Golf tour season
The 1969 LPGA Tour was the 20th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 2. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Carol Mann won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of 49,152ドル.
There were two first-time winners in 1969: Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner, who would win 43 LPGA events in her career.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
[edit ]The following table shows all the official money events for the 1969 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 ($) |
1st prize ($)
|
| Jan 19 |
Burdine's Invitational |
Florida |
United States JoAnne Carner (1*) (a) |
216 (E) |
35,000 |
5,200
|
| Mar 17 |
Orange Blossom Open |
Florida |
United States Kathy Whitworth (47) |
216 (+3) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Mar 23 |
Port Charlotte Invitational |
Florida |
United States Kathy Whitworth (48) |
218 (−1) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Mar 30 |
Port Malabar Invitational |
Florida |
United States Kathy Whitworth (49) |
210 (−3) |
17,500 |
2,625
|
| Apr 20 |
Lady Carling Open |
Georgia |
United States Kathy Whitworth (50) |
212 (−4) |
17,500 |
2,625
|
| Apr 27 |
Raleigh Ladies Invitational |
North Carolina |
United States Carol Mann (21) |
212 (−4) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| May 4 |
Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational |
Louisiana |
United States Sandra Haynie (15) |
214 (−2) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| May 11 |
Dallas Civitan Open |
Texas |
United States Carol Mann (22) |
209 (−4) |
22,000 |
3,225
|
| May 18 |
St. Louis Women's Invitational |
Missouri |
United States Sandra Haynie (16) |
208 (−5) |
16,000 |
2,400
|
| May 25 |
Bluegrass Invitational |
Kentucky |
United States Mickey Wright (81) |
216 (E) |
15,750 |
2,325
|
| Jun 2 |
O'Sullivan Ladies Open |
Virginia |
United States Murle Lindstrom (4) |
208 (−5) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Jun 8 |
Lady Carling Open |
Maryland |
United States Susie Berning (6) |
213 (−6) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Jun 15 |
Patty Berg Classic |
Massachusetts |
United States Kathy Whitworth (51) |
214 (−5) |
25,000 |
3,750
|
| Jun 22 |
Pabst Ladies Classic |
Ohio |
United States Susie Berning (7) |
211 (−5) |
30,000 |
4,500
|
| Jun 29 |
U.S. Women's Open |
Florida |
United States Donna Caponi (1) |
294 (+2) |
31,040 |
5,000
|
| Jul 13 |
Ladies' Supertest Open |
Canada |
United States Sandra Haynie (17) |
216 (−3) |
22,000 |
3,300
|
| Jul 20 |
Danbury Lady Carling Open |
Connecticut |
United States Carol Mann (23) |
215 (−1) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Jul 27 |
LPGA Championship |
New York |
United States Betsy Rawls (52) |
293 (+1) |
35,000 |
5,250
|
| Aug 3 |
Buckeye Savings Invitational |
Ohio |
United States Sandra Spuzich (2) |
213 (+3) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Aug 10 |
Stroh's-WBLY Open |
Ohio |
United States Marlene Hagge (25) |
216 (−2) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Aug 17 |
Southgate Ladies Open |
Kansas |
United States Carol Mann (24) |
217 (+1) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Aug 24 |
Tournament of Champs |
Canada |
United States Carol Mann (25) |
216 (−3) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Sep 7 |
Molson's Canadian Open |
Canada |
United States Carol Mann (26) |
212 (−4) |
25,500 |
3,750
|
| Sep 14 |
Wendell-West Open |
Washington |
United States Kathy Whitworth (52) |
213 (−3) |
22,000 |
3,225
|
| Sep 21 |
Lincoln-Mercury Open |
California |
United States Donna Caponi (2) |
214 (−2) |
20,500 |
3,000
|
| Oct 5 |
Mickey Wright Invitational |
California |
United States Carol Mann (27) |
212 (−7) |
20,000 |
3,000
|
| Oct 19 |
Quality Chek'd Classic |
Texas |
United States Mary Mills (6) |
213 (−3) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Oct 26 |
Corpus Christi Civitan Open |
Texas |
United States Carol Mann (28) |
212 (+2) |
15,000 |
2,250
|
| Nov 2 |
River Plantation Women's Open |
Texas |
United States Kathy Whitworth (53) |
213 (E) |
17,500 |
2,625
|
a – amateur
* - non-member at time of win