Golf Network News
Sunday 25 July 1993Women’s majorsYear in Review
Merten wins U.S. Women's Open
Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 July 1993 · purse $800,000 · winner's share $144,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 29 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 39 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
156 started, 63 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Donna Andrews, Helen Alfredsson
The golfer
b. 1960-07-06, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet