1977 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores

The 1977 U.S. Women's Open was the 32nd time this major championship was played. The first-time winner was Hollis Stacy, who recorded a wire-to-wire victory.

Winner: Hollis Stacy, 292

Where it was played: Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota

Tournament dates: July 21-24, 1977

Leader after first round: Hollis Stacy, 70

Leader after second round: Hollis Stacy, 143

Leader after third round: Hollis Stacy, 218

What Happened in the 1977 U.S. Women's Open

Hollis Stacy won the 1977 U.S. Women's Open, the first of her three titles in this tournament. She won again the following year to go back-to-back, with her third victory in 1984. And Stacy won this one wire-to-wire, holding the outright lead after each round.

She opened with a 70, the low score of the day and one that wasn't beaten by anyone the rest of the tournament. Stacy was at 143 following Round 2, two strokes in front of Nancy Lopez (who was playing her first tournament after turning pro), and three in front of JoAnne Carner.

A 75 in Round 3 put Stacy at 218, one ahead of Jan Stephenson with Lopez two behind in third.

Stacy's final-round 74 was matched by Lopez, with Carner carding a 73 to move up to third place. Stephenson ballooned to a 79 and dropped into a tie for fourth place. Lopez's second-place finish was the second of four times she finished runner-up in a U.S. Women's Open, a major championship that Lopez never won.

The Top 3 finishers, Stacy, Lopez and Carner, were all former winners of the U.S. Girls' Junior championship, and Stacy won that title three years running (1969-71). She joined Carner as one of just a handful of golfers to win both the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Open titles.

Beth Daniel, who went on to win 33 LPGA Tour titles, made the cut for the first time in a major here. She tied for 24th, earning low-amateur honors.

1977 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores

Hollis Stacy	70-73-75-74—292
Nancy Lopez	73-72-75-74—294
JoAnne Carner	74-72-76-73—295
Jan Stephenson	72-75-72-79—298
Pat Bradley	77-72-79-70—298
Amy Alcott	72-77-75-74—298
Susie McAllister	76-80-73-70—299
Donna Young	76-77-77-70—300
Jane Blalock	72-78-77-74—301
Kathy Whitworth	74-76-79-73—302
Judy Rankin	75-77-78-72—302
JoAnn Prentice	77-76-77-72—302
Sally Little	81-75-72-74—302
Sandra Post	73-80-72-78—303
Sandra Spuzich	76-78-75-75—304
Mary Crocker	77-74-81-72—304
Carol Mann	76-76-77-76—305
Betsy Cullen	80-74-73-78—305
Peggy Conley	74-76-78-77—305
Debbie Austin	74-75-78-78—305
Laura Baugh	77-80-75-74—306
Debbie Massey	76-79-76-76—307
Pam Higgins	75-74-83-75—307
Bonnie Lauer	76-80-80-72—308
a-Beth Daniel	76-77-81-74—308
Marlene Floyd	79-76-80-74—309
Janet Coles	79-78-73-79—309
Michelle Walker	75-76-79-80—310
Beth Stone	80-73-80-77—310
Sandra Palmer	74-81-78-77—310
Susan O'Connor	75-81-75-79—310
Joyce Kazmierski	72-83-80-75—310
Silvia Bertolaccini	78-75-80-77—310
Donna White	80-77-77-77—311
Mary Mills	78-77-79-77—311
Dorothy Germain	81-76-74-80—311
Alexandra Reinhardt	82-75-78-77—312
Penny Pulz	79-78-78-77—312
Diane Patterson	78-79-78-77—312
a-Brenda Goldsmith	79-75-80-78—312
Murle Breer	75-80-77-80—312
a-Catherine Reynolds	77-76-79-81—313
Louise Bruce	79-77-77-80—313
Cathy Mant	79-70-88-78—315
Eva Chang	77-80-81-77—315
Bonnie Bryant	76-81-83-76—316
Clifford Ann Creed	81-76-81-79—317
Kathy Ahern	78-79-81-79—317
Shirley Englehorn	78-79-77-85—319
a-Myra Norsworthy	80-76-82-84—322
a-Christine Desch	79-77-82-89—327

Sources:
Ladies Professional Golf Association. 2004 LPGA Media Guides, Player Biographies, Beth Daniel.
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open Past Champions, 1977, via Internet Archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20100314144601/https://www.uswomensopen.com/history/pastchamps/1977.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, 1977, https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/history-timeline/scoring-and-stats/scoring.html#!&y=1977.