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 $30,235.
There were two first-time winners in 1970: Kathy Ahern and Jane Blalock.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 15 Burdine's Invitational Florida Carol Mann (29) 216 (E) 40,000 6,000 Mar 22 Orange Blossom Classic Florida Kathy Whitworth (54) 216 (E) 18,500 2,775 Apr 19 Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina Sandra Haynie (18) 212 (−4) 16,500 2,475 May 3 Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational Louisiana Sandra Haynie (19) 214 (−2) 15,000 2,250 May 10 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Betsy Rawls (53) 214 (+1) 25,000 3,750 May 17 Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Tournament Missouri Shirley Englehorn (8) 216 (E) 22,000 3,075 May 24 Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky Donna Caponi (3) 214 (−2) 20,000 3,000 May 31 O'Sullivan Ladies Open Virginia Shirley Englehorn (9) 210 (−6) 15,000 1,150 Jun 7 Lady Carling Open Maryland Shirley Englehorn (10) 210 (−9) 22,500 3,375 Jun 13 LPGA Championship Massachusetts Shirley Englehorn (11) 285 (−7) 30,000 4,500 Jun 21 George Washington Golf Classic Pennsylvania Judy Rankin (2) 212 (−7) 25,000 3,750 Jun 28 Len Immke Buick Open Ohio Mary Mills (7) 216 (E) 20,000 3,000 Jul 5 U.S. Women's Open Oklahoma Donna Caponi (4) 287 (−1) 30,000 5,000 Jul 19 Springfield Jaycee Open Ohio Judy Rankin (3) 209 (−10) 20,000 3,000 Aug 9 Lady Carling Open Georgia Jane Blalock (1) 221 (+2) 20,000 3,000 Aug 16 Cincinnati Open Ohio Betsy Rawls (54) 210 (−6) 20,000 3,000 Aug 23 Southgate Ladies Open Kansas Kathy Ahern (1) 211 (−5) 20,000 3,000 Sep 13 Wendell-West Open Washington JoAnne Carner (2) 214 (−2) 40,000 6,000 Sep 26 Lincoln-Mercury Open California Judy Rankin (4) 217 (−2) 23,000 3,450 Oct 18 Quality Chek'd Classic Texas Kathy Whitworth (55) 205 (−11) 15,000 2,250 Oct 25 Women's Golf Charities Open Texas Marilynn Smith (20) 214 (−2) 17,500 2,625
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Kathy Whitworth (5) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth (5) Player of the Year Sandra Haynie Rookie of the Year JoAnne Carner
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1970 season coverage at golfobserver.com