1976 U.S. Women's Open
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 8–12, 1976 |
Location | Springfield, Pennsylvania |
Course(s) | Rolling Green Golf Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,066 yards (5,547 m) |
Prize fund | $60,000 |
Winner's share | $9,054 |
Champion | |
JoAnne Carner | |
292 (+8), playoff | |
The 1976 U.S. Women's Open was the 31st U.S. Women's Open, held July 8–12 at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.
JoAnne Carner, the 1971 champion, won in a Monday playoff over defending champion Sandra Palmer by a score of 76 to 78.[1][2][3] The two had tied at 292 (+8), four strokes ahead of Jane Blalock.[4][5]
Final leaderboard
[edit]Sunday, July 11, 1976
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | JoAnne Carner | 71-71-77-73=292 | +8 | Playoff |
Sandra Palmer | 70-74-73-75=292 | |||
3 | Jane Blalock | 75-72-73-76=296 | +12 | 3,454 |
4 | Susie McAllister | 76-78-70-73=297 | +13 | 2,654 |
T5 | Amy Alcott | 72-75-78-74=299 | +15 | 2,329 |
Sharon Miller | 75-75-77-72=299 | |||
7 | Silvia Bertolaccini | 78-73-74-75=300 | +16 | 2,054 |
T8 | Susie Berning | 73-76-79-75=303 | +19 | 1,954 |
Betsy King (a) | 76-74-76-77=303 | 0 | ||
T10 | Carole Jo Callison | 78-77-72-78=305 | +21 | 1,854 |
Carol Semple (a) | 71-77-82-75=305 | 0 | ||
Debbie Massey (a) | 75-74-74-82=305 |
Playoff
[edit]Monday, July 12, 1976
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | JoAnne Carner | 76 | +5 | 9,054 |
2 | Sandra Palmer | 78 | +7 | 5,554 |
References
[edit]- ^ McDermott, Barry (July 19, 1976). "A mountain of trouble". Sports Illustrated. p. 80.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Ralph (July 13, 1976). "Carner earns $9,000 and prestige". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 20.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Carner wins playoff". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. July 13, 1976. p. 2, part 2.
- ^ Bernstein, Ralph (July 12, 1976). "Sandra Palmer cites poor play". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 18.
- ^ a b "Palmer, Carner vie in Open playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 12, 1976. p. 2D.