1974 U.S. Women's Open Explained

1974 U.S. Women's Open
Dates:July 18–21, 1974
Location:La Grange, Illinois
Course:La Grange Country Club
Org:USGA
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Cut:155 (+11)
Purse:$40,000
Winners Share:$6,073
Champion: Sandra Haynie
Score:295 (+7)
Previous:1973
Next:1975

The 1974 U.S. Women's Open was the 29th U.S. Women's Open, held July 18–21 at La Grange Country Club in La Grange, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago.

After a double bogey, Sandra Haynie sank birdie putts from 70feetand15feetft (andft) on the final two holes to win by a stroke over runners-up Carol Mann and Beth Haynie had won the previous major, the LPGA Championship, a month

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 21, 1974

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Sandra Haynie73-73-74-75=295+76,073<--.75-->
align=center rowspan=2T2 Beth Stone75-74-76-71=296align=center rowspan=2+8align=center rowspan=22,573
Carol Mann72-72-77-75=296
align=center rowspan=2T4 JoAnne Carner77-72-71-77=297align=center rowspan=2+9align=center rowspan=21,623
Kathy Whitworth75-77-74-71=297
6 Sandra Post81-72-71-74=298+101,473<--.75-->
align=center rowspan=2T7 Debbie Massey (a)71-73-80-75=299align=center rowspan=2+110
Donna Caponi Young71-76-79-73=2991,373<--.75-->
align=center rowspan=2T9 Jane Booth (a)76-74-76-74=300align=center rowspan=2+120
Ruth Jessen77-71-71-81=3001,273<--.75-->
Source:[1]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Women's Open scores . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Florida . UPI . July 22, 1974 . 4-C .