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1977 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1977 U.S. Women's Open
dates	July 21–24, [1977](1977-lpga-tour)
location	Chaska, Minnesota
course	Hazeltine National Golf Club
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6313 yd
field	151 players, 52 after cut
cut	157 (+13)
purse	$75,000
winners_share	$11,040
champion	USA Hollis Stacy
score	292 (+4)
previous	[1976](1976-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[1978](1978-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Minnesota 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. 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	USA Hollis Stacy	70-73-75-74=292	+4	11,040
2	USA Nancy Lopez	73-72-75-74=294	+6	7,040
3	USA JoAnne Carner	74-72-76-73=295	+7	4,540
T4	USA Amy Alcott	72-77-75-74=298	+10	2,923
AUS Jan Stephenson	72-75-72-79=298
USA Pat Bradley	77-72-79-70=298
7	USA Susie McAllister	76-80-73-70=299	+11	2,340
8	USA Donna Caponi Young	76-77-77-70=300	+12	2,140
9	USA Jane Blalock	72-78-77-74=301	+13	2,040
T10	USA Jo Ann Prentice	77-76-77-72=302	+14	1,790
USA Judy Rankin	75-77-78-72=302
USA Kathy Whitworth	74-76-79-73=302
ZAF Sally Little	81-75-72-74=302

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References

(July 23, 1977). "Stacy stays two ahead; Mant moves within six". Eugene Register-Guard.
Papanek, John. (August 1, 1977). "Stacy's not spacy anymore".
(July 25, 1977). "Stacy snares U.S. Open golf tourney". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 25, 1974). "Final 74 by Stacy wins Open". Palm Beach Post.
(July 25, 1977). "Stacy wins Open". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(July 24, 1977). "Stacy stays ahead by one in stormy women's open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 25, 1977). "U.S. Women's Open scores". Palm Beach Post.

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