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, held July 21–24 at

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, a suburb southwest of

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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

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, who had recently turned She began the final round with a one-stroke lead over

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, with Lopez a stroke back in third. Seven years earlier in

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, Hazeltine had hosted the

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, which returned in

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was played at the course in

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and

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and the

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Final leaderboard

''Sunday, July 24, 1977'' Source:

References

External links

Golf Observer final leaderboardU.S. Women's Open Golf ChampionshipHazeltine National Golf Club
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