The 1991 U.S. Women's Open was the 46th edition of the U.S. Women's Open, held July 11–14 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Meg Mallon shot a final round 67 (−4) to finish at 283 (−1), two strokes ahead of runner-up Pat Bradley. Mallon trailed Bradley by three strokes with ten holes to play. It was the second of Mallon's four major titles; she won the LPGA Championship two weeks earlier. Mallon won her second U.S. Women's Open and final major thirteen years later in 2004.

Play was so painstakingly slow during the first round that Lori Garbacz decided to protest. While playing the 14th hole, Garbacz had her caddie go to a nearby pay phone and order a pizza that she wanted delivered to the 17th tee. The pizza was waiting for Garbacz and she had plenty of time to eat it, as there were two groups ahead of her waiting to tee off.Zullo, Allan, "Astonishing but True Golf Facts", Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.

Mallon won $110,000, the championship's first six-figure winner's share. It was an increase of nearly 30% over the previous year and double that of just four years earlier. Mallon's name was also engraved into the course's Wall of Champions.

Colonial has been an annual stop on the PGA Tour since 1946; now known as the Charles Schwab Challenge, it is usually played in May. It also hosted the U.S. Open in 1941, the last before World War II. It was the last time a U. S. Women's Open was conducted on a golf course that hosts a men's PGA Tour annual event until 2023, when the tournament is scheduled to be conducted at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, one of the courses of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the PURE Insurance Championship for the PGA Tour Champions (over-50).

Round summaries

First round Thursday, July 11, 1991 Place Player Score To par 1 Pat Bradley69 −2T2 Laurel Kean70 −1 Meg Mallon Joan PitcockT5 Jane Geddes71 E Sarah LeBrun Ingram (a)T7 Danielle Ammaccapane72 +1 Judy Dickinson Sally Little Dana Lofland Debbie Massey Missie McGeorge Mindy Moore Alice Ritzman Nancy Scranton Colleen Walker Source:

Second round Friday, July 12, 1991 Place Player Score To par T1 Pat Bradley69-73=142 E Joan Pitcock70-72=142T3 Amy Alcott75-68=143 +1 Alice Ritzman72-71=1435 Debbie Massey72-72=144 +2T6 Danielle Ammaccapane72-73=145 +3 Jody Anschutz73-72=145 JoAnne Carner73-72=145 Jane Geddes71-74=145 Meg Mallon70-75=145 Source:

Third round Saturday, July 13, 1991 Place Player Score To par T1 Pat Bradley69-73-72=214 +1 Joan Pitcock70-72-72=214T3 Amy Alcott75-68-72=215 +2 Brandie Burton75-71-69=215T5 Christa Johnson76-72-68=216+3 Meg Mallon70-75-71=216 Kris Tschetter77-72-67=216T8 Kristi Albers 76-70-71=217 +4 Jody Anschutz73-72-72=217 Laurel Kean70-76-71=217 Dottie Pepper73-76-68=217 Source:

Final round Sunday, July 14, 1991 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Meg Mallon70-75-71-67=283−1110,000 2 Pat Bradley69-73-72-71=285+155,0003 Amy Alcott75-68-72-71=286+232,882 4 Laurel Kean70-76-71-70=287+323,996T5 Christa Johnson76-72-68-72=288+417,601 Dottie Pepper73-76-68-71=288 7 Joan Pitcock70-72-72-75=289+514,623 T8 Brandie Burton75-71-69-75=290+612,252 Jody Anschutz73-72-72-73=290 Kristi Albers76-70-71-73=290 Source:

References

External links U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 1991