Catherine Lacoste

France · born June 27, 1945, Paris, Île-de-France, France

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
U.S. Women's Amateur1 win
Women's Amateur1 win

Summary

First major 1967 U.S. Women's Open
Other titles 1969 U.S. Women's Amateur and 1969 Women's Amateur

Wins

1967 U.S. Women's Open Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course) · 294 (+10) · by 2 strokes from Susie Maxwell and Beth Stone
1969 U.S. Women's Amateur Las Colinas Country Club · 3 & 2
1969 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 1 up

Moments

1967 U.S. Women's Open Five strokes clear after 54 holes, Lacoste shot a final-round 79 (the joint-highest closing round by a champion, book p.16) and saw her lead cut to one, then birdied the 17th and parred the 18th to win by two.
1967 U.S. Women's Open Louise Suggs, nine strokes back at the start of the final round, got within one after the 15th hole before a double bogey at the 16th left her tied for fourth.

Records and firsts

various U.S. Women's Open highest final round by a champion · 79 (Kathy Cornelius 1956; Catherine Lacoste 1967)
1967 U.S. Women's Open only amateur champion · 1 (Catherine Lacoste (France), age 22)
1967 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: European champion and only amateur (Catherine Lacoste, France)
1967 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: USGA says no ties; SI has Haynie leading round 1

Results by championship

Best day

1967 U.S. Women's Open

Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, VA · 294 (+10) · by 2 strokes from Susie Maxwell and Beth Stone

Five strokes clear after 54 holes, Lacoste shot a final-round 79 (the joint-highest closing round by a champion, book p.16) and saw her lead cut to one, then birdied the 17th and parred the 18th to win by two.

Louise Suggs, nine strokes back at the start of the final round, got within one after the 15th hole before a double bogey at the 16th left her tied for fourth.

Record: only amateur champion · 1

Record: European champion and only amateur

Record: USGA says no ties; SI has Haynie leading round 1

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1967.

Career line, 1967–1969

U.S. Women's Open

1967 U.S. Women's Open: won

U.S. Women's Amateur

1969 U.S. Women's Amateur: won

Women's Amateur

1969 Women's Amateur: won

1967196819691970

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Major win
Other win

Catherine Lacoste was born on June 27, 1945, in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Lacoste won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 1967 U.S. Women's Open.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

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

1967 U.S. Women's Open Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, VA · 294 (+10) · by 2 strokes from Susie Maxwell and Beth Stone
1969 U.S. Women's Amateur Las Colinas Country Club · 3 & 2
1969 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 1 up

Other wins in championships we cover

1969 U.S. Women's Amateur Las Colinas Country Club · 3 & 2
1969 The Women's Amateur Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club · 1 up

Records and firsts

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

various U.S. Women's Open highest final round by a champion · 79 (Kathy Cornelius 1956; Catherine Lacoste 1967)
1967 U.S. Women's Open only amateur champion · 1 (Catherine Lacoste (France), age 22)
1967 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: European champion and only amateur (Catherine Lacoste, France)
1967 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: USGA says no ties; SI has Haynie leading round 1

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.