1968 LPGA Championship


The 1968 LPGA Championship was the fourteenth LPGA Championship, held June 20–24 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.
In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Sandra Post won her only major title, defeating defending champion and LPGA president Kathy Whitworth by seven strokes. Post turned 20 earlier in the month and this was the first of her eight victories on the LPGA Tour. It was the only women's major won by a Canadian for 48 years, until 18-year-old Brooke Henderson won this event in 2016.
This was the second consecutive LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley, and the second of seven in an eight-year stretch.
The PGA Tour also played at the course this year; the inaugural Kemper Open was held in mid-September, won by

Past champions in the field

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 23, 1968
Defending champion Kathy Whitworth sank a three-foot putt on the final hole to tie Sandra Post and force a Monday playoff. Both shot even-par 73 on Sunday to finish at 294.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Sandra Post72-75-74-73=294+2Playoff
T1Kathy Whitworth74-74-73-73=294+2Playoff
3Gerda Whalen72-76-74-73=295+31,800
4Sandra Spuzich74-75-73-74=296+41,500
5Clifford Ann Creed77-78-71-72=298+61,250
6Sandra Haynie73-76-75-75=299+71,000
7Betsy Rawls80-76-73-71=300+8850
T8Murle Lindstrom75-74-81-72=302+10713
T8Beth Stone76-75-72-79=302+10713
10Mickey Wright78-80-73-72=303+11600

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Playoff

Monday, June 24, 1968
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Sandra Post34-34=68−53,000
2Kathy Whitworth35-40=75+22,300

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Scorecard

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