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Amy Alcott

United States · born , Kansas City, Missouri, United States

5major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1980 U.S. Women's Open
  • Last major 1991 The Chevron Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1979 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
  2. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Richland C.C. · 280 (-4) · by 9 strokes from Hollis Stacy
  3. 1983 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 282 (-6) · 2 strokes from Kathy Whitworth and Beth Daniel
  4. 1988 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 274 (-14) · 2 strokes from Colleen Walker
  5. 1991 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 273 (-15) · 8 strokes from Dottie Pepper

Near misses

  1. 1978 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Nancy Lopez
  2. 1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Sherri Turner

Rivals

Beat her

Nancy LopezBeat Amy Alcott to the 1978 Women's PGA ChampionshipSherri TurnerBeat Amy Alcott to the 1988 Women's PGA Championship

Moments

  1. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Alcott's third-round 68 on Saturday, with the thermometer at 101 degrees, gave her an eight-shot lead over Hollis Stacy and a 54-hole Women's Open record of 208.
  2. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Nancy Lopez-Melton took a nine on the par-5 13th hole in the first round and never recovered, while Alcott led wire-to-wire and was 10 strokes clear with one hole to play.

Records and firsts

  1. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: with ties

Results by championship

    Best day

    1980 U.S. Women's Open

    Richland C.C., Nashville, TN · 280 (-4) · by 9 strokes from Hollis Stacy

    Alcott's third-round 68 on Saturday, with the thermometer at 101 degrees, gave her an eight-shot lead over Hollis Stacy and a 54-hole Women's Open record of 208.

    Nancy Lopez-Melton took a nine on the par-5 13th hole in the first round and never recovered, while Alcott led wire-to-wire and was 10 strokes clear with one hole to play.

    Record: with ties

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1980.

    Career line, 1978–1991

    U.S. Women's Open
    1980 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Chevron Championship
    1983 Chevron Championship: won1988 Chevron Championship: won1991 Chevron Championship: won
    Women's PGA
    1978 Women's PGA: runner-up to Nancy Lopez1988 Women's PGA: runner-up to Sherri Turner
    Other LPGA majors
    1979 du Maurier Classic: won
    198019851990

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Amy Alcott was born on February 22, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Alcott won 5 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 du Maurier Classic (1979), 1 U.S. Women's Open (1980) and 3 Chevron Championships (1983, 1988, 1991).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (5)

    Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

    1. 1979 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
    2. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Richland C.C., Nashville, TN · 280 (-4) · by 9 strokes from Hollis Stacy
    3. 1983 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 282 (-6) · 2 strokes from Kathy Whitworth and Beth Daniel
    4. 1988 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 274 (-14) · 2 strokes from Colleen Walker
    5. 1991 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 273 (-15) · 8 strokes from Dottie Pepper

    Near misses

    1. 1978 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Nancy Lopez
    2. 1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Sherri Turner

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: with ties

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

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    16. Wikipedia: Chevron Championship
    17. Wikipedia: 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore
    18. Wikipedia: 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore
    19. Wikipedia: 1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore