1973 LPGA Championship | |
Dates: | June 7–10, 1973 |
Course: | Pleasant Valley Country Club |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Par: | 73 |
Yardage: | 6130yd[1] [2] |
Field: | 55 after cut[3] |
Cut: | 159 (+13) |
Purse: | $35,000 |
Winners Share: | $5,250 |
Champion: | Mary Mills |
Score: | 288 (−4) |
Previous: | 1972 |
Next: | 1974 |
The 1973 LPGA Championship was the 19th LPGA Championship, held June 7–10 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.
Mary Mills, the 1964 champion, won her second LPGA Championship, a stroke ahead of runner-up Betty Burfeindt.[4] [5] She entered the final round one stroke behind the three co-leaders;[6] and carded a three-under 70 to gain her third and final major title.
Sunday, June 10, 1973
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
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1 | Mary Mills | 73-73-72-70=288 | −4 | 5,250 | |||
2 | Betty Burfeindt | 76-73-70-70=289 | −3 | 3,900 | |||
3 | Kathy Whitworth | 71-75-71-74=291 | −1 | 2,950 | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | Jane Blalock | 77-71-69-75=292 | align=center rowspan=2 | E | align=center rowspan=2 | 2,175 |
Donna Caponi Young | 74-73-73-72=292 | ||||||
6 | Chako Higuchi | 71-71-75-76=293 | +1 | 1,625 | |||
7 | Debbie Austin | 74-74-72-74=294 | +2 | 1,425 | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | T8 | Susie Berning | 73-76-71-76=296 | align=center rowspan=2 | +4 | align=center rowspan=2 | 1,238 |
Sandra Palmer | 74-74-71-77=296 | ||||||
10 | Sherry Wilder | 73-77-73-75=298 | +6 | 1,075 |