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 $82,864.
There were four first-time winners in 1973: Jocelyne Bourassa, Mary Lou Crocker, Sharon Miller, and Carole Jo Skala. Mickey Wright won the last of her 82 LPGA events in 1973.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1973 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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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 |
Award | Winner | Country | |
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Kathy Whitworth (8) | |||
Kathy Whitworth (7) | |||