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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Golf Club
The 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 $36,000. The record field of 63 players required the championship's first 36-hole cut, which reduced the weekend field to 41 women.[1]
The golf course was part of the Concord Resort Hotel, which closed in 1998. The course is now operated as "Monster Golf Club."
Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Betsy Rawls | ![]() | 1959 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 71 | 293 | +1 | 1 |
Marlene Hagge | ![]() | 1956 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 79 | 298 | +6 | 4 |
Kathy Whitworth | ![]() | 1967 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 300 | +8 | T6 |
Sandra Post | ![]() | 1968 | 80 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 305 | +13 | T10 |
Louise Suggs | ![]() | 1957 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 305 | +13 | T10 |
Mickey Wright | ![]() | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 | 77 | 75 | 79 | 76 | 307 | +15 | T13 |
Mary Mills | ![]() | 1964 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 80 | 310 | +18 | T16 |
Gloria Ehret | ![]() | 1966 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 84 | 318 | +26 | T27 |
Judy Kimball | ![]() | 1962 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 322 | +30 | 32 |
Sandra Haynie | ![]() | 1965 | 77 | 79 | WD | 156 | +10 | ||
Source:[4]
Final leaderboard
Sunday, July 27, 1969
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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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
- 1 2 3 "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.
- 1 2 3 "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.