1987 U.S. Women's Open

Archive note

The 1987 edition was won by Laura Davies. Verified venue assignments are published in this record.

Record sources

• USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results
  • 1987 U.S. Women's Open · Championship identity

    The official champions table records the 1987 winner and site. Recorded site text follows that table; no canonical Club or Course identity is inferred. Explicit date span: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--women-s-open-results--1946-to-present.html

    Verified 2026-09-09
• Official Club history and USGA host and result records
  • Plainfield Country Club

    USGA host register places the 1987 Women's Open at Plainfield C.C., Edison, matching the canonical Club despite the champions table using Plainfield as locality.

    Verified 2026-09-09
• USGA Women's Open Champions and Detailed Results
  • Laura Davies

    1987 official winner. Champions-table score and footnotes cross-checked against the detailed results for completed years through 2025: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--women-s-open-results--1946-to-present.html

    Verified 2026-09-09
• LPGA: 1987 U.S. Women’s Open final leaderboard
  • Ayako Okamoto · JoAnne Gunderson Carner

    Season 1987, final positions 1 and 2/T2. Regulation stroke total excludes playoff strokes. Every tied runner-up is retained. USGA record book page 8 independently confirms the playoff. Recorded regulation score: 285 (-3). Display notation transcribed from the verified stroke total and score relative to par.

    Verified 2026-10-22