The 1971 LPGA Tour was the 22nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 18 to October 17. The season consisted of 20 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, five. She also led the money list with earnings of $41,181.
The season saw the first $10,000 first prize at the Sears Women's World Classic won by Ruth Jessen. There were four first-time winners in 1971: Pam Barnett, Jan Ferraris, Pam Higgins, and Sandra Palmer.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1971 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 21 Sears Women's World Classic Florida Ruth Jessen (11) 220 (+1) 60,000 10,000 Mar 21 Orange Blossom Classic Florida Jan Ferraris (1) 218 (+2) 20,000 3,000 Apr 18 Raleigh Golf Classic North Carolina Kathy Whitworth (56) 212 (−4) 20,000 3,000 Apr 25 Burdine's Invitational Florida Sandra Haynie (20) 219 (−3) 30,000 4,500 May 2 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Sandra Haynie (21) 201 (−12) 31,500 4,725 May 9 San Antonio Alamo Open Texas Sandra Haynie (22) 206 (−13) 20,000 3,000 May 16 Sealy LPGA Classic Nevada Sandra Palmer (1) 289 (−3) 50,000 10,000 May 23 Suzuki Golf Internationale California Kathy Whitworth (57) 217 (+1) 38,000 5,700 Jun 6 Lady Carling Open Maryland Kathy Whitworth (58) 210 (−9) 25,000 3,750 Jun 13 Eve-LPGA Championship Massachusetts Kathy Whitworth (59) 288 (−4) 53,000 7,950 Jun 20 Heritage Open Connecticut Sandra Palmer (2) 211 (−8) 25,000 3,750 Jun 27 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania JoAnne Carner (3) 288 (E) 31,000 5,000 Jul 11 George Washington Classic Pennsylvania Jane Blalock (2) 208 (−11) 25,000 3,750 Jul 25 O'Sullivan Ladies Open Virginia Judy Kimball (3) 211 (−4) 20,000 3,000 Aug 1 Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky JoAnne Carner (4) 210 (−6) 25,000 3,750 Aug 8 Lady Pepsi Open Georgia Jane Blalock (3) 214 (−5) 20,000 3,000 Aug 15 Len Immke Buick Open Ohio Sandra Haynie (23) 206 (−10) 25,000 3,750 Aug 22 Southgate Open Kansas Pam Barnett (1) 210 (−6) 20,000 3,000 Sep 26 Lincoln-Mercury Open California Pam Higgins (1) 215 (−4) 25,000 3,750 Oct 17 Quality First Classic Texas Judy Rankin (5) 214 (−5) 20,000 3,000
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Kathy Whitworth (6) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth (6) Player of the Year Kathy Whitworth (5) Rookie of the Year Sally Little
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1971 season coverage at golfobserver.com