1968 LPGA Championship explained

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.^{[2] [3]} 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 at 294 (+2).^{[4] [5]}

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Sandra Post	72-75-74-73=294	align=center rowspan=2	+2	align=center rowspan=2	Playoff
Kathy Whitworth	74-74-73-73=294
3	Gerda Whalen	72-76-74-73=295	+3	1,800
4	Sandra Spuzich	74-75-73-74=296	+4	1,500
5	Clifford Ann Creed	77-78-71-72=298	+6	1,250
6	Sandra Haynie	73-76-75-75=299	+7	1,000
7	Betsy Rawls	80-76-73-71=300	+8	850
align=center rowspan=2	T8	Murle Lindstrom	75-74-81-72=302	align=center rowspan=2	+10	align=center rowspan=2	713
Beth Stone	76-75-72-79=302
10	Mickey Wright	78-80-73-72=303	+11	600

Source:^[6]

Playoff

Monday, June 24, 1968

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sandra Post	34-34=68	−5	3,000
2	Kathy Whitworth	35-40=75	+2	2,300

Source:^{[2] [3] [5]}

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	5
Post	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5
Whitworth	E	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	+2	+2

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[3]

External links

• Golf Stats leaderboard
• Pleasant Valley Country Club

42.151°N -71.737°W

Notes and References

1. News: Whitworth ties for golf lead . Reading Eagle . (Pennsylvania) . Associated Press . O'Hara . Dave . June 23, 1968 . 49 .
2. News: Sandra Post 1st in playoff . Lodi News-Sentinel . (California). UPI . June 25, 1968 . 8 .
3. News: Sandra Post takes PGA with eight birds for 68 . Montreal Gazette . Associated Press . June 25, 1968 . 25.
4. News: Gals force golf playoff . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . June 24, 1968 . 24.
5. News: Sandy Post LPGA champ . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . June 25, 1968 . 10.
6. News: Canadian rookie wins LPGA title. Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). Associated Press . June 24, 1968 . 15 .