by 1 stroke over Lauri Merten.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: June 10, 1993 to June 13, 1993
Course: Bethesda Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Edition: 39th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 6,246 yards
Made the cut: 70 (cut at 145)
Purse: $1,000,000 · winner's share $150,000
Champion: Patty Sheehan · age 36 · United States · born Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Champion's title: 3rd title at this event · 4th major
Winning score: 68-68-70-69 = 275 (−9) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up: Lauri Merten (276)
54-hole leader: Jenny Lidback · Patty Sheehan was 2 strokes back

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Patty Sheehan	68	68	70	69	275	−9
2	Lauri Merten					276

What happened at the 1993 Mazda LPGA Championship

Two strokes behind 54-hole leader Jenny Lidback, Sheehan holed a four-foot putt on the 72nd hole to avoid a playoff and beat Lauri Merten by one.

Non-exempt Jenny Lidback, whose best finish had been fifth, took the 54-hole lead at 204 with a bogey-free 68.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA Championship 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).

1993 Mazda LPGA Championship: Patty Sheehan wins at Bethesda Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1993 Mazda LPGA Championship

How this was built

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