1970 LPGA Championship

1970 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 11–15, 1970
LocationSutton, Massachusetts
Course(s)Pleasant Valley Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,130 yards (5,605 m)[1]
Field67 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$30,000
Winner's share$4,500
Champion
United States Shirley Englehorn
285 (−7), playoff
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The 1970 LPGA Championship was the 16th LPGA Championship, held June 11–15 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Shirley Englehorn won her only major title, defeating 1967 champion Kathy Whitworth by four strokes.[2] Englehorn bogeyed the second hole and parred the rest for a 74 (+1).[3] Three years earlier Pleasant Valley, Whitworth had bested Englehorn by a stroke in 1967, after the pair had co-led after 54 holes. It was Englehorn's fourth consecutive victory during the 1970 season;[1] defending champion Betsy Rawls tied for 26th, 21 strokes back.[4]

This was the third LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley in four years, and the third of seven in an eight-year stretch.

Final leaderboard

Sunday June 14, 1970

Whitworth had a four-stroke lead after 58 holes, but Englehorn was four-under on the back nine on Sunday, including a birdie on the final hole to force the Monday playoff.[4][5]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 United States Shirley Englehorn 70-70-75-70=285 −7 Playoff
United States Kathy Whitworth 69-71-73-72=285
3 United States Sandra Palmer 73-72-73-70=288 −4 2,600
4 United States Murle Breer 75-71-70-74=290 −2 2,150
5 United States Sharon Miller 74-74-72-71=291 −1 1,800
T6 United States JoAnne Carner 71-76-70-75=292 E 1,400
United States Sandra Haynie 73-72-72-75=292
T8 West Germany Gerda Whalen 73-73-73-74=293 +1 1,050
United States Sharron Moran 73-71-75-74=293
United States Marilynn Smith 74-69-73-77=293

Source:[4][6]

Playoff

Monday, June 15, 1970

No birdies were scored in the playoff: both bogeyed the second hole and Whitworth had another at the ninth to fall one back at the turn. She had a double bogey at the twelfth and dropped three back, while Englehorn had seventeen pars on the way to a one-over 74 for a four-stroke win and the title.[1][3]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Shirley Englehorn 39-35=74 +1 4,500
2 United States Kathy Whitworth 40-38=78 +5 3,410

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Shirley Englehorn wins playoff easily". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Englehorn wins LPGA golf crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 3B.
  3. ^ a b "Miss Englehorn wins Open golf". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b c "Shirley forces LPGA showdown". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 15, 1970. p. 11.
  5. ^ "Playoff needed in women's PGA". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 15, 1970. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Ladies PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 15, 1970. p. 5B.

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