1969 LPGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 24–27, 1969 |
Location | Kiamesha Lake, New York |
Course(s) | Concord Golf Club |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,306 yards (5,766 m)[1] |
Field | 63 players, 41 after cut [1] |
Cut | 162 (+16) |
Prize fund | $36,000 |
Winner's share | $5,250 |
Champion | |
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293 (+1), playoff | |
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Kiamesha Lake
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Location in the United States![Concord Golf Club is located in New York](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/USA_New_York_relief_location_map.svg/170px-USA_New_York_relief_location_map.svg.png)
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Concord
Golf Club
Golf Club
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Location in New YorkThe 1969 LPGA Championship was the fifteenth LPGA Championship, held July 24–27 at Concord Golf Club in Kiamesha Lake, New York. Betsy Rawls won her second LPGA Championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Carol Mann and Susie Maxwell Berning.[2] She began the final round three strokes behind co-leaders Mann and Marlene Hagge.[3] At age 41, it was Rawls' eighth and final major title; her previous major win was nine years earlier.[4]
The purse was increased by 80% over the previous year, to US$36,000 (equivalent to $254,058 in 2020). The record field of 63 players required the championship's first 36-hole cut, which reduced the weekend field to 41 women.[1]
Past champions in the field[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Betsy Rawls | ![]() |
1959 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 71 | 293 | +1 | 1 |
Marlene Hagge | ![]() |
1956 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 79 | 298 | +6 | 4 |
Kathy Whitworth | ![]() |
1967 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 300 | +8 | T6 |
Sandra Post | ![]() |
1968 | 80 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 305 | +13 | T10 |
Louise Suggs | ![]() |
1957 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 305 | +13 | T10 |
Mickey Wright | ![]() |
1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 |
77 | 75 | 79 | 76 | 307 | +15 | T13 |
Mary Mills | ![]() |
1964 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 80 | 310 | +18 | T16 |
Gloria Ehret | ![]() |
1966 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 84 | 318 | +26 | T27 |
Judy Kimball | ![]() |
1962 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 322 | +30 | 32 |
Sandra Haynie | ![]() |
1965 | 77 | 79 | WD | 156 | +10 |
Source:[4]
Final leaderboard[]
Sunday, July 27, 1969
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Betsy Rawls | ![]() |
71-72-79-71=293 | +1 | 5,250 |
T2 | Carol Mann | ![]() |
70-74-75-78=297 | +5 | 3,500 |
Susie Maxwell Berning | ![]() |
70-72-80-75=297 | |||
4 | Marlene Hagge | ![]() |
74-72-73-79=298 | +6 | 2,400 |
5 | Murle Breer | ![]() |
73-76-75-75=299 | +7 | 1,850 |
T6 | Donna Caponi | ![]() |
76-75-73-76=300 | +8 | 1,575 |
Kathy Whitworth | ![]() |
72-74-78-76=300 | |||
8 | Sandra Palmer | ![]() |
77-75-76-73=301 | +9 | 1,350 |
9 | Judy Rankin | ![]() |
77-73-77-75=302 | +10 | 1,200 |
T10 | Sandra Post | ![]() |
80-72-77-76=305 | +13 | 1,008 |
Sandra Spuzich | ![]() |
74-78-78-75=305 | |||
Louise Suggs | ![]() |
77-77-77-74=305 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Susie Berning in Ladies PGA lead". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. July 26, 1969. p. 16.
- ^ "Rawls solves putting woes". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 28, 1969. p. 2B.
- ^ "Hagge, Mann tied for lead at Kamesha". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 27, 1969. p. B.
- ^ a b c "Betsy's comeback earns LPGA title". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. July 28, 1969. p. 26.
- ^ "Golf: LPGA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 28, 1969. p. 4B.
External links[]
Categories:
- Women's PGA Championship
- Golf in New York (state)
- 1969 in women's golf
- 1969 in American women's sports
- 1969 in sports in New York (state)
- July 1969 sports events in the United States