1977 U.S. Women's Open

The 1977 U.S. Women's Open was the 32nd U.S. Women's Open, held July 21–24 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.

1977 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 21–24, 1977
LocationChaska, Minnesota
Course(s)Hazeltine National Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,313 yards (5,773 m)[1]
Field151 players, 52 after cut
Cut157 (+13)
Prize fund$75,000
Winner's share$11,040
Champion
Hollis Stacy
292 (+4)
Chaska
Location in the United States
Hazeltine National
Golf Club
Location in Minnesota

Hollis Stacy led wire-to-wire and won her first major championship and the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez, who had recently turned professional.[2][3][4][5] She began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Jan Stephenson, with Lopez a stroke back in third.[6]

Seven years earlier in 1970, Hazeltine had hosted the U.S. Open, which returned in 1991. The PGA Championship was played at the course in 2002 and 2009 and the Ryder Cup in 2016.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
JoAnne Carner United States1971, 197674727673295+73
Donna Caponi Young United States1969, 197076777770300+128
Sandra Spuzich United States196676787575304+16T15
Carol Mann United States196576767776305+17T17
Sandra Palmer United States197574817877310+22T28
Mary Mills United States196378777977311+23T34

Source:[3][7]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Kathy Cornelius United States19567586161+17
Patty Berg United States19468485169+25

Source:[1][8]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 24, 1977

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Hollis Stacy United States70-73-75-74=292+411,040
2Nancy Lopez United States73-72-75-74=294+67,040
3JoAnne Carner United States74-72-76-73=295+74,540
T4Amy Alcott United States72-77-75-74=298+102,923
Jan Stephenson Australia72-75-72-79=298
Pat Bradley United States77-72-79-70=298
7Susie McAllister United States76-80-73-70=299+112,340
8Donna Caponi Young United States76-77-77-70=300+122,140
9Jane Blalock United States72-78-77-74=301+132,040
T10Jo Ann Prentice United States77-76-77-72=302+141,790
Judy Rankin United States75-77-78-72=302
Kathy Whitworth United States74-76-79-73=302
Sally Little South Africa81-75-72-74=302

Source:[3][7]

References

  1. "Stacy stays two ahead; Mant moves within six". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. July 23, 1977. p. 3C.
  2. Papanek, John (August 1, 1977). "Stacy's not spacy anymore". Sports Illustrated. p. 45.
  3. "Stacy snares U.S. Open golf tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 25, 1977. p. 4D.
  4. "Final 74 by Stacy wins Open". Palm Beach Post. UPI. July 25, 1974. p. D1.
  5. "Stacy wins Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. July 25, 1977. p. 4, part 2.
  6. "Stacy stays ahead by one in stormy women's open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 24, 1977. p. 4D.
  7. "U.S. Women's Open scores". Palm Beach Post. July 25, 1977. p. D4.
  8. "U.S. Women's Open scores". Palm Beach Post. July 23, 1977. p. D4.

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