1977 LPGA Championship
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The 1977 LPGA Championship was played at Bay Tree Golf Plantation in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
. This was the 23rd edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from June 9-12.
This championship was won by Chako Higuchi.
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
North Myrtle Beach is a coastal resort city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It was created in 1968 from four existing municipalities north of Myrtle Beach, and serves as one of the primary tourist towns along the Grand Strand...
. This was the 23rd edition of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from June 9-12.
This championship was won by Chako Higuchi.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chako Higuchi | 71-67-72-69=279 | |||
| $22,500 | |||||
| T2 | Judy Rankin Judy Rankin Judy Torluemke Rankin is an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1962 and won 26 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Amateur career:... |
68-73-69-72=282 | |||
| $10,953 | |||||
| T2 | Pat Bradley | 71-71-68-72=282 | |||
| $10,953 | |||||
| T2 | Sandra Post Sandra Post Sandra Post, CM is a Canadian professional golfer. She was the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour.-Early years, junior and amateur golf:... |
72-72-69-69=282 | |||
| $10,953 | |||||
| T5 | JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to... |
71-77-70-65=283 | |||
| $5,715 | |||||
| T5 | Joyce Kazmierski | 69-76-71-67=283 | |||
| $5,715 | |||||
| T7 | Donna Caponi Donna Caponi Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open... |
77-67-73-67=284 | |||
| $4,376 | |||||
| T7 | Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer is an American professional golfer.Palmer was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended North Texas State University where she was a cheerleader and Homecoming Queen.... |
72-71-71-70=284 | |||
| $4,376 | |||||
| T7 | Silvia Bertolaccini Silvia Bertolaccini Silvia Bertolaccini is an Argentine professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Bertolaccini was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe. She won the Argentine and Colombian amateur championships before turning professional and moving to the United States to play on the LPGA Tour in 1975... |
75-69-70-70=284 | |||
| $4,376 | |||||
| 10 | Kathy McMullen | 75-79-65-69=288 | E | $3,170 |