the 1993 u.s. women's open golf championship was the 48th u.s. women's open, held july 22–25 at crooked stick golf club in carmel, indiana, a suburb north of indianapolis. five strokes back after three rounds, lauri merten fired a 68 (−4) to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up donna andrews and helen alfredsson, the 54-hole leader.