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Golf tour season
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.
[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 ($)
Jan 19
Burdine's Invitational
Florida
JoAnne Carner (1*) (am)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
am - amateur * - non-member at time of win
Awards References External links
Carol Mann