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1984 U.S. Women's Open: Hollis Stacy wins at Salem Country Club

Hollis Stacy won the 1984 U.S. Women's Open at Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts, United States with 290 (+2), by 1 stroke over Rosie Jones.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates
July 12, 1984 to July 15, 1984
Course
Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts, United States
Edition
39th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
72 · 6,285 yards
Entries
558
Field
150
Made the cut
62 (cut at 156)
Purse
$225,000 · winner's share $36,000
Champion
Hollis Stacy · age 30 · United States · born Savannah, Georgia, United States
Champion's title
3rd title at this event · 4th major
Winning score
74-72-75-69 = 290 (+2) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up
Rosie Jones (291)
54-hole leader
Amy Alcott, Donna White · Hollis Stacy was 3 strokes back
Low amateur
Dottie Pepper (302)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Hollis Stacy74727569290+2
2Rosie Jones73717572291+3

What happened at the 1984 U.S. Women's Open

Hollis Stacy holed a 7-iron from 123 yards in deep rough for an eagle 2 on the 341-yard 13th, tying for the lead.

Rosie Jones bogeyed the 18th and Amy Alcott double-bogeyed it, and Stacy's two-putt par there gave her a one-stroke win.

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

  1. usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
  2. Wikipedia: 1984 U.S. Women's Open
  3. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
  4. Wikipedia: Hollis Stacy
  5. golfcompendium.com: 1984 us womens open
  6. vault.si.com: and then the eagle landed
  7. csmonitor.com
  8. web.archive.org: pastchamps