1970 LPGA Championship

The 1970 LPGA Championship was the 16th LPGA Championship, held June 11–15 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

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
Shirley Englehorn
285 (−7), playoff
Sutton
Location in the United States
Pleasant Valley Country Club 
Location in Massachusetts

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.

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Kathy Whitworth United States196769717372285−72
Sandra Haynie United States196573727275292ET6
Mary Mills United States196469767874297+5T12
Louise Suggs United States195774767675301+9T19
Marlene Hagge United States195678767576305+1325
Gloria Ehret United States196675767679306+14T26
Judy Kimball United States196273827774306+14T26
Betsy Rawls United States1959, 196977787873306+14T26
Sandra Post Elliott Canada196878758380316+24T48

Source:[4]

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Shirley Englehorn United States70-70-75-70=285−7Playoff
Kathy Whitworth United States69-71-73-72=285
3Sandra Palmer United States73-72-73-70=288−42,600
4Murle Breer United States75-71-70-74=290−22,150
5Sharon Miller United States74-74-72-71=291−11,800
T6JoAnne Carner United States71-76-70-75=292E1,400
Sandra Haynie United States73-72-72-75=292
T8Gerda Whalen West Germany73-73-73-74=293+11,050
Sharron Moran United States73-71-75-74=293
Marilynn Smith United States74-69-73-77=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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Shirley Englehorn United States39-35=74+14,500
2Kathy Whitworth United States40-38=78+53,410

Source:[1]

References
  1. "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. "Miss Englehorn wins Open golf". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 16, 1970. p. 10.
  4. "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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