1988 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1988 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 21–24, 1988
Location	Lutherville, Maryland
Course(s)	Baltimore Country Club Five Farms East Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,232 yards (5,699 m)^[1]
Field	152 players, 66 after cut ^[1]
Cut	150 (+8)
Prize fund	$400,000
Winner's share	$70,000
Champion
Liselotte Neumann
277 (−7)
«1987 1989»

Baltimore CC

Location in the United States

Baltimore CC

Location in Maryland

The 1988 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 43rd U.S. Women's Open, held July 21–24 at the Five Farms East Course of Baltimore Country Club in Lutherville, Maryland, a suburb north of Baltimore.

Liselotte Neumann won her only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan. From Sweden, she was only the fifth international player to win the U.S. Women's Open. For the first time, the championship was won by non-Americans in consecutive years, as Laura Davies of England won in 1987.

At age 22, Neumann was the youngest professional to date to win the title, second by two months to 1967 champion Catherine Lacoste, an amateur who won less than a week after turning 22.^[2]^[3] She opened with a record 67 on Thursday,^[4] and either led or co-led after every round.

Sixty years earlier, the East Course hosted the PGA Championship in 1928, won by Leo Diegel. He stopped four-time defending champion Walter Hagen in the quarterfinals, ending his winning streak at 22 matches.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jan Stephenson	Australia	1983	72	72	71	69	284	E	5
JoAnne Carner	United States	1971, 1976	69	73	76	71	289	+5	T16
Kathy Guadagnino	United States	1985	72	72	75	73	292	+8	T29
Amy Alcott	United States	1980	76	74	74	71	295	+11	T41
Jane Geddes	United States	1986	74	76	73	72	295	+11	T41
Laura Davies	England	1987	73	72	75	78	298	+14	T50
Hollis Stacy	United States	1977, 1978, 1984	77	70	76	76	299	+15	T52

Source:^[5]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jerilyn Britz	United States	1979	76	75	151	+9
Sandra Palmer	United States	1975	76	77	153	+11
Susie Berning	United States	1968, 1972, 1973	77	76	153	+11
Janet Anderson	United States	1982	79	75	154	+12
Pat Bradley	United States	1981	81	74	155	+13

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 21, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	67	−4
T2	JoAnne Carner	United States	69	−2
T2	Sally Quinlan	United States	69	−2
T4	Amy Benz	United States	70	−1
	Vicki Fergon	United States
	Shirley Furlong	United States
	Dottie Pepper	United States
	Patty Sheehan	United States
	Colleen Walker	United States
T10	Marlene Brodzik Davis	United States	71	E
	Nancy Brown	United States
	Judy Dickinson	United States
	Tammie Green	United States
	Juli Inkster	United States
	Sally Little	South Africa

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, July 22, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Juli Inkster	United States	71-68=139	−3
	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	67-72=139
	Dottie Pepper	United States	70-69=139
T4	Vicki Fergon	United States	70-71=141	−1
T4	Tammie Green	United States	71-70=141	−1
T6	Amy Benz	United States	70-72=142	E
	JoAnne Carner	United States	69-73=142
	Patty Sheehan	United States	70-72=142
	Donna White	United States	72-70=142
T10	Kristi Albers	United States	73-70=143	+1
	Kay Cockerill	United States	73-70=143
	Janet Coles	United States	72-71=143

Source:^[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 23, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	67-72-69=208	−5
2	Patty Sheehan	United States	70-72-68=210	−3
T3	Tammie Green	United States	71-70-71=212	−1
T3	Colleen Walker	United States	70-74-68=212	−1
5	Amy Benz	United States	70-72-71=213	E
T6	Missie Berteotti	United States	75-71-68=214	+1
	Beth Daniel	United States	77-71-66=214
	Juli Inkster	United States	71-68-75=214
T9	Kristi Albers	United States	73-70-72=215	+2
	Kay Cockerill	United States	73-70-72=215
	Dottie Pepper	United States	70-69-76=215
	Jan Stephenson	Australia	72-72-71=215
	Donna White	United States	72-70-73=215

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, July 24, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	67-72-69-69=277	−7	70,000
2	Patty Sheehan	United States	70-72-68-70=280	−4	35,000
T3	Dottie Pepper	United States	70-69-76-68=283	−1	21,679
T3	Colleen Walker	United States	70-74-68-71=283	−1	21,679
5	Jan Stephenson	Australia	72-72-71-69=284	E	14,393
T6	Amy Benz	United States	70-72-71-72=285	+1	11,826
T6	Missie Berteotti	United States	75-71-68-71=285	+1	11,826
T8	Kristi Albers	United States	73-70-72-71=286	+2	9,726
T8	Juli Inkster	United States	71-68-75-72=286	+2	9,726
T10	Beth Daniel	United States	77-71-66-73=287	+3	8,315
T10	Vicki Fergon	United States	70-71-75-71=287	+3	8,315

Source:^[5]

References

1 2 3 4 "Stat sheet: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 23, 1988. p. B4.
↑ Diaz, Jaime (August 1, 1988). "How Swede it is!". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
↑ "Neumann rallies to win Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 25, 1988. p. 15.
↑ "Swedish rookie shoots a record 67 at U.S. Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 22, 1988. p. 38.
1 2 "Scoreboard: U.S. Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 25, 1988. p. 20.
↑ "U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. July 22, 1988. p. 36.
↑ Markus, Don (July 24, 1988). "Sweden's Neumann still dazzling at the U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Baltimore Sun). p. 1C.

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