1977 LPGA Tour
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The 1977 LPGA Tour was the 28th season since the
LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 11 to November 13. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Debbie Austin and
Judy Rankin Judy Rankin ( Torluemke; born February 18, 1945) is an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, she joined the LPGA Tour in 1962 at age 17 and won 26 tour events. Since 2010, Rankin has served a ...
won the most tournaments, five each. Rankin led the money list with earnings of $122,890, becoming the first player to win $100,000 in a season. There were six first-time winners in 1977: Debbie Austin,
Silvia Bertolaccini Silvia Bertolaccini (born 30 January 1950) is an Argentine professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Bertolaccini was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe. She won the Argentine and Colombian amateur championships before turning professional and mo ...
, Vivian Brownlee,
Bonnie Lauer Bonnie Lauer (born February 20, 1951) is an American professional golfer, currently retired from the LPGA Tour. Lauer graduated cum laude in 1973 from Michigan State University, where she won the national individual intercollegiate golf champio ...
,
Debbie Massey Debbie Massey (born November 5, 1950) is an American professional golfer. Before joining the LPGA Tour, Massey worked as a skiing instructor. She was LPGA rookie of the year in 1977. Massey won three events on the LPGA Tour, not including back-t ...
, and
Hollis Stacy Hollis Stacy (born March 16, 1954) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans cate ...
. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.


Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1977 season.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979
"Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


Awards


References


External links


LPGA Tour official site1977 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...