1969 LPGA Championship


The 1969 LPGA Championship was the fifteenth LPGA Championship, held July 24–27 at Concord Golf Club in Kiamesha Lake, New York. Betsy Rawls won her second LPGA Championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Carol Mann and Susie Maxwell Berning. She began the final round three strokes behind co-leaders Mann and Marlene Hagge. At age 41, it was Rawls' eighth and final major title; her previous major win was nine years earlier.
The purse was increased by 80% over the previous year, to. The record field of 63 players required the championship's first 36-hole cut, which reduced the weekend field to 41 women.

Past champions in the field

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 27, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Betsy Rawls71-72-79-71=293+15,250
T2Carol Mann70-74-75-78=297+53,500
T2Susie Maxwell Berning70-72-80-75=297+53,500
4Marlene Hagge74-72-73-79=298+62,400
5Murle Breer73-76-75-75=299+71,850
T6Donna Caponi76-75-73-76=300+81,575
T6Kathy Whitworth72-74-78-76=300+81,575
8Sandra Palmer77-75-76-73=301+91,350
9Judy Rankin77-73-77-75=302+101,200
T10Sandra Post80-72-77-76=305+131,008
T10Sandra Spuzich74-78-78-75=305+131,008
T10Louise Suggs77-77-77-74=305+131,008

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