1977 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Men's professional

  • Masters Tournament - Tom Watson
  • U.S. Open - Hubert Green
  • British Open - Tom Watson
  • PGA Championship - Lanny Wadkins
  • PGA Tour money leader - Tom Watson - $310,653
  • Ryder Cup - United States won 12½ -7½ over Britain & Ireland in team golf. This was the last Ryder Cup to feature a side exclusively from the British Isles; the U.S. opponents in the next Ryder Cup, held in 1979 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, would be drawn from all of Europe. The U.S.-Europe format has continued ever since.

Men's amateur

  • British Amateur - Peter McEvoy
  • U.S. Amateur - John Fought

Women's professional

  • LPGA Championship - Chako Higuchi
  • U.S. Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
  • LPGA Tour money leader - Judy Rankin - $122,890

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