1976 LPGA Championship | |
Dates: | May 27–30, 1976 |
Course: | Pine Ridge Golf Course |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Par: | 73 |
Yardage: | [1] |
Field: | 98 players, 54 after cut [2] |
Cut: | 152 (+6) |
Purse: | $55,000 |
Winners Share: | $8,000 |
Champion: | Betty Burfeindt |
Score: | 287 (−5) |
Previous: | 1975 |
Next: | 1977 |
The 1976 LPGA Championship was the 22nd LPGA Championship, held May 27–30 at Pine Ridge Golf Course in Lutherville, Maryland, a suburb north of Baltimore.[3]
Betty Burfeindt won her only major title, a stroke ahead of runner-up Judy Rankin.[4] [5] It was her fourth and final win on the LPGA Tour.
Sunday, May 30, 1976
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
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1 | Betty Burfeindt | 71-72-73-71=287 | −5 | 8,000 | |||
2 | Judy Rankin | 72-75-70-71=288 | −4 | 5,650 | |||
3 | Carole Jo Callison | 71-74-73-72=290 | −2 | 4,300 | |||
align=center rowspan=3 | T4 | Jane Blalock | 75-74-71-71=291 | align=center rowspan=3 | −1 | align=center rowspan=3 | 2,650 |
Donna Caponi | 74-73-72-72=291 | ||||||
Jan Stephenson | 71-75-72-73=291 | ||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | T7 | Clifford Ann Creed | 74-73-74-71=292 | align=center rowspan=2 | E | align=center rowspan=2 | 1,763 |
Hollis Stacy | 69-73-79-71=292 | ||||||
9 | Chako Higuchi | 73-71-74-75=293 | +1 | 1,525 | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | T10 | Kathy Ahern | 73-73-76-72=294 | align=center rowspan=2 | +2 | align=center rowspan=2 | 1,375 |
Sharon Miller | 74-68-76-76=294 |