1975 U.S. Women's Open: Sandra Palmer wins at Atlantic City Country Club
Sandra Palmer won the 1975 U.S. Women's Open at Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, New Jersey, United States with 295 (+7), by 4 strokes over Nancy Lopez (a) and JoAnne Carner and Sandra Post.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- July 17, 1975 to July 20, 1975
- Course
- Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, New Jersey, United States
- Edition
- 30th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,165 yards
- Entries
- 175
- Field
- 155
- Made the cut
- 50 (cut at 158)
- Purse
- $55,000 · winner's share $8,044
- Champion
- Sandra Palmer · age 32 · United States · born Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- Winning score
- 78-74-71-72 = 295 (+7) · won by 4 strokes
- Runners-up
- Nancy Lopez (a), JoAnne Carner, Sandra Post (299 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Sandra Palmer, Sandra Post, Sally Little
- Low amateur
- Nancy Lopez (299)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Palmer | 78 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 295 | +7 |
| T2 | Sandra Post | 74 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 299 | +11 |
| T2 | Nancy Lopez (a) | 73 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 299 | +11 |
| T2 | JoAnne Carner | 73 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 299 | +11 |
What happened at the 1975 U.S. Women's Open
Eighteen-year-old amateur Nancy Lopez, a recent high-school graduate, shared the 36-hole lead and tied for second, the first of her four runner-up finishes in the championship.
Sandra Palmer opened with a 78 and won by four after a third-round 71, one of only two sub-par rounds all week.
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).