1977 U.S. Women's Open

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
United States Hollis Stacy
292 (+4)
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Chaska is located in the United States
Chaska
Chaska
Hazeltine National Golf Club is located in Minnesota
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Hazeltine National
Golf Club

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 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.

  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.