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.

1969 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 16, 1969 (1969-01-16) – November 2, 1969 (1969-11-02)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	8 Carol Mann
Money leader	Carol Mann
Player of the Year	Kathy Whitworth
Rookie of the Year	Jane Blalock
← 1968 1970 →

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.^[1] "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	JoAnne Carner (1*) (a)	216 (E)	35,000	5,200
Mar 17	Orange Blossom Open	Florida	Kathy Whitworth (47)	216 (+3)	15,000	2,250
Mar 23	Port Charlotte Invitational	Florida	Kathy Whitworth (48)	218 (−1)	15,000	2,250
Mar 30	Port Malabar Invitational	Florida	Kathy Whitworth (49)	210 (−3)	17,500	2,625
Apr 20	Lady Carling Open	Georgia	Kathy Whitworth (50)	212 (−4)	17,500	2,625
Apr 27	Raleigh Ladies Invitational	North Carolina	Carol Mann (21)	212 (−4)	15,000	2,250
May 4	Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational	Louisiana	Sandra Haynie (15)	214 (−2)	15,000	2,250
May 11	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	Carol Mann (22)	209 (−4)	22,000	3,225
May 18	St. Louis Women's Invitational	Missouri	Sandra Haynie (16)	208 (−5)	16,000	2,400
May 25	Bluegrass Invitational	Kentucky	Mickey Wright (81)	216 (E)	15,750	2,325
Jun 2	O'Sullivan Ladies Open	Virginia	Murle Lindstrom (4)	208 (−5)	15,000	2,250
Jun 8	Lady Carling Open	Maryland	Susie Berning (6)	213 (−6)	20,000	3,000
Jun 15	Patty Berg Classic	Massachusetts	Kathy Whitworth (51)	214 (−5)	25,000	3,750
Jun 22	Pabst Ladies Classic	Ohio	Susie Berning (7)	211 (−5)	30,000	4,500
Jun 29	U.S. Women's Open	Florida	Donna Caponi (1)	294 (+2)	31,040	5,000
Jul 13	Ladies' Supertest Open	Canada	Sandra Haynie (17)	216 (−3)	22,000	3,300
Jul 20	Danbury Lady Carling Open	Connecticut	Carol Mann (23)	215 (−1)	20,000	3,000
Jul 27	LPGA Championship	New York	Betsy Rawls (52)	293 (+1)	35,000	5,250
Aug 3	Buckeye Savings Invitational	Ohio	Sandra Spuzich (2)	213 (+3)	20,000	3,000
Aug 10	Stroh's-WBLY Open	Ohio	Marlene Hagge (25)	216 (−2)	20,000	3,000
Aug 17	Southgate Ladies Open	Kansas	Carol Mann (24)	217 (+1)	20,000	3,000
Aug 24	Tournament of Champs	Canada	Carol Mann (25)	216 (−3)	20,000	3,000
Sep 7	Molson's Canadian Open	Canada	Carol Mann (26)	212 (−4)	25,500	3,750
Sep 14	Wendell-West Open	Washington	Kathy Whitworth (52)	213 (−3)	22,000	3,225
Sep 21	Lincoln-Mercury Open	California	Donna Caponi (2)	214 (−2)	20,500	3,000
Oct 5	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	Carol Mann (27)	212 (−7)	20,000	3,000
Oct 19	Quality Chek'd Classic	Texas	Mary Mills (6)	213 (−3)	15,000	2,250
Oct 26	Corpus Christi Civitan Open	Texas	Carol Mann (28)	212 (+2)	15,000	2,250
Nov 2	River Plantation Women's Open	Texas	Kathy Whitworth (53)	213 (E)	17,500	2,625

a – amateur
* - non-member at time of win

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Carol Mann	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Kathy Whitworth (4)	United States
Player of the Year	Kathy Whitworth (4)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Jane Blalock	United States