1976 U.S. Women's Open

The 1977 U.S. Women's Open was the 31st U.S. Women's Open, held July 8–12 at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.

1976 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 8–12, 1976
LocationSpringfield, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Rolling Green Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,066 yards (5,547 m)
Prize fund$60,000
Winner's share$9,054
Champion
JoAnne Carner
292 (+8), playoff
Springfield 
Location in the United States
Rolling Green Golf Club 
Location in Pennsylvania

JoAnne Carner, the 1971 champion, won in a Monday playoff over defending champion Sandra Palmer by a score of 76 to 78.[1][2][3] The two had tied at 292 (+8), four strokes ahead of Jane Blalock.[4][5]

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
JoAnne Carner United States197171717773292+81
Sandra Palmer United States197570747375292+82
Susie Berning United States1968, 1972, 197373767975303+19T8
Sandra Spuzich United States196676787479307+23T17
Mary Mills United States196375777781310+26T30

Source:[5]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 11, 1976

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1JoAnne Carner United States71-71-77-73=292+8Playoff
Sandra Palmer United States70-74-73-75=292
3Jane Blalock United States75-72-73-76=296+123,454
4Susie McAllister United States76-78-70-73=297+132,654
T5Amy Alcott United States72-75-78-74=299+152,329
Sharon Miller United States75-75-77-72=299
7Silvia Bertolaccini Argentina78-73-74-75=300+162,054
T8Susie Berning United States73-76-79-75=303+191,954
Betsy King (a) United States76-74-76-77=3030
T10Carole Jo Callison United States78-77-72-78=305+211,854
Carol Semple (a) United States71-77-82-75=3050
Debbie Massey (a) United States75-74-74-82=305

(a) = amateur
Source:[5]

Playoff

Monday, July 12, 1976

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1JoAnne Carner United States76+59,054
2Sandra Palmer United States78+75,554

Source:[2][3]

References

  1. McDermott, Barry (July 19, 1976). "A mountain of trouble". Sports Illustrated. p. 80.
  2. Bernstein, Ralph (July 13, 1976). "Carner earns $9,000 and prestige". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 20.
  3. "Mrs. Carner wins playoff". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. July 13, 1976. p. 2, part 2.
  4. Bernstein, Ralph (July 12, 1976). "Sandra Palmer cites poor play". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 18.
  5. "Palmer, Carner vie in Open playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 12, 1976. p. 2D.

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