The 1988 U.S. Women's Open 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. She opened with a record 67 on Thursday, 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.
Round summaries First round Thursday, July 21, 1988 Place Player Score To par 1 Liselotte Neumann67−4T2 JoAnne Carner69−2 Sally QuinlanT4 Amy Benz70−1 Vicki Fergon Shirley Furlong Dottie Pepper Patty Sheehan Colleen WalkerT10 Marlene Brodzik Davis71E Nancy Brown Judy Dickinson Tammie Green Juli Inkster Sally Little Source:
Second round Friday, July 22, 1988 Place Player Score To par T1 Juli Inkster71-68=139−3 Liselotte Neumann67-72=139 Dottie Pepper70-69=139T4 Vicki Fergon70-71=141−1 Tammie Green71-70=141T6 Amy Benz70-72=142E JoAnne Carner69-73=142 Patty Sheehan70-72=142 Donna White72-70=142T10 Kristi Albers73-70=143+1 Kay Cockerill73-70=143 Janet Coles72-71=143 Source:
Third round Saturday, July 23, 1988 Place Player Score To par 1 Liselotte Neumann67-72-69=208−5 2 Patty Sheehan70-72-68=210−3T3 Tammie Green71-70-71=212−1 Colleen Walker70-74-68=212 5 Amy Benz70-72-71=213ET6 Missie Berteotti75-71-68=214+1 Beth Daniel77-71-66=214 Juli Inkster71-68-75=214T9 Kristi Albers73-70-72=215+2 Kay Cockerill73-70-72=215 Dottie Pepper70-69-76=215 Jan Stephenson72-72-71=215 Donna White72-70-73=215 Source:
Final round Sunday, July 24, 1988 Place Player Score To par Money ($) 1 Liselotte Neumann67-72-69-69=277−770,000 2 Patty Sheehan70-72-68-70=280−435,000T3 Dottie Pepper70-69-76-68=283−121,679 Colleen Walker70-74-68-71=283 5 Jan Stephenson72-72-71-69=284E14,393T6 Amy Benz70-72-71-72=285+111,826 Missie Berteotti75-71-68-71=285T8 Kristi Albers73-70-72-71=286+29,726 Juli Inkster71-68-75-72=286T10 Beth Daniel77-71-66-73=287+38,315 Vicki Fergon70-71-75-71=287 Source:
References
External links U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 1988