1991 U.S. Women's Open

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.^[2][3] Mallon trailed Bradley by three strokes with ten holes to play.^[4] 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.

1991 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 11–14, 1991
Location	Fort Worth, Texas
Course(s)	Colonial Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,340 yards (5,797 m)
Cut	152 (+10)[1]
Prize fund	$600,000
Winner's share	$110,000
Champion
Meg Mallon
283 (−1)
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Colonial CC

Location in the United States

Colonial CC

Location in Texas

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.^[5][6]

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 Bradley	69	−2
T2	Laurel Kean	70	−1
	Meg Mallon
	Joan Pitcock
T5	Jane Geddes	71	E
	Sarah LeBrun Ingram (a)
T7	Danielle Ammaccapane	72	+1
	Judy Dickinson
	Sally Little
	Dana Lofland
	Debbie Massey
	Missie McGeorge
	Mindy Moore
	Alice Ritzman
	Nancy Scranton
	Colleen Walker

Source:^[7]

Second round

Friday, July 12, 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Pat Bradley	69-73=142	E
	Joan Pitcock	70-72=142
T3	Amy Alcott	75-68=143	+1
	Alice Ritzman	72-71=143
5	Debbie Massey	72-72=144	+2
T6	Danielle Ammaccapane	72-73=145	+3
	Jody Anschutz	73-72=145
	JoAnne Carner	73-72=145
	Jane Geddes	71-74=145
	Meg Mallon	70-75=145

Source:^[1][8]

Third round

Saturday, July 13, 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Pat Bradley	69-73-72=214	+1
	Joan Pitcock	70-72-72=214
T3	Amy Alcott	75-68-72=215	+2
	Brandie Burton	75-71-69=215
T5	Christa Johnson	76-72-68=216	+3
	Meg Mallon	70-75-71=216
	Kris Tschetter	77-72-67=216
T8	Kristi Albers	76-70-71=217	+4
	Jody Anschutz	73-72-72=217
	Laurel Kean	70-76-71=217
	Dottie Pepper	73-76-68=217

Source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, July 14, 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Meg Mallon	70-75-71-67=283	−1	110,000
2	Pat Bradley	69-73-72-71=285	+1	55,000
3	Amy Alcott	75-68-72-71=286	+2	32,882
4	Laurel Kean	70-76-71-70=287	+3	23,996
T5	Christa Johnson	76-72-68-72=288	+4	17,601
	Dottie Pepper	73-76-68-71=288
7	Joan Pitcock	70-72-72-75=289	+5	14,623
T8	Brandie Burton	75-71-69-75=290	+6	12,252
	Jody Anschutz	73-72-72-73=290
	Kristi Albers	76-70-71-73=290

Source:^[2]