1974 LPGA Championship

The 1974 LPGA Championship was the 20th LPGA Championship, held June 20–23 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

1974 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 20–23, 1974
LocationSutton, Massachusetts
Course(s)Pleasant Valley Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,130 yards (5,605 m)[1]
Field88 players
Prize fund$50,000
Winner's share$7,000
Champion
Sandra Haynie
288 (−4)
Sutton
Location in the United States
Pleasant Valley Country Club 
Location in Massachusetts

Sandra Haynie, the 1965 champion, won her second LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of JoAnne Carner.[1] It was the second of her four major titles.

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Sandra Haynie United States196569737373288−41
Sandra Post Canada196871787470293+14
Mary Mills United States1964, 197369747676295+3T6
Kathy Whitworth United States1967, 197177717375296+4T10
Kathy Ahern United States197276757477302+10T21
Marlene Hagge United States195675767579304+12T33
Judy Kimball United States196276797578308+16T44
Betsy Rawls United States1959, 196977788179315+2357
Louise Suggs United States195778747576317+2558

Source:[1]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 23, 1974

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sandra Haynie United States69-73-73-73=288−47,000
2JoAnne Carner United States73-70-75-72=290−25,200
3Sandra Palmer United States74-66-76-75=291−13,600
4Sandra Post Canada71-78-74-70=293+12,860
5Murle Breer United States73-72-75-74=294+22,250
T6Jane Blalock United States73-77-71-74=295+31,650
Mary Mills United States69-74-76-76=295
Judy Rankin United States77-73-74-71=295
Sue Roberts United States78-72-75-70=295
T10Gerda Boykin West Germany76-75-71-74=296+41,150
Jerilyn Britz United States74-73-74-75=296
Bonnie Bryant United States73-73-76-74=296
Donna Caponi United States73-75-71-77=296
Kathy Whitworth United States77-71-73-75=296

Source:[1]

gollark: The speed of light is such that if they were off by a fraction of a second the distances would probably be unusably wrong.
gollark: Then you use the known position of the satellites and distances to each to work out where you are.
gollark: GPS operates on multilateration. It works out the distance to each satellite based on ~~its computed orbital position and~~ differences in time to receive the signal from each satellite.
gollark: No it isn't. That would entirely break it.
gollark: I doubt it. If the clock drifted much your location would be wrong.

References

  1. "Haynie wins LPGA with birdie streak". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. June 24, 1974. p. 1-C.

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