1967 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJuly 13–16, 1967
LocationSutton, Massachusetts
Course(s)Pleasant Valley Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,250 yards (5,715 m) [1]
Field51 players [2]
Cutnone
Prize fund$17,500
Winner's share$2,625
Champion
United States Kathy Whitworth
284 (−8)
Sutton is located in the United States
Sutton
Sutton
Location in the United States
Pleasant Valley Country Club  is located in Massachusetts
Pleasant Valley Country Club 
Pleasant Valley Country Club 
Location in Massachusetts

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 fifty-foot (15 m) birdie putt on the final hole to win the first of her three LPGA Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Shirley Englehorn;[3] the two were in the final pairing as 54-hole co-leaders at 215 (−4).[1] 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.[3] Defending champion Gloria Ehret finished thirteen strokes back, tied for tenth.[4] 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

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Kathy Whitworth69-74-72-69=284−82,625
2United States Shirley Englehorn75-68-72-70=285−72,000
3United States Clifford Ann Creed73-70-73-74=290−21,600
4United States Carol Mann77-74-67-73=291−11,300
5United States Mickey Wright71-73-75-73=292E1,100
6United States Sandra Haynie74-72-74-73=293+1925
7United States Betsy Cullen74-71-73-76=294+2775
8United States Susie Maxwell72-76-75-72=295+3675
9United States Judy Kimball74-75-71-76=296+4600
T10United States Gloria Ehret70-78-74-75=297+5505
United States Sandra Palmer75-73-73-76=297

Source:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Englehorn, Whitworth tied for lead in golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 16, 1967. p. 2, sports.
  2. "Kathy leads Ladies' PGA". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 14, 1967. p. 19.
  3. 1 2 "Eight tries and victory in LPGA". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 17, 1967. p. 9.
  4. 1 2 "Kathy Whitworth is one down, one to go". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. July 17, 1967. p. 6.

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