1977 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1977 - Women (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (32nd) (July 21-24). Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time major championship winner Stacy (USA). [Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minn.].
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (23rd) (June 9-12). Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA), Sandra Post (Can) and Judy Rankin (USA) finished 3 shots behind Higuchi (Jpn), who recorded her first and only major championship win. [Bay Tree Plantation, Little River, SC. All three courses here closed in 2006].
Amateur
LGU
Played as the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship. Aitken (Eng) beat Miss S. Bamford 2 and 1 in the final match. [Formby Ladies GC, Formby, Merseyside].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (74th). Uzielli (Eng) beat Vanessa Marvin (Eng) 6 and 5 in the final. [Hillside GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (77th). Daniel (USA) beat Cathy Sherk (Can) 3 and 1 in the final. [Cincinnati CC, Cincinnati, OH].
America
American Defender
Played as the American Defender Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA). [North Ridge CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
America
x
Played as the Birmingham Classic. Second-placed Debbie Massey (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Austin (USA). [Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
America
Borden
Played as the Borden Classic. Second-placed Pat Meyers (USA) finished 1 shot behind Carner (USA). [Riviera CC, Dublin, Ohio, which permanently closed in 2015].
America
Am Cancer Soc.
Played as the American Cancer Society Classic. Higgins (USA) beat defending champion Judy Rankin (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole, to record her second LPGA Tour win. [Kendale Lakes CC, nr Miami, FL; now called Miccosukee G&CC].
America
Peter Jackson
Played as the Peter Jackson Classic (Jul 1-3). Second-placed Pat Meyers (USA) and Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 1 shot behind Judy Rankin (USA). [Club de Golf Lachute, Lachute, Québec].
America
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Dinah Shore Winners Circle (6th) (Mar 31-Apr 3). Second-placed Sally Little (RSA) and JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 1 shot behind Kathy Whitworth (USA). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
Coca-Cola
Played as the LPGA Coca-Cola Classic. Second-placed Donna Caponi (USA) finished 3 shots behind Whitworth (USA). [Forsgate CC, Monroe Township, New Jersey].
America
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Triple Crown (Jan 14/15; featuring the leading ten players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1976). Jan Stephenson (Aus) and Donna Young (USA) finished in second place behind Jane Blalock (USA). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
Natl Jewish Hosp.
Played as the National Jewish Hospital Open. Second-placed Hollis Stacy (USA) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA). [Columbine CC, Littleton, nr Denver, CO].
America
x
Played as the Women's International. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA) finished 2 shots behind Palmer (USA). [Moss Creek Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SC; now called Moss Creek GC].
America
Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Mary Bea Porter (USA), Sandra Palmer (USA) and Jo Ann Washam (USA) finished 1 shot behind Brownlee (USA), who recorded her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].
America
Honda
Played as the Kathryn Crosby / Honda Civic Golf Classic. Hollis Stacy finished in second place behind Palmer.
America
x
Played as the Hoosier Classic. Jan Stephenson and Judy Rankin finished in second place behind Austin.
Played as the Houston Exchange Clubs Classic. Carol Mann, Kathy Postlewait and Donna White finished in second place behind Alcott.
America
Pepsi-Cola
Played as the Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Ch'ship (two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Winning team: Jerry Pate (USA) & Hollis Stacy (USA). Second-place: Curtis Strange (USA) & Nancy Lopez (USA). [Bardmoor CC, Largo, FL].
America
x
Played as the Greater Baltimore Golf Classic (for the first time since 1974). Second-placed Takako Kiyomoto (Jpn) and Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore, Maryland].
America
x
Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Second-placed Silvia Bertolaccini (Arg) finished 1 shot behind Spuzich (USA). [Armitage GC, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania].
America
Tara
Played as the Lady Tara Classic. Second-placed and defending champion JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Stacy (USA). [Brookfield CC, Roswell, Georgia; at the time Brookfield West G&CC].
America
Mayflower
Played as the Mayflower Classic. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA) finished 2 shots behind Rankin (USA). [Harbour Trees GC, Noblesville, Indiana].
America
Pocono
Played as the Pocono Northeast Classic. Sandra Post finished in second place behind Austin.
America
x
Played as the Patty Berg Golf Classic. Laura Baugh finished in second place behind Lauer.
America
x
Played as the LPGA National Team Championship (Sept 16-18; unofficial LPGA Tr team event). JoAnne Carner (USA) & Judy Rankin (USA) beat Betty Burfeindt (USA) & Pam Higgins (USA) with Carner's eight-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
x
Played as the LPGA National Team Championship (Sept 16-18; unofficial LPGA Tr team event). JoAnne Carner (USA) & Judy Rankin (USA) beat Betty Burfeindt (USA) & Pam Higgins (USA) with Carner's eight-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
Sarah Coventry
Played as The Sarah Coventry championship. Second-placed Pat Meyers (USA) and Debbie Austin (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Round Hill CC, Alamo, CA].
America
x
Played as the Bent Tree Ladies Classic. Second-placed Clifford Ann Creed (USA) finished 4 shots behind Rankin (USA). [Bent Tree CC, nr Sarasota, Florida].
America
x
Played as the Rail Muscular Dystrophy Classic. Second-placed Betty Burfeindt (USA) finished 8 shots behind Stacy (USA). [Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois].
America
x
Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 5 shots behind Rankin (USA), who recorded her 20th LPGA Tour win. [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
Played as the Talk Tournament '77. Kathy McMullen finished in second place behind Carner.
America
Bankers Trust
Played as the inaugural Bankers Trust Classic. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA), JoAnne Carner (USA) and Carol Mann (USA) finished 2 shots behind Bradley (USA). [Locust Hill CC, Pittsford, Rochester, NY].
America
x
Played as the Wheeling Classic. Second-placed Hollis Stacy (USA) finished 1 shot behind Austin (USA). [Jones course, Speidel GC, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV].
America
x
Played as the inaugural Long Island Charity Classic. Kathy Whitworth (USA) and Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 2 shots behind Austin (USA). [Colonie Hill GC, Hauppauge, NY; now called Wind Watch G&CC].
Europe
LGU
Played as the British Women's Open (Aug 31-Sept 2). Although Vivien Saunders (Eng) and Mary Everard (Eng) were tied at 306 after 72 holes, it was decided to award the Championship to Saunders on the basis of final round scores (Saunders 76; Everard 79). [Lindrick GC, Worksop, Nottinghamshire].
Europe
Colgate
Played as the Colgate European Women's Open (Aug 3-6; LPGA Tr event). Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 6 shots behind Judy Rankin (USA), who recorded her second win in this event in four years. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].
Asia
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Far East Open (Nov 11-13; LPGA Tour event). Pat Bradley (USA), Kathy Whitworth (USA) and Donna Caponi Young (USA) finished 1 shot behind 27-year-old Silvia Bertolaccini (USA), who recorded the first of her four LPGA Tour wins. [Singapore Island CC, Singapore].
Asia
Mizuno
Played as the Mizuno Japan Classic (LPGA & Jpn LPGA Trs event). Hollis Stacy (USA) finished in second place behind Massey (USA). [Hanayashiki GC, Miki, Hyogo, Japan].
Aus/NZ
Wills/Qantas
Played as the Wills-Qantas Australian Ladies Open (March 6-7). Stephenson (Aus) beat Pat Bradley (USA) at the fourth playoff hole. Event reduced to 36 holes due to rain. [Manly GC, Manly, nr Sydney, Aus].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Rankin (USA) won her third (and second straight) Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Rankin (USA) won her second straight LPGA Tour Money List, with 1977 season earnings of $122,890 on the Tour. JoAnne Carner (USA) was second on the money list.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Rankin (USA) won her second straight LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.
Massey (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1977 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player.
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