Year: | 1969 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 29 |
Most Wins: | 8 Carol Mann |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Carol Mann |
Honor2: | Player of the Year |
Honoree2: | Kathy Whitworth |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Jane Blalock |
Prevseason: | 1968 |
Nextseason: | 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 $49,152.
There were two first-time winners in 1969: Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner, who would win 43 LPGA events in her career.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1969 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 19 | JoAnne Carner (1*) (am) | 216 (E) | 35,000 | 5,200 | |||
Mar 17 | Kathy Whitworth (47) | 216 (+3) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Mar 23 | Kathy Whitworth (48) | 218 (-1) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Mar 30 | Kathy Whitworth (49) | 210 (-3) | 17,500 | 2,625 | |||
Apr 20 | Kathy Whitworth (50) | 212 (-4) | 17,500 | 2,625 | |||
Apr 27 | Carol Mann (21) | 212 (-4) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
May 4 | Sandra Haynie (15) | 214 (-2) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
May 11 | Carol Mann (22) | 209 (-4) | 22,000 | 3,225 | |||
May 18 | Sandra Haynie (16) | 208 (-5) | 16,000 | 2,400 | |||
May 25 | Mickey Wright (81) | 216 (E) | 15,750 | 2,325 | |||
Jun 2 | Murle Lindstrom (4) | 208 (-5) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Jun 8 | Susie Berning (6) | 213 (-6) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Jun 15 | Kathy Whitworth (51) | 214 (-5) | 25,000 | 3,750 | |||
Jun 22 | Susie Berning (7) | 211 (-5) | 30,000 | 4,500 | |||
Jun 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Donna Caponi (1) | 294 (+2) | 31,040 | 5,000 | ||
Jul 13 | Sandra Haynie (17) | 216 (-3) | 22,000 | 3,300 | |||
Jul 20 | Carol Mann (23) | 215 (-1) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Jul 27 | LPGA Championship | Betsy Rawls (52) | 293 (+1) | 35,000 | 5,250 | ||
Aug 3 | Sandra Spuzich (2) | 213 (+3) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Aug 10 | Marlene Hagge (25) | 216 (-2) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Aug 17 | Carol Mann (24) | 217 (+1) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Aug 24 | Carol Mann (25) | 216 (-3) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Sep 7 | Carol Mann (26) | 212 (-4) | 25,500 | 3,750 | |||
Sep 14 | Kathy Whitworth (52) | 213 (-3) | 22,000 | 3,225 | |||
Sep 21 | Donna Caponi (2) | 214 (-2) | 20,500 | 3,000 | |||
Oct 5 | Carol Mann (27) | 212 (-7) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Oct 19 | Mary Mills (6) | 213 (-3) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Oct 26 | Carol Mann (28) | 212 (+2) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Nov 2 | Kathy Whitworth (53) | 213 (E) | 17,500 | 2,625 |
Award | Winner | Country | |
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Kathy Whitworth (4) | |||
Kathy Whitworth (4) | |||