1977 LPGA Championship


The 1977 LPGA Championship was the 23rd LPGA Championship, played June 9–12 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.
The purse was nearly tripled this year to $150,000, up from $55,000 in 1976.
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, PGA Championship, and the U.S. Women's Open have been held or are scheduled to be conducted in the state, with all four in the Charleston market.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 12, 1977
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Chako Higuchi71-67-72-69=279−922,500
T2Pat Bradley71-71-68-72=282−610,953
T2Sandra Post72-72-69-69=282−610,953
T2Judy Rankin68-73-69-72=282−610,953
T5JoAnne Carner71-77-70-65=283−55,715
T5Joyce Kazmierski69-76-71-67=283−55,715
T7Silvia Bertolaccini75-69-70-70=284−44,376
T7Donna Caponi Young77-67-73-67=284−44,376
T7Sandra Palmer72-71-71-70=284−44,376
10Kathy Whitworth73-70-71-72=286E3,170

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