Sandra Palmer

United States · born March 10, 1943, Fort Worth, Texas, United States

2major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win, 2 2nds
Chevron Championship1 win
Other LPGA majors1 win

Summary

First major 1975 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 2 times
Other titles 1975 Chevron Championship

Wins

1972 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
1975 U.S. Women's Open Atlantic City C.C. · 295 (+7) · by 4 strokes from JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Nancy Lopez and Sandra Post
1975 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 283

Near misses

1976 U.S. Women's Open Rolling Green G.C. · runner-up to JoAnne Gunderson Carner · 292 · lost playoff
1979 U.S. Women's Open Brooklawn C.C. · runner-up to Jerilyn Britz · 286

Rivals

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Moments

1975 U.S. Women's Open Palmer, who opened with 78 and was six strokes behind first-round leader Judy Rankin (72), surged into a three-way tie for the 54-hole lead with a third-round 71 (one of only two sub-par rounds of the championship) and closed with a par 72 in high wind to win by four.
1975 U.S. Women's Open Eighteen-year-old amateur Nancy Lopez, a recent high-school graduate, shared the 36-hole lead with Sandra Post at 147 and finished tied for second, the first of her four Women's Open runner-up finishes.

Results by championship

Best day

1975 U.S. Women's Open

Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, NJ · 295 (+7) · by 4 strokes from JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Nancy Lopez and Sandra Post

Palmer, who opened with 78 and was six strokes behind first-round leader Judy Rankin (72), surged into a three-way tie for the 54-hole lead with a third-round 71 (one of only two sub-par rounds of the championship) and closed with a par 72 in high wind to win by four.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Nancy Lopez, a recent high-school graduate, shared the 36-hole lead with Sandra Post at 147 and finished tied for second, the first of her four Women's Open runner-up finishes.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1975.

Career line, 1972–1979

U.S. Women's Open

1975 U.S. Women's Open: won 1976 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to JoAnne Gunderson Carner 1979 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Jerilyn Britz

Chevron Championship

1975 Chevron Championship: won

Other LPGA majors

1972 Titleholders Championship: won

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Major win
Other win
Runner-up

Sandra Palmer was born on March 10, 1943, in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Palmer won 2 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 Titleholders Championship (1972) and 1 U.S. Women's Open (1975).

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The record

Wins in the majors (2)

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

1972 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
1975 U.S. Women's Open Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, NJ · 295 (+7) · by 4 strokes from JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Nancy Lopez and Sandra Post
1975 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 283

Near misses

1976 U.S. Women's Open Rolling Green G.C. · runner-up to JoAnne Gunderson Carner · 292 · lost playoff
1979 U.S. Women's Open Brooklawn C.C. · runner-up to Jerilyn Britz · 286

Other wins in championships we cover

1975 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 283

Sources

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.