1982 U.S. Women's Open

The 1982 U.S. Women's Open was the 37th U.S. Women's Open, held July 22–25 at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California.

1982 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 22–25, 1982
Location	Sacramento, California
Course	Del Paso Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,342 yards (5,799 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 68 after cut
Cut	154 (+10)[2][3]
Prize fund	$175,000
Winner's share	$27,315
Champion
Janet Alex
283 (−5)
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Sacramento

Location in the United States

Sacramento

Location in California

Janet Alex shot a final round 68 (−4) for 283 (−5) to gain her only LPGA victory (and only major title), six strokes ahead of four runners-up.^[4][5][6] She began the final round in third, two strokes behind 54-hole leader Beth Daniel with two-time champion JoAnne Carner, the 36-hole leader, in second.^[7] Alex's 68 was the lowest score for all four rounds of the championship.^[8]

Attendance records were set for the U.S. Women's Open, with over 14,600 on Sunday and 44,600 for the week.^[5][6]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 25, 1982

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Janet Alex	70-73-72-68=283	−5	27,315
T2	Beth Daniel	71-71-71-76=289	+1	10,659
	Donna White	70-74-73-72=289
	JoAnne Carner	69-70-75-75=289
	Sandra Haynie	70-74-74-71=289
6	Susie McAllister	77-70-75-71=293	+5	5,673
T7	Carole Jo Callison	76-69-72-77=294	+6	4,539
	Nancy Lopez	78-73-74-69=294
	Vicki Tabor	70-76-75-73=294
T10	Beverley Davis	73-72-76-74=295	+7	3,637
	Muffin Spencer-Devlin	76-71-76-72=295
	Stephanie Farwig	75-76-72-72=295

Source:^[5][9]