1977 AIG Women's Open: Vivien Saunders wins at Lindrick Golf Club
Vivien Saunders won the 1977 AIG Women's Open at Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop, South Yorkshire, England with 306, over Mary Everard.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 31 August 1977 to 2 September 1977
- Course
- Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop, South Yorkshire, England
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Purse
- £500 · winner's share £210
- Champion
- Vivien Saunders · England · born Sutton, Surrey, England
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 76 = 306
- Runner-up
- Mary Everard (306)
- Low amateur
- Mary Everard (306)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vivien Saunders | 76 | 306 |
| 2 | Mary Everard | 306 |
What happened at the 1977 AIG Women's Open
Saunders and amateur Mary Everard tied on 306 and Saunders took the title on countback because of her better final round, a 76 to Everard's 79, played in tough conditions.
Saunders became the championship's first professional winner and collected the GBP 210 first prize.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG 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).