"2001 U.S. Open (golf) The 2001 United States Open Championship was the 101st U.S. Open, held June 14–18 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The U.S. Open returned to Southern Hills for the first time since 1977. Retief Goosen won the first of his two U.S. Open titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mark Brooks. The tournament was also notable for ending defending champion Tiger Woods' run of four consecutive major championship wins, the ""Tiger Slam;"" he finished seven strokes back in a tie for twelfth. Woods reclaimed the U.S. Open title the"
"1977 US Open (tennis) The 1977 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Forest Hills, Queens in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 29 August until 11 September. It was the 97th staging of the US Open, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1977. This was the third and final year in which the US Open was played on clay courts. After 68 years it was the final time the championship was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills before moving to Flushing Meadows"
"1978 U.S. Open (golf) The 1978 U.S. Open was the 78th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Andy North held on for a one-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his two U.S. Open titles. The strength in North's game was putting, and he needed only 114 putts over 72 holes, tying the record set by Billy Casper in 1966. This was North's second win on the PGA Tour, but he would not win again until the 1985 U.S. Open;"
"1977 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1977 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 32nd U.S. Women's Open, held July 21–24 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Hollis Stacy led wire-to-wire and won her first major championship and the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez, who had recently turned She began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Jan Stephenson, with Lopez a stroke back in third. Seven years earlier in 1970, Hazeltine had hosted the U.S. Open, which returned in 1991."
"U.S. Women's Open (2019) have been held or are scheduled to be conducted in the state, with all four in the Charleston market. ""Sunday, June 12, 1977"" 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"
"1978 US Open (tennis) The 1978 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 98th edition of the US Open and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The tournament was held from August 28 to September 10, 1978, and the singles titles were won by Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. This was the first year the US Open was played at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows after having been organized at the"
"one-stroke win. Amateurs: Bobby Clampett (+13), Jim Holtgrieve (+20) 1978 U.S. Open (golf) The 1978 U.S. Open was the 78th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Andy North held on for a one-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his two U.S. Open titles. The strength in North's game was putting, and he needed only 114 putts over 72 holes, tying the record set by Billy Casper in 1966. This was North's second win on the PGA Tour, but he"
"1975 U.S. Open (golf) The 1975 U.S. Open was the 75th U.S. Open, held June 19–23, at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Lou Graham defeated John Mahaffey by two strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his only major championship. Tom Watson shot 135 (−7) to tie the U.S. Open record for the first 36 holes of play, but 155 (+13) on the weekend forced him down the leaderboard, three shots out of the Graham-Mahaffey playoff. It marked the second straight year Watson failed to maintain a weekend lead in the championship; he"
"1977 PGA Championship The 1977 PGA Championship was the 59th PGA Championship, played August 11–14 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Lanny Wadkins, 27, won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Gene Littler. It was the first playoff at the PGA Championship in ten years and was the first-ever sudden-death playoff in a stroke-play major championship. The last was 36 years earlier at the 1941 PGA Championship, when the 36-hole final match went to two extra holes. Prior to the start of the championship, the irons of several top players were deemed to have"
"1975 US Open (tennis) The 1975 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Forest Hills, Queens in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 27 August until 7 September. It was the 95th staging of the US Open, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. During the final three years at the Forest Hills location, 1975-1977, the US Open was played on a green-colored Har-Tru clay surface, a surface slightly harder and faster than red clay. The switch came after player complaints about the poor state and uneven"
"1979 U.S. Open (golf) The 1979 U.S. Open was the 79th U.S. Open, held June 14–17, at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Hale Irwin won his second U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player. Hale Irwin, the 1974 champion, held a three-stroke lead over Tom Weiskopf going to the final round. Irwin did not play particularly well, recording bogeys at 11, 14, and 18, and a double-bogey at 17. His final-round 75 tied the post-World War II tournament record for highest final round score by the champion. Jerry Pate, the 1976 champion, began"
"1967 U.S. Open (golf) The 1967 U.S. Open was the 67th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus shot a final round 65 and established a new U.S. Open record of 275, four strokes ahead of runner-up Arnold Palmer, the 1960 champion. It was the second of Nicklaus' four U.S. Open titles and the seventh of his eighteen major championships. Nicklaus' record score surpassed the 276 of Ben Hogan in 1948 at Riviera. His final round 65 (−5) tied the U.S. Open record for lowest final 18"
"1979 US Open (tennis) The 1979 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 99th edition of the US Open and the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The tournament was held from August 28 to September 9, 1979. John McEnroe and Tracy Austin won the singles titles. John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 Tracy Austin defeated Chris Evert 6–4, 6–3 John McEnroe / Peter Fleming defeated Bob Lutz / Stan Smith 6–2,"
"1976 U.S. Open (golf) The 1976 U.S. Open was the 76th U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at the Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Tour rookie Jerry Pate won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Al Geiberger and Tom Weiskopf. John Mahaffey, who lost the U.S. Open in a playoff the year before, took the lead with a 68 in the second round. He followed that up with a 69 in the third round on Saturday for a two-stroke lead over Jerry Pate after 54 holes, with Geiberger"
"1977 Louisville Open The 1977 Louisville Open, also known as the Louisville International Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Louisville Tennis Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 25 July through August 1, 1977. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized as a Four Star event. The singles final was won by first-seeded Guillermo Vilas who received $20,000 first prize money. It was Vilas' third title win at the tournament after 1974 and 1975. Guillermo Vilas defeated"
"place finisher, reigning U.S. Open champion Hubert Green, shot a final round 67 and was a distant ten strokes behind Nicklaus, who won his third Open (and third career grand slam) the following year at St. Andrews. Ailsa Course ""Wednesday, 6 July 1977"" ""Thursday, 7 July 1977"" <br> Amateurs: Garner (+13), McEvoy (+13), Powell (+13), Carrick (+15), Lyle (+15), Pierse (+16), Wilson (+16), Cosh (+21), Chapman (+25). ""Friday, 8 July 1977"" ""Saturday, 9 July 1977"" ""Final round"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par""<br> 1977 Open Championship The 1977 Open Championship was the 106th Open Championship, held 6–9 July on the"
"1974 U.S. Open (golf) The 1974 U.S. Open was the 74th U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. In what became known as the ""Massacre at Winged Foot,"" Hale Irwin's score of 287 (+7) was good enough for the first of his three U.S. Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Forrest Fezler. Tom Watson shot a third-round 69 to hold a one-stroke lead over Irwin after 54 holes. In the final round, Watson bogeyed holes 4, 5, and 8 on the front and six more"
"for the 1978 tournament. Guillermo Vilas defeated Jimmy Connors 2–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–0 Chris Evert defeated Wendy Turnbull 7–6, 6–2 Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan defeated Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 6–0 Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve defeated Renee Richards / Betty-Ann Stuart 6–1, 7–6 Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan defeated Billie Jean King / Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Van Winitsky defeated Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–4 Claudia Casabianca defeated Lea Antonopolis 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 1977 US Open (tennis) The 1977 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Forest Hills,"
"The PGA Championship was played at the course in 2002 and 2009 and the Ryder Cup in 2016. ""Sunday, July 24, 1977"" 1977 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1977 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 32nd U.S. Women's Open, held July 21–24 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Hollis Stacy led wire-to-wire and won her first major championship and the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nancy Lopez, who had recently turned She began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Jan Stephenson,"
"1977 Pacific Southwest Open The 1977 Pacific Southwest Open, also known under its sponsorship name 1977 Arco–Pacific Southwest Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized as five-star. It was the 51st edition of the tournament and was held from March 28 through April 3, 1977, a departure from its customary slot in September. Third-seeded Stan Smith won the singles title and $23,625 first-prize money as well as 150 ranking points. Stan Smith"
"1977 Open Championship The 1977 Open Championship was the 106th Open Championship, held 6–9 July on the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Scotland. Tom Watson won the second of his five Open titles by one stroke over runner-up Jack Nicklaus. The two played together in the final two rounds and had separated themselves from the field under clear skies, leading this Open to be remembered as the ""Duel in the Sun."" This was the first Open ever held at Turnberry, which renamed its 18th hole after the duel. Three months earlier, Watson had held off Nicklaus to win his first green"
"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 (2007), PGA Championship (2012, 2021), and the"
"1987 U.S. Open (golf) The 1987 U.S. Open was the 87th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Scott Simpson passed and held off 1982 champion Tom Watson on the Lake Course to win his only major title by one stroke. Eleven former champions were in the field and only four made the 36-hole cut. This was the third U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club, the previous two in 1955 and 1966 ended in playoffs. The U.S. Open returned in 1998 and 2012; both were won by one stroke. Olympic"
"1977 Mutual Benefit Life Open The 1977 Mutual Benefit Life Open, also known as the ""South Orange Open"", was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. It was classified as a Two Star category tournament and was part of the 1977 Grand Prix circuit. It was the eight edition of the tournament on the Grand Prix circuit and was held from July 31 through August 8, 1977. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the singles title. Guillermo Vilas defeated Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–1 Colin Dibley / Wojciech Fibak"
"Per Hjertquist defeated Stefan Simonsson, 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 Linda Siegel defeated Ivanna Madruga, 6–4, 6-4 1978 US Open (tennis) The 1978 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 98th edition of the US Open and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The tournament was held from August 28 to September 10, 1978, and the singles titles were won by Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. This was the first year the US Open was"
"in for the win. The championship had gone without a playoff since 1967. The seventh and last sudden-death playoff was in 1996; the format was changed to a three-hole aggregate, first used in 2000. 1977 PGA Championship The 1977 PGA Championship was the 59th PGA Championship, played August 11–14 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Lanny Wadkins, 27, won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Gene Littler. It was the first playoff at the PGA Championship in ten years and was the first-ever sudden-death playoff in a stroke-play major championship. The last was 36"
"1976 US Open (tennis) The 1976 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor Har-Tru clay courts at the Forest Hills, Queens in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 30 August until 12 September. It was the 96th staging of the US Open, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1976. It was the second year in which this tournament was played on clay courts. Jimmy Connors defeated Björn Borg, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 Chris Evert defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–0 Tom Okker / Marty Riessen defeated Paul Kronk / Cliff Letcher"
"Mary Carillo / John McEnroe defeated Florenţa Mihai / Iván Molina, 7–6, 6–3 1977 French Open The 1977 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 81st staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1977. Guillermo Vilas defeated Brian Gottfried, 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 Mima Jaušovec defeated Florenţa Mihai, 6–2, 6–7, 6–1 Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez defeated Wojciech Fibak / Jan Kodeš, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Regina Maršíková"
"1977"" ""Sunday, April 10, 1977"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"" 1977 Masters Tournament The 1977 Masters Tournament was the 41st Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson, age 27, won the first of his two green jackets, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus. The two were tied after 68 holes, then Watson birdied the par-4 17th. Needing a birdie to tie, Nicklaus bogeyed the final hole, one of 19 times in his career that he was the runner-up in a major championship. It was the second of Watson's eight major"
"Eddie Dibbs 1–6, 6–0, 6–1 John Alexander / Phil Dent defeated Chris Kachel / Cliff Letcher 6–1, 6–4 1977 Louisville Open The 1977 Louisville Open, also known as the Louisville International Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Louisville Tennis Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 25 July through August 1, 1977. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized as a Four Star event. The singles final was won by first-seeded Guillermo Vilas who received $20,000 first"
"Bob Murphy, who shot 69. ""Final round"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par""<br> 1967 U.S. Open (golf) The 1967 U.S. Open was the 67th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus shot a final round 65 and established a new U.S. Open record of 275, four strokes ahead of runner-up Arnold Palmer, the 1960 champion. It was the second of Nicklaus' four U.S. Open titles and the seventh of his eighteen major championships. Nicklaus' record score surpassed the 276 of Ben Hogan in 1948 at Riviera. His"
"1927 U.S. National Championships (tennis) The 1927 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 12 September until 17 September. It was the 47th staging of the U.S. National Championships and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year. This edition saw the introduction of seedings in the draw which were meant to prevent the best players from meeting each other in the early rounds of the tournament. René"
"1980 U.S. Open (golf) The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki. Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round on the Lower Course on Thursday. Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished 37th. After a second round 71, Nicklaus owned a two-stroke lead over Isao"