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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 19Burdine's InvitationalFlorida JoAnne Carner 216 35,0005,200
Mar 17Orange Blossom OpenFlorida Kathy Whitworth 216 15,0002,250
Mar 23Port Charlotte InvitationalFlorida Kathy Whitworth 218 15,0002,250
Mar 30Port Malabar InvitationalFlorida Kathy Whitworth 210 17,5002,625
Apr 20Lady Carling OpenGeorgia Kathy Whitworth 212 17,5002,625
Apr 27Raleigh Ladies InvitationalNorth Carolina Carol Mann 212 15,0002,250
May 4Shreveport Kiwanis Club InvitationalLouisiana Sandra Haynie 214 15,0002,250
May 11Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Carol Mann 209 22,0003,225
May 18St. Louis Women's InvitationalMissouri Sandra Haynie 208 16,0002,400
May 25Bluegrass InvitationalKentucky Mickey Wright 216 15,7502,325
Jun 2O'Sullivan Ladies OpenVirginia Murle Lindstrom 208 15,0002,250
Jun 8Lady Carling OpenMaryland Susie Berning 213 20,0003,000
Jun 15Patty Berg ClassicMassachusetts Kathy Whitworth 214 25,0003,750
Jun 22Pabst Ladies ClassicOhio Susie Berning 211 30,0004,500
Jun 29U.S. Women's OpenFlorida Donna Caponi 294 31,0405,000
Jul 13Ladies' Supertest OpenCanada Sandra Haynie 216 22,0003,300
Jul 20Danbury Lady Carling OpenConnecticut Carol Mann 215 20,0003,000
Jul 27LPGA ChampionshipNew York Betsy Rawls 293 35,0005,250
Aug 3Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhio Sandra Spuzich 213 20,0003,000
Aug 10Stroh's-WBLY OpenOhio Marlene Hagge 216 20,0003,000
Aug 17Southgate Ladies OpenKansas Carol Mann 217 20,0003,000
Aug 24Tournament of ChampsCanada Carol Mann 216 20,0003,000
Sep 7Molson's Canadian OpenCanada Carol Mann 212 25,5003,750
Sep 14Wendell-West OpenWashington Kathy Whitworth 213 22,0003,225
Sep 21Lincoln-Mercury OpenCalifornia Donna Caponi 214 20,5003,000
Oct 5Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Carol Mann 212 20,0003,000
Oct 19Quality Chek'd ClassicTexas Mary Mills 213 15,0002,250
Oct 26Corpus Christi Civitan OpenTexas Carol Mann 212 15,0002,250
Nov 2River Plantation Women's OpenTexas Kathy Whitworth 213 17,5002,625

am - amateur
* - non-member at time of win

Awards