Golf tour season
The 1967 LPGA Tour was the 18th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 16 to November 19. The season consisted of 28 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of 32,937ドル.
There were two first-time winners in 1967: Catherine Lacoste from France and Margie Masters from Australia. They were the first winners from the continents of Europe and Australia, respectively. This season also saw the last playing of the Women's Western Open, an LPGA major.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
[edit ]The following table shows all the official money events for the 1967 season.[1] "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.
| Date |
Tournament |
Location |
Winner |
Score |
Purse ($) |
1st prize ($)
|
| Mar 19 |
St. Petersburg Orange Classic |
Florida |
United States Marilynn Smith (17) |
283 |
12,500 |
1,875
|
| Mar 26 |
Venice Ladies Open |
Florida |
United States Kathy Whitworth (29) |
217 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
| Apr 2 |
Louise Suggs Invitational |
Florida |
United States Susie Maxwell (3) |
224 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
| Apr 23 |
Raleigh Ladies Invitational |
North Carolina |
United States Kathy Whitworth (30) |
215 |
12,000 |
1,800
|
| Apr 30 |
Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational |
Louisiana |
United States Mickey Wright (73) |
219 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
| May 7 |
Tall City Open |
Texas |
United States Carol Mann (8) |
214 |
12,500 |
1,875
|
| May 15 |
Dallas Civitan Open |
Texas |
United States Jo Ann Prentice (2) |
281 |
16,800 |
2,475
|
| May 21 |
Babe Zaharias Open |
Texas |
United States Marilynn Smith (18) |
210 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
| Jun 4 |
St. Louis Women's Invitational |
Missouri |
United States Kathy Whitworth (31) |
209 |
13,500 |
2,025
|
| Jun 11 |
Bluegrass Invitational |
Kentucky |
United States Mickey Wright (74) |
208 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
| Jun 18 |
Milwaukee Jaycee Open |
Wisconsin |
United States Susie Maxwell (4) |
216 |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Jun 25 |
Buckeye Savings Invitational |
Ohio |
United States Carol Mann (9) |
207 |
14,000 |
2,100
|
| Jul 2 |
U.S. Women's Open |
Virginia |
France Catherine Lacoste (1*) (am) |
294 |
25,000 |
| Jul 9 |
Lady Carling Open |
Maryland |
United States Mickey Wright (75) |
207 |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Jul 16 |
LPGA Championship |
Massachusetts |
United States Kathy Whitworth (32) |
284 |
17,500 |
2,625
|
| Jul 22 |
Supertest Ladies' Open |
Canada |
United States Carol Mann (10) |
210 |
18,000 |
2,700
|
| Aug 6 |
Lady Carling Open |
Ohio |
United States Kathy Whitworth (33) |
212 |
20,500 |
3,075
|
| Aug 20 |
Women's Western Open |
Illinois |
United States Kathy Whitworth (34) |
289 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
| Aug 27 |
Amarillo Ladies' Open |
Texas |
United States Sandra Haynie (12) |
212 |
13,000 |
1,950
|
| Sep 10 |
Pacific Golf Classic |
Oregon |
United States Clifford Ann Creed (10) |
211 |
10,750 |
1,575
|
| Sep 17 |
Shirley Englehorn Invitational |
Idaho |
United States Shirley Englehorn (6) |
210 |
11,000 |
1,650
|
| Sep 24 |
Mickey Wright Invitational |
California |
United States Sandra Haynie (13) |
212 |
11,500 |
1,725
|
| Oct 1 |
Ladies' Los Angeles Open |
California |
United States Kathy Whitworth (35) |
212 |
16,000 |
2,325
|
| Oct 22 |
Carlsbad Jaycee Open |
New Mexico |
United States Murle Lindstrom (3) |
216 |
11,000 |
1,650
|
| Oct 29 |
Alamo Ladies' Open |
Texas |
United States Kathy Whitworth (36) |
213 |
12,500 |
1,875
|
| Nov 5 |
Corpus Christi Civitan Open |
Texas |
United States Clifford Ann Creed (11) |
214 |
11,500 |
1,725
|
| Nov 12 |
Quality Chek'd Classic |
Texas |
Australia Margie Masters (1) |
214 |
11,500 |
1,725
|
| Nov 19 |
Pensacola Ladies Invitational |
Florida |
United States Mickey Wright (76) |
210 |
10,000 |
1,500
|
am - amateur
* - non-member at time of win