1977 LPGA Tour


The 1977 LPGA Tour was the 28th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 11 to November 13. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Debbie Austin and Judy Rankin won the most tournaments, five each. Rankin led the money list with earnings of $122,890, becoming the first player to win $100,000 in a season.
There were six first-time winners in 1977: Debbie Austin, Silvia Bertolaccini, Vivian Brownlee, Bonnie Lauer, Debbie Massey, and Hollis Stacy.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1977 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Feb 13American Cancer Society ClassicFlorida Pam Higgins 212 50,0007,500
Feb 20Orange Blossom ClassicFlorida Judy Rankin 208 50,0007,500
Feb 27Bent Tree ClassicFlorida Judy Rankin 209 100,00015,000
Mar 27Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic ClassicCalifornia Sandra Palmer 281 150,00022,500
Apr 3Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's CircleCalifornia Kathy Whitworth 289 240,00036,000
Apr 17Women's InternationalSouth Carolina Sandra Palmer 281 80,00012,000
Apr 24American Defender ClassicNorth Carolina Kathy Whitworth 206 50,0007,500
May 1Birmingham ClassicAlabama Debbie Austin 207 60,0009,000
May 8Lady Tara ClassicGeorgia Hollis Stacy 209 50,0007,500
May 15Greater Baltimore Golf ClassicMaryland Jane Blalock 209 55,0008,250
May 22LPGA Coca-Cola ClassicNew Jersey Kathy Whitworth 202 77,00011,500
May 29Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Sandra Spuzich 201 50,0007,500
Jun 5Talk Tournament '77New York JoAnne Carner 284 100,00015,000
Jun 12LPGA ChampionshipSouth Carolina Hisako "Chako" Higuchi 279 150,00022,500
Jun 19Mayflower ClassicIndiana Judy Rankin 212 50,0007,500
Jun 26Hoosier ClassicIndiana Debbie Austin 207 50,0007,500
Jul 3Peter Jackson ClassicCanada Judy Rankin 212 80,00012,000
Jul 10Bankers Trust ClassicNew York Pat Bradley 213 75,00011,000
Jul 17Borden ClassicOhio JoAnne Carner 207 80,00012,000
Jul 24U.S. Women's OpenMinnesota Hollis Stacy 292 75,00011,040
Jul 31Pocono Northeast ClassicPennsylvania Debbie Austin 213 75,00011,000
Aug 6Colgate European Women's OpenEngland Judy Rankin 281 100,00015,000
Aug 14Long Island Charity ClassicNew York Debbie Austin 279 100,00015,000
Aug 21Wheeling ClassicWest Virginia Debbie Austin 209 50,0007,500
Aug 28Patty Berg ClassicMinnesota Bonnie Lauer 212 55,0008,250
Sep 4Rail Muscular Dystrophy ClassicIllinois Hollis Stacy 271 100,00015,000
Sep 11National Jewish Hospital OpenColorado JoAnne Carner 210 50,0007,500
Sep 25The Sarah CoventryCalifornia Jane Blalock 282 100,00015,000
Oct 2Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Vivian Brownlee 217 50,0007,500
Oct 9Houston Exchange Clubs ClassicTexas Amy Alcott 208 50,0007,500
Nov 3Mizuno Japan ClassicJapan Debbie Massey 220 100,00015,000
Nov 13Colgate Far East OpenSingapore Silvia Bertolaccini 214 100,00015,000

Awards