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Sunday 24 July 1977Women’s majorsYear in Review
Stacy wins U.S. Women's Open
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 July 1977 · purse $75,000 · winner's share $11,040
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/18°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 30 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/21°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
151 started, 52 (cut at 157) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nancy Lopez
The golfer
b. 1954-03-16, Savannah, Georgia, United States; United States; age 23 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet