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.
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 She began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Jan Stephenson, with Lopez a stroke back in third.
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.
Final leaderboard Sunday, July 24, 1977 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Hollis Stacy70-73-75-74=292+411,040 2 Nancy Lopez73-72-75-74=294+67,040 3 JoAnne Carner74-72-76-73=295+74,540 T4 Amy Alcott72-77-75-74=298+102,923 Jan Stephenson72-75-72-79=298 Pat Bradley77-72-79-70=298 7 Susie McAllister76-80-73-70=299+112,340 8 Donna Caponi Young76-77-77-70=300+122,140 9 Jane Blalock72-78-77-74=301+132,040 T10 Jo Ann Prentice77-76-77-72=302+141,790 Judy Rankin75-77-78-72=302 Kathy Whitworth74-76-79-73=302 Sally Little81-75-72-74=302 Source:
References
External links Golf Observer final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship Hazeltine National Golf Club