1971 LPGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 10–13, 1971 |
Location | Sutton, Massachusetts |
Course(s) | Pleasant Valley Country Club |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,130 yards (5,605 m) |
Field | 52 after cut[1] |
Cut | 160 (+14) |
Prize fund | $53,000 |
Winner's share | $7,950 |
Champion | |
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288 (−4) | |
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Pleasant Valley Country Club
Location in the United States


Pleasant Valley Country Club
Location in Massachusetts
The 1971 LPGA Championship was the 17th LPGA Championship, held June 10–13 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.
Kathy Whitworth, the 1967 champion, won the second of her three LPGA Championship titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kathy Ahern,[2] who won the following year. It was the fifth of Whitworth's six major titles.
Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Kathy Whitworth | ![]() | 1967 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 288 | −4 | 1 |
Sandra Haynie | ![]() | 1965 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 293 | +1 | T3 |
Sandra Post Elliott | ![]() | 1968 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 293 | +1 | T3 |
Mickey Wright | ![]() | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 76 | 301 | +9 | T15 |
Marlene Hagge | ![]() | 1956 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 70 | 303 | +11 | 19 |
Mary Mills | ![]() | 1964 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 84 | 305 | +13 | 22 |
Betsy Rawls | ![]() | 1959, 1969 | 78 | 78 | 73 | 78 | 307 | +15 | T26 |
Source:[2]
Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 13, 1971
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Kathy Whitworth | ![]() | 71-73-70-74=288 | −4 | 7,950 |
2 | Kathy Ahern | ![]() | 70-74-73-75=292 | E | 5,800 |
T3 | Jane Blalock | ![]() | 70-74-77-72=293 | +1 | 3,278 |
Sandra Post Elliott | ![]() | 73-73-75-72=293 | |||
Sandra Haynie | ![]() | 75-73-71-74=293 | |||
6 | Susie Berning | ![]() | 75-74-74-71=294 | +2 | 2,200 |
T7 | Carol Mann | ![]() | 75-77-72-71=295 | +3 | 1,750 |
DeDe Owens | ![]() | 74-76-73-72=295 | |||
Judy Rankin | ![]() | 77-71-72-75=295 | |||
T10 | Debbie Austin | ![]() | 73-68-79-76=296 | +4 | 1,450 |
Chako Higuchi | ![]() | 73-75-75-73=296 |
Source:[2]
References
- ↑ "Debbie Austin sets LPGA pace". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 12, 1971. p. 12.
- 1 2 3 "Kathy wins LPGA title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 14, 1971. p. 13.
External links
Coordinates: 42°09′04″N 71°44′13″W / 42.151°N 71.737°W
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