1976 U.S. Women's Open

The 1976 U.S. Women's Open was the 31st U.S. Women's Open, held July 8–12 at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.

1976 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 8–12, 1976
Location	Springfield, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Rolling Green Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,066 yards (5,547 m)
Prize fund	$60,000
Winner's share	$9,054
Champion
JoAnne Carner
292 (+8), playoff
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Springfield 

Location in the United States

Rolling Green Golf Club 

Location in Pennsylvania

JoAnne Carner, the 1971 champion, won in a Monday playoff over defending champion Sandra Palmer by a score of 76 to 78.^[1][2][3] The two had tied at 292 (+8), four strokes ahead of Jane Blalock.^[4][5]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 11, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	JoAnne Carner	71-71-77-73=292	+8	Playoff
	Sandra Palmer	70-74-73-75=292
3	Jane Blalock	75-72-73-76=296	+12	3,454
4	Susie McAllister	76-78-70-73=297	+13	2,654
T5	Amy Alcott	72-75-78-74=299	+15	2,329
	Sharon Miller	75-75-77-72=299
7	Silvia Bertolaccini	78-73-74-75=300	+16	2,054
T8	Susie Berning	73-76-79-75=303	+19	1,954
	Betsy King (a)	76-74-76-77=303		0
T10	Carole Jo Callison	78-77-72-78=305	+21	1,854
	Carol Semple (a)	71-77-82-75=305		0
	Debbie Massey (a)	75-74-74-82=305

(a) = amateur
Source:^[5]

Playoff

Monday, July 12, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	JoAnne Carner	76	+5	9,054
2	Sandra Palmer	78	+7	5,554

Source:^[2][3]