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1976 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1976 LPGA Championship
dates	May 27–30, [1976](1976-lpga-tour)
location	Lutherville, Maryland
course	Pine Ridge Golf Course
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	73
yardage	6449 yd
field	98 players, 54 after cut
cut	152 (+6)
purse	$55,000
winners_share	$8,000
champion	USA Betty Burfeindt
score	287 (−5)
previous	[1975](1975-lpga-championship)
next	[1977](1977-lpga-championship)

|USA |USA Maryland The 1976 LPGA Championship was the 22nd LPGA Championship, held May 27–30 at Pine Ridge Golf Course in Lutherville, Maryland, a suburb north of Baltimore.

Betty Burfeindt won her only major title, a stroke ahead of runner-up Judy Rankin. It was her fourth and final win on the LPGA Tour.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 30, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Betty Burfeindt	71-72-73-71=287	−5	8,000
2	USA Judy Rankin	72-75-70-71=288	−4	5,650
3	USA Carole Jo Callison	71-74-73-72=290	−2	4,300
T4	USA Jane Blalock	75-74-71-71=291	−1	2,650
USA Donna Caponi	74-73-72-72=291
AUS Jan Stephenson	71-75-72-73=291
T7	USA Clifford Ann Creed	74-73-74-71=292	E	1,763
USA Hollis Stacy	69-73-79-71=292
9	JPN Chako Higuchi	73-71-74-75=293	+1	1,525
T10	USA Kathy Ahern	73-73-76-72=294	+2	1,375
USA Sharon Miller	74-68-76-76=294

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References

(May 28, 1976). "Baugh's 68 pop better than Stacy". Spokesman-Review.
(May 29, 1976). "Three share LPGA lead". St. Petersburg Times.
(May 29, 1976). "3 tied for LPGA lead". Palm Beach Post.
(May 31, 1976). "Berfeindt wins LPGA tournament at Baltimore". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(May 31, 1976). "LPGA: Burfeindt slips by Rankin". St. Petersburg Times.
(May 31, 1976). "Putt does it". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(May 31, 1976). "LPGA: Final round". St. Petersburg Times.

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