1970 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1970 LPGA Championship June 11–15, 1970 Sutton, Massachusetts Pleasant Valley Country Club LPGA Tour Stroke play – 72 holes 73 6130 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KSBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7112%2C210442 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Shirley Englehorn wins playoff easily June 16, 1970 13 67 players none $30,000 $4,500 USA Shirley Englehorn 285 (−7), playoff 1969 1971 USA 1 Sutton 42.151 -71.737 5 Location in the United States 230 USA Massachusetts 1 Pleasant Valley Country Club  42.151 -71.737 Location in Massachusetts 5 left 230 The 1970 LPGA Championship was the 16th LPGA Championship, held June 11–15 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Shirley Englehorn won her only major title, defeating 1967 champion Kathy Whitworth by four strokes.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d6pVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6683%2C3798851 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Englehorn wins LPGA golf crown June 16, 1970 3B Englehorn bogeyed the second hole and parred the rest for a 74 (+1).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DcFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5916%2C2815707 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Miss Englehorn wins Open golf June 16, 1970 10 Three years earlier Pleasant Valley, Whitworth had bested Englehorn by a stroke in 1967, after the pair had co-led after 54 holes. It was Englehorn's fourth consecutive victory during the 1970 season; defending champion Betsy Rawls tied for 26th, 21 strokes back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4O5LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7OwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6904%2C5108031 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Shirley forces LPGA showdown June 15, 1970 11 This was the third LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley in four years, and the third of seven in an eight-year stretch. Final leaderboard Sunday June 14, 1970 Whitworth had a four-stroke lead after 58 holes, but Englehorn was four-under on the back nine on Sunday, including a birdie on the final hole to force the Monday playoff.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DMFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2271%2C2685357 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Playoff needed in women's PGA June 15, 1970 8 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 USA Shirley Englehorn70-70-75-70=285−7Playoff USA Kathy Whitworth69-71-73-72=2853 USA Sandra Palmer73-72-73-70=288−42,6004 USA Murle Breer75-71-70-74=290−22,1505 USA Sharon Miller74-74-72-71=291−11,800T6 USA JoAnne Carner71-76-70-75=292E1,400 USA Sandra Haynie73-72-72-75=292T8 FRG Gerda Whalen73-73-73-74=293+11,050 USA Sharron Moran73-71-75-74=293 USA Marilynn Smith74-69-73-77=293 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dqpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6833%2C3653745 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Ladies PGA June 15, 1970 5B Playoff Monday, June 15, 1970 No birdies were scored in the playoff: both bogeyed the second hole and Whitworth had another at the ninth to fall one back at the turn. She had a double bogey at the twelfth and dropped three back, while Englehorn had seventeen pars on the way to a one-over 74 for a four-stroke win and the title. Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 USA Shirley Englehorn39-35=74+1 4,5002 USA Kathy Whitworth40-38=78+53,410 Source: References External links Golf Stats leaderboard Pleasant Valley Country Club 42.151 N 71.737 W type:event title 1970 Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Massachusetts Category:Women's sports in Massachusetts Category:Sports in Worcester County, Massachusetts Category:History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Category:Sutton, Massachusetts LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship