1973 LPGA Tour explained

Year:1973
Tour:LPGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:34
Most Wins:7 Kathy Whitworth
Honor1:Money leader
Honoree1: Kathy Whitworth
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Kathy Whitworth
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Laura Baugh
Prevseason:1972
Nextseason:1974

The 1973 LPGA Tour was the 24th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $82,864.

There were four first-time winners in 1973: Jocelyne Bourassa, Mary Lou Crocker, Sharon Miller, and Carole Jo Skala. Mickey Wright won the last of her 82 LPGA events in 1973.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1973 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 7 Jo Ann Prentice (4) 212 (-4) 30,000 4,500
Feb 11 Kathy Whitworth (65) 219 (+3) 25,000 3,750
Feb 18 Sandra Palmer (4) 215 (+2) 35,000 5,250
Mar 11 Kathy Whitworth (66) 214 (-2) 100,000 20,000
Mar 18 Sandra Haynie (27) 216 (E) 25,000 3,750
Mar 25 Carol Mann (32) 68 (-5) 100,000 15,000
Apr 1 Betsy Cullen (2) 218 (-1) 30,000 4,500
Apr 15 Mickey Wright (82) 284 (-4) 135,000 25,000
Apr 29 Gloria Ehret (2) 217 (+1) 33,000 4,950
May 6 Judy Rankin (8) 217 (+1) 30,000 4,500
May 13 Judy Rankin (9) 215 (-4) 30,000 4,500
May 20 Donna Caponi (5) 216 (-3) 30,000 4,500
Jun 3 Kathy Cornelius (6) 217 (+1) 100,000 25,000
Jun 10 LPGA Championship Mary Mills (8) 288 (-4) 35,000 5,250
Jun 17 Jocelyne Bourassa (1) 214 (-5) 50,000 10,000
Jun 24 Susie Berning (9) 207 (-12) 30,000 4,500
Jul 1 Mary Mills (9) 217 (-2) 30,000 4,500
Jul 8 Mary Lou Crocker (1) 210 (-9) 35,000 5,250
Jul 15 Carole Jo Skala (1) 214 (-5) 30,000 4,500
Jul 22 U.S. Women's Open Susie Berning (10) 290 (+2) 40,000 6,000
Aug 5 Judy Rankin (10) 212 (-4) 35,000 5,250
Aug 12 Betty Burfeindt (3) 212 (-7) 30,000 4,500
Aug 19 Sandra Palmer (5) 209 (-10) 30,000 4,500
Aug 26 Sandra Palmer (6) 210 (-3) 30,000 4,500
Sep 2 Sandra Haynie (28) 208 (-8) 30,000 4,500
Sep 9 Kathy Whitworth (67) 213 (-3) 33,000 4,950
Sep 16 Kathy Whitworth (68) 142 (-2)^ 25,000 3,750
Sep 23 Kathy Whitworth (69) 144 (-2)^ 30,000 4,500
Sep 30 Sandra Palmer (7) 212 (-7) 30,000 4,500
Oct 7 Sandra Haynie (29) 212 (-7) 30,000 4,500
Oct 14 Judy Rankin (11) 215 (-1) 35,000 5,250
Oct 21 Kathy Whitworth (70) 209 (-7) 25,000 3,750
Oct 28 Sharon Miller (1) 210 (-6) 25,000 3,750
Nov 4 Kathy Whitworth (71) 213 (-6) 50,000 7,500
^ - weather-shortened tournament

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Kathy Whitworth (8)
Kathy Whitworth (7)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979