The 1974 LPGA Tour was the 25th season since the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...
officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 24. The season consisted of 32 official money events.
JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Gunderson Carner (born April 4, 1939) is an American former professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's ...
and
Sandra Haynie
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Amateur career
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won the most tournaments, six each. Carner led the money list with earnings of $87,094.
The season saw the first tournament in
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, the
. There were three first-time winners in 1974:
Bonnie Bryant
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,
Gail Denenberg, and
Sue Roberts
Sue Roberts (born June 22, 1948) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Roberts won four times on the LPGA Tour between 1974 and 1976.
Professional wins LPGA Tour wins (4)
The 1974 Southgate Ladies Open was shortened ...
. Bryant was the first, and through 2016 only, left-handed golfer to win on the LPGA Tour.
Kathy Whitworth
Kathrynne Ann Whitworth (September 27, 1939 – December 24, 2022) was an American professional golfer. During her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else on the LPGA or PGA Tours. Whitworth was also a runner-up ...
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.
LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979
"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
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are shown in bold.
''^ - weather-shortened tournament''
Awards
References
External links
LPGA Tour official site1974 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...