Lauri Merten

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Lauri Merten
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Lauri Merten
Born	(1960-07-06) July 6, 1960 Waukesha, Wisconsin
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Arizona State University
Turned professional	1983
Retired	1997
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1983–97)
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (Wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration	T13: 1985
Women's PGA C'ship	2nd: 1993
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1993
du Maurier Classic	T30: 1993

Lauri Merten (born July 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer. She also competed under the names Lauri Peterson (1983–87) and Lauri Merten-Peterson (1988).

Merten was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She attended Arizona State University and joined the LPGA Tour in 1983.

Merten's three wins on the LPGA Tour came at the 1983 Rail Charity Golf Classic, the 1984 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic and the 1993 U.S. Women’s Open, which is one of the LPGA's major championships. 1993 was her best year on the money list, with a sixth place finish, the only time she made the top ten. Her LPGA Tour career came to its end in 1997.

When she retired, Merten claimed burnout was the cause. Another factor was undoubtedly the unwanted attention surrounding the murder conviction of her brother-in-law, Thomas Capano, in 1996.^[1]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 5, 1983	Rail Charity Golf Classic	−6 (68-70-72=210)	Playoff	Judy Ellis
2	Jul 8, 1984	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	−10 (68-72-65-73=278)	2 strokes	Nancy Lopez
3	Jul 25, 1993	U.S. Women's Open	−8 (71-71-70-68=280)	1 stroke	Helen Alfredsson Donna Andrews

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1983	Rail Charity Golf Classic	Judy Ellis	Won with par on first extra hole

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1993	U.S. Women's Open	−8 (71-71-70-68=280)	1 stroke	Helen Alfredsson, Donna Andrews

References

↑ "The Week January 5-11". Sports Illustrated. January 18, 1999.

External links

Lauri Merten at the LPGA Tour official site

U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

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