1970 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1970 LPGA Tour 1970 2 12 – 1970 10 25 21 4 USA Shirley Englehorn Money leader USA Kathy Whitworth Player of the Year USA Sandra Haynie Vare Trophy USA Kathy Whitworth Rookie of the Year USA JoAnne Carner 1969 1971 The 1970 LPGA Tour was the 21st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 12 to October 25. The season consisted of 21 official money events. Shirley Englehorn won the most tournaments, four. Kathy Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $30,235. There were two first-time winners in 1970: Kathy Ahern and Jane Blalock. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20100102105959/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf January 2, 2010 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 15 Burdine's Invitational Florida USA Carol Mann (29) 216 (E) 40,000 6,000 Mar 22 Orange Blossom Classic Florida USA Kathy Whitworth (54) 216 (E) 18,500 2,775 Apr 19 Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina USA Sandra Haynie (18) 212 (−4) 16,500 2,475 May 3 Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational Louisiana USA Sandra Haynie (19) 214 (−2) 15,000 2,250 May 10 Dallas Civitan Open Texas USA Betsy Rawls (53) 214 (+1) 25,000 3,750 May 17 Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Tournament Missouri USA Shirley Englehorn (8) 216 (E) 22,000 3,075 May 24 Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky USA Donna Caponi (3) 214 (−2) 20,000 3,000 May 31 O'Sullivan Ladies Open Virginia USA Shirley Englehorn (9) 210 (−6) 15,000 1,150 Jun 7 Lady Carling Open Maryland USA Shirley Englehorn (10) 210 (−9) 22,500 3,375 Jun 13 LPGA Championship Massachusetts USA Shirley Englehorn (11) 285 (−7) 30,000 4,500 Jun 21 George Washington Golf Classic Pennsylvania USA Judy Rankin (2) 212 (−7) 25,000 3,750 Jun 28 Len Immke Buick Open Ohio USA Mary Mills (7) 216 (E) 20,000 3,000 Jul 5 U.S. Women's Open Oklahoma USA Donna Caponi (4) 287 (−1) 30,000 5,000 Jul 19 Springfield Jaycee Open Ohio USA Judy Rankin (3) 209 (−10) 20,000 3,000 Aug 9 Lady Carling Open Georgia USA Jane Blalock (1) 221 (+2) 20,000 3,000 Aug 16 Cincinnati Open Ohio USA Betsy Rawls (54) 210 (−6) 20,000 3,000 Aug 23 Southgate Ladies Open Kansas USA Kathy Ahern (1) 211 (−5) 20,000 3,000 Sep 13 Wendell-West Open Washington USA JoAnne Carner (2) 214 (−2) 40,000 6,000 Sep 26 Lincoln-Mercury Open California USA Judy Rankin (4) 217 (−2) 23,000 3,450 Oct 18 Quality Chek'd Classic Texas USA Kathy Whitworth (55) 205 (−11) 15,000 2,250 Oct 25 Women's Golf Charities Open Texas USA Marilynn Smith (20) 214 (−2) 17,500 2,625 Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Kathy Whitworth (5) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth (5) Player of the Year Sandra Haynie Rookie of the Year JoAnne Carner References External links LPGA Tour official site 1970 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour