1969 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

1969 LPGA Tour seasonDuration| January 16, 1969 (1969-01-16) – November 2, 1969 (1969-11-02)

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Number of official events| 29
Most wins| 8  Carol Mann
Money leader|  Carol Mann
Player of the Year|  Kathy Whitworth
Rookie of the Year|  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.

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

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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.

Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($)

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Jan 19 | Burdine's Invitational | Florida |  JoAnne Carner (1*) (a) | 216 (E) | 35,000 | 5,200
Mar 17 | Orange Blossom Open | Florida |  Kathy Whitworth (47) | 216 (+3) | 15,000 | 2,250
Mar 23 | Port Charlotte Invitational | Florida |  Kathy Whitworth (48) | 218 (−1) | 15,000 | 2,250
Mar 30 | Port Malabar Invitational | Florida |  Kathy Whitworth (49) | 210 (−3) | 17,500 | 2,625
Apr 20 | Lady Carling Open | Georgia |  Kathy Whitworth (50) | 212 (−4) | 17,500 | 2,625
Apr 27 | Raleigh Ladies Invitational | North Carolina |  Carol Mann (21) | 212 (−4) | 15,000 | 2,250
May 4 | Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational | Louisiana |  Sandra Haynie (15) | 214 (−2) | 15,000 | 2,250
May 11 | Dallas Civitan Open | Texas |  Carol Mann (22) | 209 (−4) | 22,000 | 3,225
May 18 | St. Louis Women's Invitational | Missouri |  Sandra Haynie (16) | 208 (−5) | 16,000 | 2,400
May 25 | Bluegrass Invitational | Kentucky |  Mickey Wright (81) | 216 (E) | 15,750 | 2,325
Jun 2 | O'Sullivan Ladies Open | Virginia |  Murle Lindstrom (4) | 208 (−5) | 15,000 | 2,250
Jun 8 | Lady Carling Open | Maryland |  Susie Berning (6) | 213 (−6) | 20,000 | 3,000
Jun 15 | Patty Berg Classic | Massachusetts |  Kathy Whitworth (51) | 214 (−5) | 25,000 | 3,750
Jun 22 | Pabst Ladies Classic | Ohio |  Susie Berning (7) | 211 (−5) | 30,000 | 4,500
Jun 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Florida |  Donna Caponi (1) | 294 (+2) | 31,040 | 5,000
Jul 13 | Ladies' Supertest Open | Canada |  Sandra Haynie (17) | 216 (−3) | 22,000 | 3,300
Jul 20 | Danbury Lady Carling Open | Connecticut |  Carol Mann (23) | 215 (−1) | 20,000 | 3,000
Jul 27 | LPGA Championship | New York |  Betsy Rawls (52) | 293 (+1) | 35,000 | 5,250
Aug 3 | Buckeye Savings Invitational | Ohio |  Sandra Spuzich (2) | 213 (+3) | 20,000 | 3,000
Aug 10 | Stroh's-WBLY Open | Ohio |  Marlene Hagge (25) | 216 (−2) | 20,000 | 3,000
Aug 17 | Southgate Ladies Open | Kansas |  Carol Mann (24) | 217 (+1) | 20,000 | 3,000
Aug 24 | Tournament of Champs | Canada |  Carol Mann (25) | 216 (−3) | 20,000 | 3,000
Sep 7 | Molson's Canadian Open | Canada |  Carol Mann (26) | 212 (−4) | 25,500 | 3,750
Sep 14 | Wendell-West Open | Washington |  Kathy Whitworth (52) | 213 (−3) | 22,000 | 3,225
Sep 21 | Lincoln-Mercury Open | California |  Donna Caponi (2) | 214 (−2) | 20,500 | 3,000
Oct 5 | Mickey Wright Invitational | California |  Carol Mann (27) | 212 (−7) | 20,000 | 3,000
Oct 19 | Quality Chek'd Classic | Texas |  Mary Mills (6) | 213 (−3) | 15,000 | 2,250
Oct 26 | Corpus Christi Civitan Open | Texas |  Carol Mann (28) | 212 (+2) | 15,000 | 2,250
Nov 2 | River Plantation Women's Open | Texas |  Kathy Whitworth (53) | 213 (E) | 17,500 | 2,625

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

## Awards

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Award | Winner | Country

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Money winner | Carol Mann |  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) | Kathy Whitworth (4) |  United States
Player of the Year | Kathy Whitworth (4) |  United States
Rookie of the Year | Jane Blalock |  United States

## References

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

## External links

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* LPGA Tour official site
* 1969 season coverage at golfobserver.com

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