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Golfer Patty Sheehan competing in the 1992 U.S. Women's Open.
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Born October 27, 1956 (age 68) • Middlebury • Vermont
Awards And Honors United States Women’s Open Championship (1994) • United States Women’s Open Championship (1992)

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