1970 LPGA Championship

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1970 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 11–15, 1970
LocationSutton, Massachusetts
Course(s)Pleasant Valley Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,130 yards (5,605 m)[1]
Field67 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$30,000
Winner's share$4,500
Champion
United States Shirley Englehorn
285 (−7), playoff
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Sutton is located in the United States
Sutton
Sutton
Location in the United States
Pleasant Valley Country Club  is located in Massachusetts
Pleasant Valley Country Club 
Pleasant Valley Country Club 
Location in Massachusetts

The 1970 LPGA Championship was the 16th LPGA Championship, held June 11–15 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Shirley Englehorn won her only major title, defeating 1967 champion Kathy Whitworth by four strokes.[2] Englehorn bogeyed the second hole and parred the rest for a 74 (+1).[3] Three years earlier Pleasant Valley, Whitworth had bested Englehorn by a stroke in 1967, after the pair had co-led after 54 holes. It was Englehorn's fourth consecutive victory during the 1970 season;[1] defending champion Betsy Rawls tied for 26th, 21 strokes back.[4]

This was the third LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley in four years, and the third of seven in an eight-year stretch.

Past champions in the field[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Kathy Whitworth  United States 1967 69 71 73 72 285 −7 2
Sandra Haynie  United States 1965 73 72 72 75 292 E T6
Mary Mills  United States 1964 69 76 78 74 297 +5 T12
Louise Suggs  United States 1957 74 76 76 75 301 +9 T19
Marlene Hagge  United States 1956 78 76 75 76 305 +13 25
Gloria Ehret  United States 1966 75 76 76 79 306 +14 T26
Judy Kimball  United States 1962 73 82 77 74 306 +14 T26
Betsy Rawls  United States 1959, 1969 77 78 78 73 306 +14 T26
Sandra Post Elliott  Canada 1968 78 75 83 80 316 +24 T48

Source:[4]

Final leaderboard[]

Sunday June 14, 1970

Whitworth had a four-stroke lead after 58 holes, but Englehorn was four-under on the back nine on Sunday, including a birdie on the final hole to force the Monday playoff.[4][5]

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Shirley Englehorn  United States 70-70-75-70=285 −7 Playoff
Kathy Whitworth  United States 69-71-73-72=285
3 Sandra Palmer  United States 73-72-73-70=288 −4 2,600
4 Murle Breer  United States 75-71-70-74=290 −2 2,150
5 Sharon Miller  United States 74-74-72-71=291 −1 1,800
T6 JoAnne Carner  United States 71-76-70-75=292 E 1,400
Sandra Haynie  United States 73-72-72-75=292
T8 Gerda Whalen  West Germany 73-73-73-74=293 +1 1,050
Sharron Moran  United States 73-71-75-74=293
Marilynn Smith  United States 74-69-73-77=293

Source:[4][6]

Playoff[]

Monday, June 15, 1970

No birdies were scored in the playoff: both bogeyed the second hole and Whitworth had another at the ninth to fall one back at the turn. She had a double bogey at the twelfth and dropped three back, while Englehorn had seventeen pars on the way to a one-over 74 for a four-stroke win and the title.[1][3]

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Shirley Englehorn  United States 39-35=74 +1 4,500
2 Kathy Whitworth  United States 40-38=78 +5 3,410

Source:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Shirley Englehorn wins playoff easily". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Englehorn wins LPGA golf crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 3B.
  3. ^ a b "Miss Englehorn wins Open golf". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b c d "Shirley forces LPGA showdown". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 15, 1970. p. 11.
  5. ^ "Playoff needed in women's PGA". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 15, 1970. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Ladies PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 15, 1970. p. 5B.

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