1977 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1977 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 21–24, 1977
Location	Chaska, Minnesota
Course(s)	Hazeltine National Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,313 yards (5,773 m)
Field	151 players, 52 after cut
Cut	157 (+13)
Prize fund	$75,000
Winner's share	$11,040
Champion
Hollis Stacy
292 (+4)
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Hazeltine National
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Hazeltine National
Golf Club

Location in Minnesota

The 1977 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship 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.

Hollis Stacy 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.^[1]^[2]

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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
JoAnne Carner	United States	1971, 1976	74	72	76	73	295	+7	3
Donna Caponi Young	United States	1969, 1970	76	77	77	70	300	+12	8
Sandra Spuzich	United States	1966	76	78	75	75	304	+16	T15
Carol Mann	United States	1965	76	76	77	76	305	+17	T17
Sandra Palmer	United States	1975	74	81	78	77	310	+22	T28
Mary Mills	United States	1963	78	77	79	77	311	+23	T34

Source:^[3]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Kathy Cornelius	United States	1956	75	86	161	+17

Source:^[4]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 24, 1977

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hollis Stacy	United States	70-73-75-74=292	+4	11,040
2	Nancy Lopez	United States	73-72-75-74=294	+6	7,040
3	JoAnne Carner	United States	74-72-76-73=295	+7	4,540
T4	Amy Alcott	United States	72-77-75-74=298	+10	2,923
	Jan Stephenson	Australia	72-75-72-79=298
	Pat Bradley	United States	77-72-79-70=298
7	Susie McAllister	United States	76-80-73-70=299	+11	2,340
8	Donna Caponi Young	United States	76-77-77-70=300	+12	2,140
9	Jane Blalock	United States	72-78-77-74=301	+13	2,040
T10	Jo Ann Prentice	United States	77-76-77-72=302	+14	1,790
	Judy Rankin	United States	75-77-78-72=302
	Kathy Whitworth	United States	74-76-79-73=302
	Sally Little	South Africa	81-75-72-74=302

Source:^[3]

References

↑ "Final 74 by Stacy wins Open". Palm Beach Post. UPI. July 25, 1974. p. D1.
↑ "Stacy wins Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. July 25, 1977. p. 4, part 2.
1 2 "U.S. Women's Open scores". Palm Beach Post. July 25, 1977. p. D4.
↑ "U.S. Women's Open scores". Palm Beach Post. July 23, 1977. p. D4.

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Coordinates: 44°50′02″N 93°35′28″W / 44.834°N 93.591°W / 44.834; -93.591

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