1969 LPGA Tour

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1969 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 16, 1969 (1969-01-16) – November 2, 1969 (1969-11-02)
Number of official events29
Most wins8 Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
Vare Trophy Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Jane Blalock
← 1968
1970 →

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.

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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

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 19 Burdine's Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner (1*) (a)216 (E)35,0005,200
Mar 17 Orange Blossom Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (47)216 (+3)15,0002,250
Mar 23 Port Charlotte Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (48)218 (−1)15,0002,250
Mar 30 Port Malabar Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (49)210 (−3)17,5002,625
Apr 20 Lady Carling Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (50)212 (−4)17,5002,625
Apr 27 Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (21)212 (−4)15,0002,250
May 4 Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational Louisiana Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie (15)214 (−2)15,0002,250
May 11 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (22)209 (−4)22,0003,225
May 18 St. Louis Women's Invitational Missouri Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie (16)208 (−5)16,0002,400
May 25 Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (81)216 (E)15,7502,325
Jun 2 O'Sullivan Ladies Open Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Murle Lindstrom (4)208 (−5)15,0002,250
Jun 8 Lady Carling Open Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Susie Berning (6)213 (−6)20,0003,000
Jun 15 Patty Berg Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (51)214 (−5)25,0003,750
Jun 22 Pabst Ladies Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Susie Berning (7)211 (−5)30,0004,500
Jun 29 U.S. Women's Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Donna Caponi (1)294 (+2)31,0405,000
Jul 13 Ladies' Supertest Open Canada Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie (17)216 (−3)22,0003,300
Jul 20 Danbury Lady Carling Open Connecticut Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (23)215 (−1)20,0003,000
Jul 27 LPGA Championship New York Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (52)293 (+1)35,0005,250
Aug 3 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Spuzich (2)213 (+3)20,0003,000
Aug 10 Stroh's-WBLY Open Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (25)216 (−2)20,0003,000
Aug 17 Southgate Ladies Open Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (24)217 (+1)20,0003,000
Aug 24 Tournament of Champs Canada Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (25)216 (−3)20,0003,000
Sep 7 Molson's Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (26)212 (−4)25,5003,750
Sep 14 Wendell-West Open Washington Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (52)213 (−3)22,0003,225
Sep 21 Lincoln-Mercury Open California Flag of the United States.svg Donna Caponi (2)214 (−2)20,5003,000
Oct 5 Mickey Wright Invitational California Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (27)212 (−7)20,0003,000
Oct 19 Quality Chek'd Classic Texas Flag of the United States.svg Mary Mills (6)213 (−3)15,0002,250
Oct 26 Corpus Christi Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Carol Mann (28)212 (+2)15,0002,250
Nov 2 River Plantation Women's Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (53)213 (E)17,5002,625

a – amateur
* - non-member at time of win

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Carol Mann Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth (4)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Player of the Year Kathy Whitworth (4)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Rookie of the Year Jane Blalock Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

References

  1. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011.
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