1969 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1969 LPGA Tour 1969 1 16 – 1969 11 2 29 8 USA Carol Mann Money leader USA Carol Mann Player of the Year USA Kathy Whitworth Vare Trophy USA Kathy Whitworth Rookie of the Year USA 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 $49,152. There were two first-time winners in 1969: Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner, who would win 43 LPGA events in her career. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1969 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124254/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf 2011-06-29 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 19 Burdine's Invitational Florida USA JoAnne Carner (1*) (a) 216 (E) 35,000 5,200 Mar 17 Orange Blossom Open Florida USA Kathy Whitworth (47) 216 (+3) 15,000 2,250 Mar 23 Port Charlotte Invitational Florida USA Kathy Whitworth (48) 218 (−1) 15,000 2,250 Mar 30 Port Malabar Invitational Florida USA Kathy Whitworth (49) 210 (−3) 17,500 2,625 Apr 20 Lady Carling Open Georgia USA Kathy Whitworth (50) 212 (−4) 17,500 2,625 Apr 27 Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina USA Carol Mann (21) 212 (−4) 15,000 2,250 May 4 Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational Louisiana USA Sandra Haynie (15) 214 (−2) 15,000 2,250 May 11 Dallas Civitan Open Texas USA Carol Mann (22) 209 (−4) 22,000 3,225 May 18 St. Louis Women's Invitational Missouri USA Sandra Haynie (16) 208 (−5) 16,000 2,400 May 25 Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky USA Mickey Wright (81) 216 (E) 15,750 2,325 Jun 2 O'Sullivan Ladies Open Virginia USA Murle Lindstrom (4) 208 (−5) 15,000 2,250 Jun 8 Lady Carling Open Maryland USA Susie Berning (6) 213 (−6) 20,000 3,000 Jun 15 Patty Berg Classic Massachusetts USA Kathy Whitworth (51) 214 (−5) 25,000 3,750 Jun 22 Pabst Ladies Classic Ohio USA Susie Berning (7) 211 (−5) 30,000 4,500 Jun 29 U.S. Women's Open Florida USA Donna Caponi (1) 294 (+2) 31,040 5,000 Jul 13 Ladies' Supertest Open Canada USA Sandra Haynie (17) 216 (−3) 22,000 3,300 Jul 20 Danbury Lady Carling Open Connecticut USA Carol Mann (23) 215 (−1) 20,000 3,000 Jul 27 LPGA Championship New York USA Betsy Rawls (52) 293 (+1) 35,000 5,250 Aug 3 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio USA Sandra Spuzich (2) 213 (+3) 20,000 3,000 Aug 10 Stroh's-WBLY Open Ohio USA Marlene Hagge (25) 216 (−2) 20,000 3,000 Aug 17 Southgate Ladies Open Kansas USA Carol Mann (24) 217 (+1) 20,000 3,000 Aug 24 Tournament of Champs Canada USA Carol Mann (25) 216 (−3) 20,000 3,000 Sep 7 Molson's Canadian Open Canada USA Carol Mann (26) 212 (−4) 25,500 3,750 Sep 14 Wendell-West Open Washington USA Kathy Whitworth (52) 213 (−3) 22,000 3,225 Sep 21 Lincoln-Mercury Open California USA Donna Caponi (2) 214 (−2) 20,500 3,000 Oct 5 Mickey Wright Invitational California USA Carol Mann (27) 212 (−7) 20,000 3,000 Oct 19 Quality Chek'd Classic Texas USA Mary Mills (6) 213 (−3) 15,000 2,250 Oct 26 Corpus Christi Civitan Open Texas USA Carol Mann (28) 212 (+2) 15,000 2,250 Nov 2 River Plantation Women's Open Texas USA Kathy Whitworth (53) 213 (E) 17,500 2,625 a – amateur * - non-member at time of win Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Carol Mann Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth (4) Player of the Year Kathy Whitworth (4) Rookie of the Year Jane Blalock References External links LPGA Tour official site 1969 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour