| 1992 U.S. Women's Open | |
| Dates: | July 23–27, 1992 |
| Location: | Oakmont, Pennsylvania |
| Course: | Oakmont Country Club |
| Org: | USGA |
| Tour: | LPGA Tour |
| Par: | 71 |
| Yardage: | [1] |
| Field: | 156 players, 66 after cut |
| Cut: | 151 (+9) |
| Purse: | $700,000 |
| Winners Share: | $130,000 |
| Champion: |  Patty Sheehan |
| Score: | 280 (−4), playoff |
| Previous: | 1991 |
| Next: | 1993 |
The 1992 U.S. Women's Open was the 47th U.S. Women's Open, held July 23–27 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.
The champion was Patty Sheehan, the winner of an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74.[2] [3] Tied for the lead after the third round at 211 (−2) on the par-71 course, both players shot 69 in the fourth round to finish at 280 (−4) for the championship, four strokes ahead of third-place finisher Donna Andrews.[4] Rain delays during the first two rounds extended play to the following day.
The site of many U.S. Opens, PGA Championships, and U.S. Amateurs, this was the first U.S. Women's Open and women's major at Oakmont. The course was set at, at the time, the second-longest in U.S. Women's Open history.[4] The championship returned to Oakmont in 2010, won by Paula Creamer.
This was the first U.S. Women's Open for Annika Sörenstam, then a 21-year-old amateur; she made the cut on the number at 151 (+9) and finished with 308 (+24), tied for 64th.[5]
This championship coincided with the opening weekend of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Thursday, July 23, 1992
Friday, July 24, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=5 | T1 | Donna Andrews | 69 | −2 |
| Tracy Kerdyk | ||||
| Nancy Ramsbottom | ||||
| Muffin Spencer-Devlin | ||||
| Patty Sheehan | ||||
| T6 | Dottie Pepper | 70 | −1 | |
| Kris Tschetter | ||||
| Pamela Wright | ||||
| T9 | Amy Alcott | 71 | E | |
 Helen Alfredsson | ||||
 Dawn Coe | ||||
| Dale Eggeling | ||||
| Christa Johnson |
Friday, July 24, 1992
Saturday, July 25, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pamela Wright | 70-69=139 | −3 | |
| 2 | Juli Inkster | 72-68=140 | −2 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 3 | Patty Sheehan | 69-72=141 | −1 |
| T4 | Donna Andrews | 69-73=142 | E | |
| Dawn Coe | 71-71=142 | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | T6 | Jane Geddes | 73-70=143 | +1 |
| Gail Graham | 72-71=143 | |||
| Alice Ritzman | 74-69=143 | |||
| align=center rowspan=4 | T9 | Amy Benz | 73-71=144 | +2 |
| Dottie Pepper | 70-74=144 | |||
| Nancy Ramsbottom | 69-75=144 | |||
| Kris Tschetter | 70-74=144 |
Saturday, July 25, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | T1 | Patty Sheehan | 69-72-70=211 | −2 |
| Juli Inkster | 72-68-71=211 | |||
| T3 | Donna Andrews | 69-73-72=214 | +1 | |
| Dawn Coe | 71-71-72=214 | |||
| Gail Graham | 72-71-71=214 | |||
| T6 | Michelle McGann | 72-73-70=215 | +2 | |
| Pamela Wright | 70-69-76=215 | |||
| 8 | Dottie Pepper | 70-74-72=216 | +3 | |
| T9 | Amy Benz | 73-71-73=217 | +4 | |
| Meg Mallon | 73-72-72=217 |
Sunday, July 26, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | T1 | Patty Sheehan | 69-72-70-69=280 | −4 | align=center rowspan=2 | Playoff |
| Juli Inkster | 72-68-71-69=280 | |||||
| 3 | Donna Andrews | 69-73-72-70=284 | E | 38,830 | ||
| 4 | Meg Mallon | 73-72-72-70=287 | +3 | 28,336 | ||
| 5 | Dawn Coe | 71-71-72-74=288 | +4 | 22,295 | ||
| T6 | Dottie Pepper | 70-74-72-73=289 | +5 | 17,472 | ||
| Gail Graham | 72-71-71-75=289 | |||||
| Michelle McGann | 72-73-70-74=289 | |||||
| T9 | Jane Geddes | 73-70-78-70=291 | +7 | 13,372 | ||
| Pamela Wright | 70-69-76-76=291 | |||||
| Tammie Green | 73-75-70-73=291 |
Monday, July 27, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Sheehan | 35-37=72 | +1 | 130,000 | |
| 2 | 37-37=74 | +3 | 65,000 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Sheehan | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | +1 | |
| Inkster | E | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +3 | +3 |