The 1968 LPGA Tour was the 19th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 14 to December 1. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Carol Mann and Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, 10 each. Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $48,379.
There were three first-time winners in 1968: Sandra Post , the first Canadian winner, Judy Rankin , and Peggy Wilson .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1968 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($ ) 1st prize ($) Mar 17 St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Open Florida Kathy Whitworth (37)213 12,500 1,875 Mar 24 Port Malabar Invitational Florida Mickey Wright (77)216 (+3) 10,000 1,500 Mar 31 Palm Beach County Open Florida Mickey Wright (78)215 (-1) 12,500 1,875 Apr 14 O'Sullivan Open Virginia Marilynn Smith (19)216 (+3) 12,500 1,875 Apr 21 Lady Carling Open Georgia Carol Mann (11)200 (-16) 15,000 2,250 Apr 28 Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina Carol Mann (12)214 (-2) 15,000 2,250 May 5 Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational Louisiana Carol Mann (13)217 (+1) 11,500 1,725 May 12 Tall City Open Texas Mickey Wright (79)204 (-3) 17,500 2,625 May 26 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Kathy Whitworth (38)209 (-4) 18,500 2,775 Jun 9 Bluegrass Ladies Invitational Kentucky Carol Mann (14)210 (-6) 14,250 2,100 Jun 16 500 Ladies Classic Indiana Mickey Wright (80)212 (-4) 15,500 2,250 Jun 23 LPGA Championship Massachusetts Sandra Post (1)294 (+2) 20,000 3,000 Jun 30 Lady Carling Open Maryland Kathy Whitworth (39)214 (-2) 20,000 3,000 Jul 7 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Susie Berning (5)289 (+5) 25,000 5,000 Jul 14 Pabst Ladies Classic Ohio Carol Mann (15)206 (-10) 28,000 4,200 Jul 21 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio Carol Mann (16)209 (-7) 18,500 2,775 Jul 27 Supertest Canadian Open Canada Carol Mann (17)213 (-6) 20,500 3,000 Aug 4 Gino Paoli Open Connecticut Kathy Whitworth (40)215 (-1) 15,000 2,250 Aug 10 Concord Open New York Shirley Englehorn (7)229 (-2) 28,500 4,275 Aug 18 Holiday Inn Classic Missouri Kathy Whitworth (41)206 (-1) 15,685 2,260 Sep 1 Willow Park Ladies Invitational Canada Carol Mann (18)205 (-8) 15,000 2,250 Sep 8 Pacific Ladies Classic Oregon Sandra Haynie (14)213 (-3) 12,500 1,875 Sep 15 Shirley Englehorn Invitational Idaho Carol Mann (19)208 (-5) 11,500 1,725 Sep 22 Kings River Open California Kathy Whitworth (42)208 (-8) 15,000 2,250 Sep 29 Mickey Wright Invitational California Betsy Rawls (51)208 (-8) 13,500 2,025 Oct 20 Quality Chek'd Classic Texas Carol Mann (20)212 (-4) 12,500 1,875 Oct 27 River Plantation Invitational Texas Kathy Whitworth (43)205 (-8) 12,500 1,875 Nov 3 Canyon Ladies Classic California Kathy Whitworth (44)218 (+2) 22,750 3,300 Nov 10 Corpus Christi Civitan Open Texas Judy Rankin (1)213 (+3) 12,500 1,875 Nov 17 Pensacola Ladies Invitational Florida Kathy Whitworth (45)216 (-3) 12,500 1,875 Nov 24 Louise Suggs Invitational Florida Kathy Whitworth (46)210 (-6) 12,500 1,875 Dec 1 Hollywood Lakes Open Florida Peggy Wilson (1)209 (-7) 12,500 1,875
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