1971 LPGA Championship

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1971 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 10–13, 1971
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]
Field52 after cut[2]
Cut160 (+14)
Prize fund$53,000
Winner's share$7,950
Champion
United States Kathy Whitworth
288 (−4)
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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 1971 LPGA Championship was the 17th LPGA Championship, held June 10–13 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

Kathy Whitworth, the 1967 champion, won the second of her three LPGA Championship titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kathy Ahern,[3][4] who won the following year. It was the fifth of Whitworth's six major titles.

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Kathy Whitworth  United States 1967 71 73 70 74 288 −4 1
Sandra Haynie  United States 1965 75 73 71 74 293 +1 T3
Sandra Post Elliott  Canada 1968 73 73 75 72 293 +1 T3
Mickey Wright  United States 1958, 1960,
1961, 1963		 74 73 70 76 301 +9 T15
Marlene Hagge  United States 1956 75 77 81 70 303 +11 19
Mary Mills  United States 1964 79 78 74 84 305 +13 22
Betsy Rawls  United States 1959, 1969 78 78 73 78 307 +15 T26

Source:[4][5]

Missed the cut[]

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Judy Kimball  United States 1962 81

Source:[1]

Final leaderboard[]

Sunday, June 13, 1971

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Kathy Whitworth  United States 71-73-70-74=288 −4 7,950
2 Kathy Ahern  United States 70-74-73-75=292 E 5,800
T3 Jane Blalock  United States 70-74-77-72=293 +1 3,278
Sandra Post Elliott  Canada 73-73-75-72=293
Sandra Haynie  United States 75-73-71-74=293
6 Susie Berning  United States 75-74-74-71=294 +2 2,200
T7 Carol Mann  United States 75-77-72-71=295 +3 1,750
DeDe Owens  United States 74-76-73-72=295
Judy Rankin  United States 77-71-72-75=295
T10 Debbie Austin  United States 73-68-79-76=296 +4 1,450
Chako Higuchi  Japan 73-75-75-73=296

Source:[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ahern shares 1st round LPGA lead". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. June 11, 1971. p. B3.
  2. ^ "Debbie Austin sets LPGA pace". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 12, 1971. p. 12.
  3. ^ O'Hara, Dave (June 14, 1971). "Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA as Blalock ties for third". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. p. 19.
  4. ^ a b c "Kathy wins LPGA title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 14, 1971. p. 13.
  5. ^ a b "LPGA Championships". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 14, 1971. p. 5B.

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