1968 LPGA Tour

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1968 LPGA Tour season
DurationMarch 14, 1968 (1968-03-14) – December 1, 1968 (1968-12-01)
Number of official events32
Most wins10 Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann and Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
Rookie of the Year Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandra Post
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The 1968 LPGA Tour was the 19th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 14 to December 1. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Carol Mann and Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, 10 each. Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $48,379.

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There were three first-time winners in 1968: Sandra Post, the first Canadian winner, Judy Rankin, and Peggy Wilson.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1968 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Mar 17 St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (37)21312,5001,875
Mar 24 Port Malabar Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (77)216 (+3)10,0001,500
Mar 31 Palm Beach County Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (78)215 (-1)12,5001,875
Apr 14 O'Sullivan Open Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Marilynn Smith (19)216 (+3)12,5001,875
Apr 21 Lady Carling Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (11)200 (-16)15,0002,250
Apr 28 Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (12)214 (-2)15,0002,250
May 5 Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational Louisiana Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (13)217 (+1)11,5001,725
May 12 Tall City Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (79)204 (-3)17,5002,625
May 26 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (38)209 (-4)18,5002,775
Jun 9 Bluegrass Ladies Invitational Kentucky Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (14)210 (-6)14,2502,100
Jun 16 500 Ladies Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (80)212 (-4)15,5002,250
Jun 23 LPGA Championship Massachusetts Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandra Post (1)294 (+2)20,0003,000
Jun 30 Lady Carling Open Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (39)214 (-2)20,0003,000
Jul 7 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Susie Berning (5)289 (+5)25,0005,000
Jul 14 Pabst Ladies Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (15)206 (-10)28,0004,200
Jul 21 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (16)209 (-7)18,5002,775
Jul 27 Supertest Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (17)213 (-6)20,5003,000
Aug 4 Gino Paoli Open Connecticut Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (40)215 (-1)15,0002,250
Aug 10 Concord Open New York Flag of the United States.svg Shirley Englehorn (7)229 (-2)28,5004,275
Aug 18 Holiday Inn Classic Missouri Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (41)206 (-1)15,6852,260
Sep 1 Willow Park Ladies Invitational Canada Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (18)205 (-8)15,0002,250
Sep 8 Pacific Ladies Classic Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie (14)213 (-3)12,5001,875
Sep 15 Shirley Englehorn Invitational Idaho Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (19)208 (-5)11,5001,725
Sep 22 Kings River Open California Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (42)208 (-8)15,0002,250
Sep 29 Mickey Wright Invitational California Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (51)208 (-8)13,5002,025
Oct 20 Quality Chek'd Classic Texas Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (20)212 (-4)12,5001,875
Oct 27 River Plantation Invitational Texas Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (43)205 (-8)12,5001,875
Nov 3 Canyon Ladies Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (44)218 (+2)22,7503,300
Nov 10 Corpus Christi Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Judy Rankin (1)213 (+3)12,5001,875
Nov 17 Pensacola Ladies Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (45)216 (-3)12,5001,875
Nov 24 Louise Suggs Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (46)210 (-6)12,5001,875
Dec 1 Hollywood Lakes Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Peggy Wilson (1)209 (-7)12,5001,875

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Kathy Whitworth (4)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Carol Mann Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Player of the Year Kathy Whitworth (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rookie of the Year Sandra Post Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

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