1974 U.S. Women's Open: Sandra Haynie wins at La Grange Country Club
Sandra Haynie won the 1974 U.S. Women's Open at La Grange Country Club, La Grange, Illinois, United States with 295 (+7), by 1 stroke over Beth Stone and Carol Mann.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- July 18, 1974 to July 21, 1974
- Course
- La Grange Country Club, La Grange, Illinois, United States
- Edition
- 29th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,266 yards
- Entries
- 155
- Field
- 150
- Made the cut
- 54 (cut at 155)
- Purse
- $40,000 · winner's share $6,073
- Champion
- Sandra Haynie · age 31 · United States · born Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 3rd major
- Winning score
- 73-73-74-75 = 295 (+7) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- Beth Stone, Carol Mann (296 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Ruth Jessen · Sandra Haynie was 1 stroke back
- Low amateur
- Debbie Massey (299)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Haynie | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 295 | +7 |
| T2 | Beth Stone | 75 | 74 | 76 | 71 | 296 | +8 |
| T2 | Carol Mann | 72 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 296 | +8 |
What happened at the 1974 U.S. Women's Open
One stroke behind with two holes to play, Sandra Haynie holed a 70-foot birdie putt on the 17th and a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th to win by one.
JoAnne Carner led by two with nine holes left but double-bogeyed the 13th and finished tied for fourth.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 1974 U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Sandra Haynie
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