1977 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1977 LPGA Championship June 9–12, 1977 North Myrtle Beach,South Carolina Bay Tree Golf PlantationGold Course LPGA Tour Stroke play – 72 holes 72 6074 yd https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sHYsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5054%2C2007521 Spartanburg Herald South Carolina Little, Kazmierski tied at the top Timms Leslie June 10, 1977 D1 99 players, 64 after cut 154 (+10) $150,000 $22,500 JPN Chako Higuchi 287 (−5) 1976 1978 USA 1 North Myrtle Beach  33.872 -78.661 5 Location in the United States 230 USA South Carolina 1 Bay Tree GP 33.872 -78.661 Location in South Carolina 5 160 The 1977 LPGA Championship was the 23rd LPGA Championship, played June 9–12, 1977 at the Gold Course of Bay Tree Golf Plantation in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Chako Higuchi won her only major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley, Sandra Post, and Judy Rankin.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uXYsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6690%2C2728205 Spartanburg Herald-Journal South Carolina Higuchi has 69 to rule LPGA Timms Leslie June 13, 1977 B1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OfBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4957%2C5446222 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press All Japan cheers for Chako Higuchi June 13, 1977 20 The purse was nearly tripled this year to $150,000, up from $55,000 in 1976.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eG8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5360%2C5735183 Spartanburg Herald South Carolina Gaillard Luther LPGA Championship officially announced with $150,000 purse October 30, 1976 B3 It was the first golf major to be held in South Carolina. The Bay Tree Golf Plantation courses were closed and abandoned in 2006. Since then, the Senior PGA Championship (2007), PGA Championship (2012, 2021, 2031) (all at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's The Ocean Course), and the U.S. Women's Open (2019, Country Club of Charleston) have been held or are scheduled to be conducted in the state, with all four in the Charleston market.Leslie Jacques Fairway to heaven: What happens to an abandoned golf course Salon March 13, 2014 http://www.salon.com/2014/03/13/fairway_to_heaven_what_happens_to_an_abandoned_golf_course_partner/ March 13, 2014http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/incoming/article16599728.html Myrtle Beach Online Spring Jake Golf courses caught in crossfire after real estate goes bust April 4, 2010 July 22, 2015 July 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150722191534/http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/incoming/article16599728.html dead Final leaderboard Sunday, June 12, 1977 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 JPN Chako Higuchi71-67-72-69=279−922,500 T2 USA Pat Bradley71-71-68-72=282−610,953 CAN Sandra Post72-72-69-69=282 USA Judy Rankin68-73-69-72=282T5 USA JoAnne Carner71-77-70-65=283−55,715 USA Joyce Kazmierski69-76-71-67=283 T7 ARG Silvia Bertolaccini75-69-70-70=284−44,376 USA Donna Caponi Young77-67-73-67=284 USA Sandra Palmer72-71-71-70=28410 USA Kathy Whitworth73-70-71-72=286E3,170 Source: References External links Golf Observer leaderboard 1977 33.872 N 78.661 W type:event title Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in South Carolina Category:Women's sports in South Carolina LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship