1968 LPGA Tour


The 1968 LPGA Tour was the 19th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 14 to December 1. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Carol Mann and Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, 10 each. Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $48,379.
There were three first-time winners in 1968: Sandra Post, the first Canadian winner, Judy Rankin, and Peggy Wilson.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1968 season. "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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Mar 17St. Petersburg Orange Blossom OpenFlorida Kathy Whitworth 21312,5001,875
Mar 24Port Malabar InvitationalFlorida Mickey Wright 216 10,0001,500
Mar 31Palm Beach County OpenFlorida Mickey Wright 215 12,5001,875
Apr 14O'Sullivan OpenVirginia Marilynn Smith 216 12,5001,875
Apr 21Lady Carling OpenGeorgia Carol Mann 200 15,0002,250
Apr 28Raleigh Ladies InvitationalNorth Carolina Carol Mann 214 15,0002,250
May 5Shreveport Kiwanis Club InvitationalLouisiana Carol Mann 217 11,5001,725
May 12Tall City OpenTexas Mickey Wright 204 17,5002,625
May 26Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Kathy Whitworth 209 18,5002,775
Jun 9Bluegrass Ladies InvitationalKentucky Carol Mann 210 14,2502,100
Jun 16500 Ladies ClassicIndiana Mickey Wright 212 15,5002,250
Jun 23LPGA ChampionshipMassachusetts Sandra Post 294 20,0003,000
Jun 30Lady Carling OpenMaryland Kathy Whitworth 214 20,0003,000
Jul 7U.S. Women's OpenPennsylvania Susie Berning 289 25,0005,000
Jul 14Pabst Ladies ClassicOhio Carol Mann 206 28,0004,200
Jul 21Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhio Carol Mann 209 18,5002,775
Jul 27Supertest Canadian OpenCanada Carol Mann 213 20,5003,000
Aug 4Gino Paoli OpenConnecticut Kathy Whitworth 215 15,0002,250
Aug 10Concord OpenNew York Shirley Englehorn 229 28,5004,275
Aug 18Holiday Inn ClassicMissouri Kathy Whitworth 206 15,6852,260
Sep 1Willow Park Ladies InvitationalCanada Carol Mann 205 15,0002,250
Sep 8Pacific Ladies ClassicOregon Sandra Haynie 213 12,5001,875
Sep 15Shirley Englehorn InvitationalIdaho Carol Mann 208 11,5001,725
Sep 22Kings River OpenCalifornia Kathy Whitworth 208 15,0002,250
Sep 29Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Betsy Rawls 208 13,5002,025
Oct 20Quality Chek'd ClassicTexas Carol Mann 212 12,5001,875
Oct 27River Plantation InvitationalTexas Kathy Whitworth 205 12,5001,875
Nov 3Canyon Ladies ClassicCalifornia Kathy Whitworth 218 22,7503,300
Nov 10Corpus Christi Civitan OpenTexas Judy Rankin 213 12,5001,875
Nov 17Pensacola Ladies InvitationalFlorida Kathy Whitworth 216 12,5001,875
Nov 24Louise Suggs InvitationalFlorida Kathy Whitworth 210 12,5001,875
Dec 1Hollywood Lakes OpenFlorida Peggy Wilson 209 12,5001,875

Awards