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1978 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1978 U.S. Women's Open
dates	July 20–23, [1978](1978-lpga-tour)
location	Indianapolis, Indiana
course	Country Club of Indianapolis
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6115 yd
field	150 players, 66 after cut
cut	154 (+12)
purse	$100,000
winners_share	$15,000
champion	USA Hollis Stacy
score	289 (+5)
previous	[1977](1977-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[1979](1979-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Indiana The 1978 U.S. Women's Open was the 33rd U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at Country Club of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Defending champion Hollis Stacy won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner and Sally Little. She sank a 5 ft putt for par on the 72nd green to secure the win, the second of her four major titles.

Rookie sensation Nancy Lopez was a co-leader after two rounds, but a 79 on Saturday took her out of contention, and she tied for ninth.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 23, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Hollis Stacy	70-75-72-72=289	+5	15,000
T2	USA JoAnne Carner	73-72-73-72=290	+6	7,000
ZAF Sally Little	75-75-75-65=290
T4	USA Jane Blalock	74-74-71-74=293	+9	4,650
USA Pam Higgins	74-73-75-71=293
T6	USA Donna Caponi Young	68-78-73-75=294	+10	3,260
USA Donna White	72-72-79-71=294
USA Kathy Martin	76-74-71-73=294
T9	USA Nancy Lopez	71-73-79-72=295	+11	$2,533
USA Peggy Conley	75-76-70-74=295
CAN Sandra Post	78-73-74-70=295

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References

(July 22, 1978). "Nancy Lopez, two others knotted in Women's Open". Bangor Daily News.
(July 22, 1978). "Lopez teeters, but doesn't topple to share Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
Pileggi, Sarah. (July 31, 1978). "No open-and-shut Open".
(July 24, 1978). "Stacy makes it two straight". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 24, 1978). "Hollis Stacy defends Open title with 1-stroke win". Bangor Daily News.
(July 21, 1978). "Young sets mark, Lopez sets sights". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 23, 1978). "Lopez shoots a 'terrible' 79 and Stacy takes advantage". Eugene Register-Guard.

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