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Hollis Stacy

United States · born , Savannah, Georgia, United States

4major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1977 U.S. Women's Open
  • Last major 1984 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1977 U.S. Women's Open Hazeltine National G.C. · 292 (+4) · by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez
  2. 1978 U.S. Women's Open Country Club of Indianapolis · 289 (+5) · by 1 stroke from JoAnne Gunderson Carner and Sally Little
  3. 1983 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
  4. 1984 U.S. Women's Open Salem C.C. · 290 (+2) · by 1 stroke from Rosie Jones

Near misses

  1. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Richland C.C. · runner-up to Amy Alcott · 289

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Amy Alcott's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1977 U.S. Women's Open Stacy's opening 70 was the low round of the day and was not bettered by anyone all week; she led outright after every round, the only start-to-finish winner of the decade besides Caponi (1970) and Carner (1971) in the record book's list.
  2. 1977 U.S. Women's Open Head-to-head with Stacy on the final day, newly professional Nancy Lopez matched her closing 74 but finished two back; Lopez later joked to Stacy that she would have won if her zipper had not broken during the round.
  3. 1978 U.S. Women's Open Sally Little, eight strokes behind Stacy after three rounds of 75, closed with a 65 - the first 65 in championship history and still the record-book low fourth round - and waited in the clubhouse at 290 while the leaders finished.
  4. 1978 U.S. Women's Open One ahead of Carner on the par-5 18th (the nines were reversed), Stacy hit her tee shot badly fat, advanced a fairway wood that skipped through the front bunker to the fringe, chipped to about five feet and holed the par putt to win by one.
  5. 1984 U.S. Women's Open Five strokes back after a 6 at the 4th hole on Sunday, Stacy holed a 7-iron second shot for an eagle 2 at the 13th and a 20-foot birdie putt at the 16th to catch the leaders.
  6. 1984 U.S. Women's Open Needing pars to force a playoff, Rosie Jones bogeyed the 18th and Amy Alcott double-bogeyed it, handing Stacy the title by one.

Records and firsts

  1. various U.S. Women's Open three titles · 3 (Zaharias; Susie Maxwell Berning; Hollis Stacy; Annika Sorenstam)
  2. 1970 U.S. Women's Open most consecutive starts · 31 (1970–2000)
  3. 1977 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: no ties

Results by championship

    Best day

    1977 U.S. Women's Open

    Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, MN · 292 (+4) · by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez

    Stacy's opening 70 was the low round of the day and was not bettered by anyone all week; she led outright after every round, the only start-to-finish winner of the decade besides Caponi (1970) and Carner (1971) in the record book's list.

    Head-to-head with Stacy on the final day, newly professional Nancy Lopez matched her closing 74 but finished two back; Lopez later joked to Stacy that she would have won if her zipper had not broken during the round.

    Record: no ties

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1977.

    Career line, 1977–1984

    U.S. Women's Open
    1977 U.S. Women's Open: won1978 U.S. Women's Open: won1980 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Amy Alcott1984 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Other LPGA majors
    1983 du Maurier Classic: won
    1978198019821984

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

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Hollis Stacy was born on March 16, 1954, in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Stacy won 4 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 3 U.S. Women's Opens (1977, 1978, 1984) and 1 du Maurier Classic (1983).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (4)

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

    1. 1977 U.S. Women's Open Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, MN · 292 (+4) · by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez
    2. 1978 U.S. Women's Open Country Club of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN · 289 (+5) · by 1 stroke from JoAnne Gunderson Carner and Sally Little
    3. 1983 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
    4. 1984 U.S. Women's Open Salem C.C., Peabody, MA · 290 (+2) · by 1 stroke from Rosie Jones

    Near misses

    1. 1980 U.S. Women's Open Richland C.C. · runner-up to Amy Alcott · 289

    Records and firsts

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

    1. various U.S. Women's Open three titles · 3 (Zaharias; Susie Maxwell Berning; Hollis Stacy; Annika Sorenstam)
    2. 1970 U.S. Women's Open most consecutive starts · 31 (1970–2000)
    3. 1977 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: no 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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    2. lpga.com: major championship records
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    4. lpga.com: overview
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