1969 LPGA Championship
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The 1969 LPGA Championship was played at Concord Golf Course in Kiamesha Lake, New York. This was the 15th edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from July 24-27.
This championship was won by Betsy Rawls
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LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from July 24-27.
This championship was won by Betsy Rawls
Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships...
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy Rawls Betsy Rawls Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships... |
71-72-79-71=293 | $5,250 | |
| T2 | Carol Mann Carol Mann Carol Mann is an American professional golfer.Mann was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland After attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mann joined the LPGA Tour in 1961. She won 38 tournaments on the tour, including two major championships, the 1964... |
70-74-75-78=297 | $3,500 | |
| T2 | Susie Maxwell Berning | 70-72-80-75=297 | $3,500 | |
| 4 | Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge , also known as Marlene Bauer before her marriage, is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.... |
74-72-73-79=298 | $2,400 | |
| 5 | Murle Breer Murle Breer Murle Lindstrom Breer is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 U.S. Women's Open.Breer was born Murle Lindstrom in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1958. Her first Tour victory came in a major championship in 1962, when she defeated Jo Ann Prentice and... |
73-76-75-75=299 | $1,850 | |
| T6 | Donna Caponi Donna Caponi Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open... |
76-75-73-76=300 | $1,575 | |
| T6 | Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour... |
72-74-78-76=300 | $1,575 | |
| 8 | Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer Sandra Palmer is an American professional golfer.Palmer was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended North Texas State University where she was a cheerleader and Homecoming Queen.... |
77-75-76-73=301 | $1,350 | |
| 9 | Judy Rankin Judy Rankin Judy Torluemke Rankin is an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1962 and won 26 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Amateur career:... |
77-73-77-75=302 | $1,200 | |
| T10 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
77-77-77-74=305 | $1,008 | |
| T10 | Sandra Post Sandra Post Sandra Post, CM is a Canadian professional golfer. She was the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour.-Early years, junior and amateur golf:... |
80-72-77-76=305 | $1,008 | |
| T10 | Sandra Spuzich Sandra Spuzich Sandra Spuzich is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.Spuzich was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was an amateur golfer and elementary school teacher when she decided to turn professional in 1962. Her first win came at the 1966 U.S. Women's... |
74-78-78-75=305 | $1,008 |