1976 LPGA Championship


The 1976 LPGA Championship was the 22nd LPGA Championship, held May 27–30 at Pine Ridge Golf Course in Lutherville, Maryland, a suburb north of Baltimore.
Betty Burfeindt won her only major title, a stroke ahead of runner-up Judy Rankin. It was her fourth and final win on the LPGA Tour.

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Kathy Ahern197273737672294+2T10
Sandra Post196874737573295+3T12
Sandra Haynie1965, 197476757173295+3T12
Marlene Hagge195672777671296+4T17
Kathy Whitworth1967, 1971, 197573747772296+4T17
Gloria Ehret196678727176297+5T20
Judy Kimball196276747374297+5T20

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 30, 1976
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Betty Burfeindt71-72-73-71=287−58,000
2Judy Rankin72-75-70-71=288−45,650
3Carole Jo Callison71-74-73-72=290−24,300
T4Jane Blalock75-74-71-71=291−12,650
T4Donna Caponi74-73-72-72=291−12,650
T4Jan Stephenson71-75-72-73=291−12,650
T7Clifford Ann Creed74-73-74-71=292E1,763
T7Hollis Stacy69-73-79-71=292E1,763
9Chako Higuchi73-71-74-75=293+11,525
T10Kathy Ahern73-73-76-72=294+21,375
T10Sharon Miller74-68-76-76=294+21,375

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