Year: | 1970 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 21 |
Most Wins: | 4 Shirley Englehorn |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Kathy Whitworth |
Honor2: | Player of the Year |
Honoree2: | Sandra Haynie |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | JoAnne Carner |
Prevseason: | 1969 |
Nextseason: | 1971 |
The 1970 LPGA Tour was the 21st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 12 to October 25. The season consisted of 21 official money events. Shirley Englehorn won the most tournaments, four. Kathy Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $30,235.
There were two first-time winners in 1970: Kathy Ahern and Jane Blalock.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Feb 15 | Carol Mann (29) | 216 (E) | 40,000 | 6,000 | |||
Mar 22 | Kathy Whitworth (54) | 216 (E) | 18,500 | 2,775 | |||
Apr 19 | Sandra Haynie (18) | 212 (-4) | 16,500 | 2,475 | |||
May 3 | Sandra Haynie (19) | 214 (-2) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
May 10 | Betsy Rawls (53) | 214 (+1) | 25,000 | 3,750 | |||
May 17 | Shirley Englehorn (8) | 216 (E) | 22,000 | 3,075 | |||
May 24 | Donna Caponi (3) | 214 (-2) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
May 31 | Shirley Englehorn (9) | 210 (-6) | 15,000 | 1,150 | |||
Jun 7 | Shirley Englehorn (10) | 210 (-9) | 22,500 | 3,375 | |||
Jun 13 | LPGA Championship | Shirley Englehorn (11) | 285 (-7) | 30,000 | 4,500 | ||
Jun 21 | Judy Rankin (2) | 212 (-7) | 25,000 | 3,750 | |||
Jun 28 | Mary Mills (7) | 216 (E) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Jul 5 | U.S. Women's Open | Donna Caponi (4) | 287 (-1) | 30,000 | 5,000 | ||
Jul 19 | Judy Rankin (3) | 209 (-10) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Aug 9 | Jane Blalock (1) | 221 (+2) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Aug 16 | Betsy Rawls (54) | 210 (-6) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Aug 23 | Kathy Ahern (1) | 211 (-5) | 20,000 | 3,000 | |||
Sep 13 | JoAnne Carner (2) | 214 (-2) | 40,000 | 6,000 | |||
Sep 26 | Judy Rankin (4) | 217 (-2) | 23,000 | 3,450 | |||
Oct 18 | Kathy Whitworth (55) | 205 (-11) | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Oct 25 | Marilynn Smith (20) | 214 (-2) | 17,500 | 2,625 |
Award | Winner | Country | |
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Kathy Whitworth (5) | |||
Kathy Whitworth (5) | |||