1969 LPGA Tour

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.

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

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 19Burdine's InvitationalFloridaUnited States JoAnne Carner (1*) (am)216 (E)35,0005,200
Mar 17Orange Blossom OpenFloridaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (47)216 (+3)15,0002,250
Mar 23Port Charlotte InvitationalFloridaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (48)218 (-1)15,0002,250
Mar 30Port Malabar InvitationalFloridaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (49)210 (-3)17,5002,625
Apr 20Lady Carling OpenGeorgiaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (50)212 (-4)17,5002,625
Apr 27Raleigh Ladies InvitationalNorth CarolinaUnited States Carol Mann (21)212 (-4)15,0002,250
May 4Shreveport Kiwanis Club InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Sandra Haynie (15)214 (-2)15,0002,250
May 11Dallas Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Carol Mann (22)209 (-4)22,0003,225
May 18St. Louis Women's InvitationalMissouriUnited States Sandra Haynie (16)208 (-5)16,0002,400
May 25Bluegrass InvitationalKentuckyUnited States Mickey Wright (81)216 (E)15,7502,325
Jun 2O'Sullivan Ladies OpenVirginiaUnited States Murle Lindstrom (4)208 (-5)15,0002,250
Jun 8Lady Carling OpenMarylandUnited States Susie Berning (6)213 (-6)20,0003,000
Jun 15Patty Berg ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Kathy Whitworth (51)214 (-5)25,0003,750
Jun 22Pabst Ladies ClassicOhioUnited States Susie Berning (7)211 (-5)30,0004,500
Jun 29U.S. Women's OpenFloridaUnited States Donna Caponi (1)294 (+2)31,0405,000
Jul 13Ladies' Supertest OpenCanadaUnited States Sandra Haynie (17)216 (-3)22,0003,300
Jul 20Danbury Lady Carling OpenConnecticutUnited States Carol Mann (23)215 (-1)20,0003,000
Jul 27LPGA ChampionshipNew YorkUnited States Betsy Rawls (52)293 (+1)35,0005,250
Aug 3Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhioUnited States Sandra Spuzich (2)213 (+3)20,0003,000
Aug 10Stroh's-WBLY OpenOhioUnited States Marlene Hagge (25)216 (-2)20,0003,000
Aug 17Southgate Ladies OpenKansasUnited States Carol Mann (24)217 (+1)20,0003,000
Aug 24Tournament of ChampsCanadaUnited States Carol Mann (25)216 (-3)20,0003,000
Sep 7Molson's Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Carol Mann (26)212 (-4)25,5003,750
Sep 14Wendell-West OpenWashingtonUnited States Kathy Whitworth (52)213 (-3)22,0003,225
Sep 21Lincoln-Mercury OpenCaliforniaUnited States Donna Caponi (2)214 (-2)20,5003,000
Oct 5Mickey Wright InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Carol Mann (27)212 (-7)20,0003,000
Oct 19Quality Chek'd ClassicTexasUnited States Mary Mills (6)213 (-3)15,0002,250
Oct 26Corpus Christi Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Carol Mann (28)212 (+2)15,0002,250
Nov 2River Plantation Women's OpenTexasUnited States Kathy Whitworth (53)213 (E)17,5002,625

am - amateur
* - non-member at time of win

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerCarol Mann United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Kathy Whitworth (4) United States
Player of the YearKathy Whitworth (4) United States
Rookie of the YearJane Blalock United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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