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1974 LPGA Championship
The 1974 LPGA Championship was the 20th LPGA Championship, held June 20–23 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. Sandra Haynie, the 1965 champion, won her second LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of JoAnne Carner. It was the second of her four major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ... titles. Past champions in the field Source: Final leaderboard ''Sunday, June 23, 1974'' Source: References External linksGolf Observer leaderboard LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship Golf in Massachusetts History of Worcester County, Massachusetts LPGA Championship Sports competitions in Massachusetts Sports in Worcester County, Massachusetts Sutton, Massachusetts Tourist attractions in Worce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 LPGA Tour
The 1974 LPGA Tour was the 25th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 24. The season consisted of 32 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie won the most tournaments, six each. Carner led the money list with earnings of $87,094. The season saw the first tournament in Mexico, the Bing Crosby International Classic. There were three first-time winners in 1974: Bonnie Bryant, Gail Denenberg, and Sue Roberts. Bryant was the first, and through 2016 only, left-handed golfer to win on the LPGA Tour. Kathy Whitworth won the LPGA's annual tour stop in St. Petersburg for a fifth time. Only three other golfers in tour history have won the same event five times. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1974 season. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 LPGA Championship
The 1968 LPGA Championship was the fourteenth LPGA Championship, held June 20–24 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Sandra Post won her only major title, defeating defending champion and LPGA president Kathy Whitworth by seven strokes. 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 Final leaderboard ''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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 LPGA Championship
The 1959 LPGA Championship was the fifth LPGA Championship, held July 2–6 at Sheraton Hotel Country Club in French Lick, Indiana. Betsy Rawls won the first of her two LPGA Championships, one stroke ahead of Patty Berg. The final round on Sunday was delayed to Monday due to heavy rain and unplayable greens. Defending champion Mickey Wright finished nine strokes back in eighth place. It was the fourth of eight major titles for Rawls. The course was designed by Donald Ross; it opened in 1917 and was originally known as the "Hill Course." It hosted the PGA Championship in 1924, the second of five won by Walter Hagen and the first of four consecutive. It is now named the "Donald Ross Course." The LPGA Championship returned to the course the following year in 1960. Final leaderboard ''Monday, July 6, 1959'' Source: References {{coord, 38.528, N, 86.648, W, type:event, display=title Women's PGA Championship Golf in Indiana LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls (born May 4, 1928) is an American former LPGA Tour professional golfer. She won eight major championship and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Early life and education Rawls was the daughter of Robert Miller and Mary Earle Rawls. She was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and moved to Arlington, Texas, in 1940. She went on to graduate from Lovelady High School and enrolled in North Texas Agricultural College (now UT-Arlington) in 1946 as a physics major. As a freshman, she was recognized by faculty and department heads as a "Who's Who" in Physics, and was selected for the Phi Kappa Theta honor society. The following year Rawls transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with a degree in physics in 1950. Amateur career Rawls started playing golf at age 17. She won the Texas Amateur in 1949 and 1950. She also won the 1949 Trans-National and the 1950 Broadmoor Invitational. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 LPGA Championship
The 1962 LPGA Championship was the eighth LPGA Championship, held October 4–7 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Judy Kimball, age 24, shot a final round 72 (+1) to win her only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Shirley Spork. The winner's share was $2,300 and second place earned $1,850. Kimball's 282 set a new record for the championship, three strokes ahead of Louise Suggs' 285 in 1957. Two-time defending champion Mickey Wright fell short in search of her third consecutive LPGA Championship; she finished thirteen strokes back in eighth place, but won her fourth LPGA Championship the following year. It was the second of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened the previous year. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998. Final leaderboard ''Sunday, October 7, 1962'' Source: References External linksLas Vegas National Golf Club {{coord, 36.128, N, 115.125, W, type:event, displ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Kimball
Judy Kimball Simon (born June 17, 1938) is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the LPGA Championship in 1962, a women's major championship. Amateur career Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Kimball graduated from the University of Kansas in 1960. She was Iowa State Amateur champion in 1958 and a semifinalist in the 1959 Trans-Miss and the 1960 Western Amateur. She was also the low amateur at the Waterloo Women's Open Invitational in 1958. Professional career Kimball turned professional in 1961 and won three LPGA tournaments, including the LPGA Championship in 1962. She was inducted into thIowa Golf Hall of Famein 1993 and the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. Amateur wins *1958 Iowa State Women's Amateur Professional wins LPGA Tour wins (3) Other wins (2) *1966 Yankee Women's Open (with Gloria Ehret) *1971 LPGA Four-Ball Championship (with Kathy Whitworth) Major championships Wins (1) See also *Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions *List of gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 LPGA Championship
The 1956 LPGA Championship was the second LPGA Championship, held June 21–24 at Forest Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Marlene Hagge, age 22, won her only major title in a sudden death playoff over runner-up Patty Berg, who missed a bogey putt on the first playoff hole to stay alive. The two were co-leaders after 54 holes and both shot 76 (+1) in the final round to tie at 291 (−9), five strokes ahead of third-place finisher Betty Jameson. Defending champion Beverly Hanson finished ten strokes back, tied for sixth. The course hosted its second major two years later, the U.S. Women's Open in 1958. Past champion in the field Source: Final leaderboard ''Sunday, June 24, 1956'' Source: Playoff Source: References External linksForest Lake Country Club {{coord, 42.597, N, 83.297, W, type:event, display=title Women's PGA Championship Golf in Michigan Sports competitions in Detroit LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Hagge
Marlene Hagge (née Bauer; born February 16, 1934) is an American former professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won one major championship and 26 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Amateur career Hagge was born in Eureka, South Dakota and had a progressively successful amateur experience. She started playing golf at age 3. At age 10, she won the Long Beach City Boys Junior. At age 13, she won the Western and National Junior Championships, the Los Angeles Women's City Championship, the Palm Springs Women's Championship, Northern California Open and the Indio Women's Invitational. In 1947, at age 13, she became the youngest player to make the cut at the U.S. Women's Open and finished eighth. In 1949, at the age of 15, she became the youngest athlete ever to be named Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Golfer of the Year and Teenager of the Year, and she won the U.S. Girls' Junior and the WWGA Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 LPGA Championship
The 1972 LPGA Championship was the 18th LPGA Championship, held June 8–11 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. Kathy Ahern shot a final round 69 (−4) to win her only major title, six strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock. Ahern began the final round with a one-stroke lead over three players; after five straight birdies on the front nine, she had a six-stroke lead and shot even par on the final nine. Three weeks later, Ahern was a runner-up by a stroke at the U.S. Women's Open at Winged Foot, then won the week after at the George Washington Classic near Philadelphia. Past champions in the field Made the cut Source: Missed the cut Source: Final leaderboard ''Sunday, June 11, 1972'' Source: References External linksGolf Observer leaderboard LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship Golf in Massachusetts History of Worcester County, Massachusetts LPGA Championship The Women's PGA Championship (branded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Ahern
Kathy Ahern (May 7, 1949 – July 6, 1996) was an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ahern was raised in Dallas, Texas, and won the Texas women's public links title at age 15 She joined the LPGA Tour direct from high school in 1967 and won three events, including one major title, the LPGA Championship Ahern's first win came at the Southgate Ladies Open in August and the last at George Washington Classic in She was also a runner-up at the U.S. Women's Open in 1972, the week before her final win. Ahern played little in the 1980s, but remained a presence around the tour and sometimes caddied for Sherri Turner. Death After a five-year battle against breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a r ..., Aher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 LPGA Championship
The 1971 LPGA Championship was the 17th LPGA Championship, held June 10–13 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. Kathy Whitworth, the 1967 champion, won the second of her three LPGA Championship titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kathy Ahern, who won the following year. It was the fifth of Whitworth's six major titles. Final leaderboard ''Sunday, June 13, 1971'' Source: References External linksGolf Observer leaderboard {{LPGA Championship championships LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship Golf in Massachusetts History of Worcester County, Massachusetts LPGA Championship The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ... Sports competitions in Massachusetts Sports in Worcester County, Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 LPGA Championship
The 1967 LPGA Championship was the thirteenth LPGA Championship, held July 13–16 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. Kathy Whitworth sank a birdie putt on the final hole to win the first of her three LPGA Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Shirley Englehorn; the two were in the final pairing as 54-hole co-leaders at 215 (−4). With three holes to play, Whitworth led by two strokes, but an Englehorn birdie on 16 and a Whitworth bogey on 17 left them tied on the final tee. Defending champion Gloria Ehret finished thirteen strokes back, tied for tenth. It was the third of Whitworth's six major titles. This was the first of seven LPGA Championships held at Pleasant Valley in an eight-year stretch. Final leaderboard ''Sunday, July 16, 1967'' Source: References External linksGolf Stats leaderboard [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |