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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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1978 U.S. Women's Open

The 1978 U.S. Women's Open was the 33rd U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at Country Club of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Defending champion Hollis Stacy won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner and Sally Little. She sank a five-foot (1.5 m) putt for par on the 72nd green to secure the win, the second of her four major titles.

Rookie sensation Nancy Lopez was a co-leader after two rounds, but a 79 on Saturday took her out of contention, and she tied for ninth.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 23, 1978

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Hollis Stacy 70-75-72-72=289 +5 15,000
T2 United States JoAnne Carner 73-72-73-72=290 +6 7,000
South Africa Sally Little 75-75-75-65=290
T4 United States Jane Blalock 74-74-71-74=293 +9 4,650
United States Pam Higgins 74-73-75-71=293
T6 United States Donna Caponi Young 68-78-73-75=294 +10 3,260
United States Donna White 72-72-79-71=294
United States Kathy Martin 76-74-71-73=294
T9 United States Nancy Lopez 71-73-79-72=295 +11 $2,533
United States Peggy Conley 75-76-70-74=295
Canada Sandra Post 78-73-74-70=295

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