1970 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 11–15, 1970
LocationSutton, Massachusetts
Course(s)Pleasant Valley Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,130 yards (5,605 m)[1]
Field67 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$30,000
Winner's share$4,500
Champion
United States Shirley Englehorn
285 (−7), playoff
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 1970 LPGA Championship was the 16th LPGA Championship, held June 11–15 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Shirley Englehorn won her only major title, defeating 1967 champion Kathy Whitworth by four strokes.[2] Englehorn bogeyed the second hole and parred the rest for a 74 (+1).[3] Three years earlier Pleasant Valley, Whitworth had bested Englehorn by a stroke in 1967, after the pair had co-led after 54 holes. It was Englehorn's fourth consecutive victory during the 1970 season;[1] defending champion Betsy Rawls tied for 26th, 21 strokes back.[4]

This was the third LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley in four years, and the third of seven in an eight-year stretch.

Final leaderboard

Sunday June 14, 1970

Whitworth had a four-stroke lead after 58 holes, but Englehorn was four-under on the back nine on Sunday, including a birdie on the final hole to force the Monday playoff.[4][5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1United States Shirley Englehorn70-70-75-70=285−7Playoff
United States Kathy Whitworth69-71-73-72=285
3United States Sandra Palmer73-72-73-70=288−42,600
4United States Murle Breer75-71-70-74=290−22,150
5United States Sharon Miller74-74-72-71=291−11,800
T6United States JoAnne Carner71-76-70-75=292E1,400
United States Sandra Haynie73-72-72-75=292
T8West Germany Gerda Whalen73-73-73-74=293+11,050
United States Sharron Moran73-71-75-74=293
United States Marilynn Smith74-69-73-77=293

Source:[4][6]

Playoff

Monday, June 15, 1970

No birdies were scored in the playoff: both bogeyed the second hole and Whitworth had another at the ninth to fall one back at the turn. She had a double bogey at the twelfth and dropped three back, while Englehorn had seventeen pars on the way to a one-over 74 for a four-stroke win and the title.[1][3]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Shirley Englehorn39-35=74+14,500
2United States Kathy Whitworth40-38=78+53,410

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Shirley Englehorn wins playoff easily". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 13.
  2. "Englehorn wins LPGA golf crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 3B.
  3. 1 2 "Miss Englehorn wins Open golf". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 10.
  4. 1 2 3 "Shirley forces LPGA showdown". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 15, 1970. p. 11.
  5. "Playoff needed in women's PGA". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 15, 1970. p. 8.
  6. "Ladies PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 15, 1970. p. 5B.

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