1969 LPGA Tour
The 1969 LPGA Tour was the 20th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 2. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Carol Mann won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $49,152.
There were two first-time winners in 1969: Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner, who would win 43 LPGA events in her career.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1969 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.Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse | 1st prize |
Jan 19 | Burdine's Invitational | Florida | ![]() | 216 | 35,000 | 5,200 |
Mar 17 | Orange Blossom Open | Florida | ![]() | 216 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
Mar 23 | Port Charlotte Invitational | Florida | ![]() | 218 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
Mar 30 | Port Malabar Invitational | Florida | ![]() | 210 | 17,500 | 2,625 |
Apr 20 | Lady Carling Open | Georgia | ![]() | 212 | 17,500 | 2,625 |
Apr 27 | Raleigh Ladies Invitational | North Carolina | ![]() | 212 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
May 4 | Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational | Louisiana | ![]() | 214 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
May 11 | Dallas Civitan Open | Texas | ![]() | 209 | 22,000 | 3,225 |
May 18 | St. Louis Women's Invitational | Missouri | ![]() | 208 | 16,000 | 2,400 |
May 25 | Bluegrass Invitational | Kentucky | ![]() | 216 | 15,750 | 2,325 |
Jun 2 | O'Sullivan Ladies Open | Virginia | ![]() | 208 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
Jun 8 | Lady Carling Open | Maryland | ![]() | 213 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Jun 15 | Patty Berg Classic | Massachusetts | ![]() | 214 | 25,000 | 3,750 |
Jun 22 | Pabst Ladies Classic | Ohio | ![]() | 211 | 30,000 | 4,500 |
Jun 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Florida | ![]() | 294 | 31,040 | 5,000 |
Jul 13 | Ladies' Supertest Open | Canada | ![]() | 216 | 22,000 | 3,300 |
Jul 20 | Danbury Lady Carling Open | Connecticut | ![]() | 215 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Jul 27 | LPGA Championship | New York | ![]() | 293 | 35,000 | 5,250 |
Aug 3 | Buckeye Savings Invitational | Ohio | ![]() | 213 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Aug 10 | Stroh's-WBLY Open | Ohio | ![]() | 216 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Aug 17 | Southgate Ladies Open | Kansas | ![]() | 217 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Aug 24 | Tournament of Champs | Canada | ![]() | 216 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Sep 7 | Molson's Canadian Open | Canada | ![]() | 212 | 25,500 | 3,750 |
Sep 14 | Wendell-West Open | Washington | ![]() | 213 | 22,000 | 3,225 |
Sep 21 | Lincoln-Mercury Open | California | ![]() | 214 | 20,500 | 3,000 |
Oct 5 | Mickey Wright Invitational | California | ![]() | 212 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
Oct 19 | Quality Chek'd Classic | Texas | ![]() | 213 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
Oct 26 | Corpus Christi Civitan Open | Texas | ![]() | 212 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
Nov 2 | River Plantation Women's Open | Texas | ![]() | 213 | 17,500 | 2,625 |
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