1984 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 1984 U.S. Women's Open was the 39th time this major championship was played. And Hollis Stacy took the title for the third time.
Winner: Hollis Stacy, 290
Where it was played: Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachussetts
Tournament dates: July 12-15, 1984
Leaders after first round: Amy Alcott, JoAnn Washam, 71
Leaders after second round: Rosie Jones, Penny Pulz, 144
Leaders after third round: Donna White, Amy Alcott, 218
What Happened in the 1984 U.S. Women's Open
Hollis Stacy won her third U.S. Women's Open crown in 1984, the fourth player to win this championship at least three times. (The three who preceded her were Betsy Rawls and Mickey Wright, who each won four times; and Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who also won three.)Having previously won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 1969, 1970 and 1971, Stacy became the first golfer to win that USGA championship and this one three times each. She remains the only one to do so. And with this victory, Stacy became just the fourth golfer, male or female, to win at least six USGA national championships (others have since joined her with six or more such titles).
Stacy was three strokes off the lead of Amy Alcott and Donna White as the final round began. And after making a six on the fourth hole, Stacy found herself five shots off the lead, then shared by Alcott and Betsy King. But, as Rosie Jones also worked herself into the mix, Stacy birdied Nos. 5 and 8. On the 13th hole, she holed-out a 7-iron approach shot for an eagle two. Then Stacy sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the 16th.
Stacy finished with pars on the 17th and 18th holes. Alcott and Jones were both in position to tie or win outright, but neither could do it. Jones bogeyed the last hole and Alcott double-bogeyed it. Stacy finished at 290 to win by one stroke over runner-up Jones. Alcott tied for third place with Lori Garbacz, two strokes behind. Stacy's 69 in the final round tied for lowest score of the tournament.
Kathy Whitworth, 6-time major champ and the LPGA's all-time wins leader, tied for 10th place. It was her final Top 10 finish in the U.S. Women's Open or any LPGA major. Dottie Pepper, a future 2-time major winner, earned low amateur honors in her major championship debut with a tie for 22nd place.
1984 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Hollis Stacy | 74-72-75-69—290 |
| Rosie Jones | 73-71-75-72—291 |
| Lori Garbacz | 74-76-72-70—292 |
| Amy Alcott | 71-74-73-74—292 |
| Patty Sheehan | 73-77-74-70—294 |
| Penny Pulz | 75-69-78-72—294 |
| Betsy King | 74-72-75-73—294 |
| Donna White | 75-71-72-77—295 |
| Ayako Okamoto | 72-74-74-75—295 |
| Kathy Whitworth | 73-75-75-74—297 |
| Beth Daniel | 76-76-73-72—297 |
| Sue Fogleman | 74-77-74-73—298 |
| JoAnn Washam | 71-78-77-73—299 |
| Patti Rizzo | 75-71-78-75—299 |
| Pat Bradley | 76-77-70-76—299 |
| Vicki Alvarez | 80-74-76-69—299 |
| Lauri Peterson | 74-79-72-75—300 |
| Cathy Marino | 76-73-74-77—300 |
| Silvia Bertolaccini | 74-75-76-75—300 |
| Alice Miller | 73-77-76-75—301 |
| JoAnne Carner | 77-79-73-72—301 |
| a-Dottie Pepper | 77-75-75-75—302 |
| Debbie Massey | 77-78-75-72—302 |
| Heather Drew | 73-75-76-78—302 |
| Jerilyn Britz | 76-75-77-74—302 |
| Amy Benz | 73-79-80-70—302 |
| Jan Stephenson | 72-81-71-79—303 |
| a-Jody Rosenthal | 79-72-74-78—303 |
| Juli Inkster | 80-76-73-74—303 |
| Marta Figueras-Dotti | 77-74-80-72—303 |
| a-Tina Tombs | 77-74-78-75—304 |
| Val Skinner | 78-76-75-75—304 |
| Martha Nause | 75-77-77-75—304 |
| Carole Charbonnier | 74-76-77-77—304 |
| Lisa Young | 74-76-79-76—305 |
| Karin Mundinger | 75-78-77-75—305 |
| Charlotte Montgomery | 76-75-77-77—305 |
| Nancy Lopez | 77-79-75-74—305 |
| Judy Clark | 79-76-77-73—305 |
| Jeannette Kerr | 76-77-79-74—306 |
| Therese Hession | 79-74-78-75—306 |
| Janice Gibson | 74-79-74-79—306 |
| a-Heather Farr | 74-80-79-73—306 |
| Dale Eggeling | 78-77-73-78—306 |
| Jane Blalock | 76-76-74-80—306 |
| Sally Little | 79-74-72-82—307 |
| Mary Zimmerman | 78-77-80-73—308 |
| Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 79-77-77-75—308 |
| Sandra Haynie | 77-77-69-85—308 |
| Elaine Crosby | 80-76-75-78—309 |
| Donna Caponi | 74-75-82-78—309 |
| Kathy Baker | 78-77-74-80—309 |
| Kathryn Young | 76-73-82-79—310 |
| Laurie Rinker | 77-74-86-73—310 |
| Jane Crafter | 78-78-77-77—310 |
| Myra Van Hoose | 77-78-82-74—311 |
| Pia Nilsson | 76-80-75-80—311 |
| a-Kathe Kingston | 76-80-79-76—311 |
| Janet Anderson | 76-79-76-81—312 |
| Vicki Singleton | 80-76-82-77—315 |
| a-Joan Ellis | 72-80-82-81—315 |
| Sherri Turner | 77-77-83-79—316 |
Sources:
Ladies Professional Golf Association. 2004 LPGA Media Guide, Player Biographies, Dottie Pepper and Kathy Whitworth.
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open Past Champion, 1984, via Internet Archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20100314144601/https://www.uswomensopen.com/history/pastchamps/1984.html.
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open Records, https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--women-s-open-records.html.
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open, Records & Results, 1984, https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/history-timeline/scoring-and-stats/scoring.html#!&y=1984.