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The 1968 LPGA Championship was the fourteenth LPGA Championship, held June 20–24 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 20–24, 1968 |
Location | Sutton, Massachusetts |
Course(s) | Pleasant Valley Country Club |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,130 yards (5,605 m)[1] |
Field | 50 players |
Cut | none |
Prize fund | $20,000 [2] |
Winner's share | $3,000 |
Champion | |
Sandra Post | |
294 (+2), playoff | |
In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Sandra Post won her only major title, defeating defending champion and LPGA president Kathy Whitworth by seven strokes.[2][3] Post turned 20 earlier in the month and this was the first of her eight victories on the LPGA Tour. It was the only women's major won by a Canadian for 48 years, until 18-year-old Brooke Henderson won this event in 2016.
This was the second consecutive LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley, and the second of seven in an eight-year stretch. The PGA Tour also played at the course this year; the inaugural Kemper Open was held in mid-September, won by Arnold Palmer.[4][5]
Sunday, June 23, 1968
Defending champion Kathy Whitworth sank a three-foot (0.9 m) putt on the final hole to tie Sandra Post and force a Monday playoff. Both shot even-par 73 on Sunday to finish at 294 (+2).[6][7]
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | Sandra Post | 72-75-74-73=294 | +2 | Playoff |
Kathy Whitworth | 74-74-73-73=294 | |||
3 | Gerda Whalen | 72-76-74-73=295 | +3 | 1,800 |
4 | Sandra Spuzich | 74-75-73-74=296 | +4 | 1,500 |
5 | Clifford Ann Creed | 77-78-71-72=298 | +6 | 1,250 |
6 | Sandra Haynie | 73-76-75-75=299 | +7 | 1,000 |
7 | Betsy Rawls | 80-76-73-71=300 | +8 | 850 |
T8 | Murle Lindstrom | 75-74-81-72=302 | +10 | 713 |
Beth Stone | 76-75-72-79=302 | |||
10 | Mickey Wright | 78-80-73-72=303 | +11 | 600 |
Source:[8]
Monday, June 24, 1968
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Sandra Post | 34-34=68 | −5 | 3,000 |
2 | Kathy Whitworth | 35-40=75 | +2 | 2,300 |
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source:[3]
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