1971 LPGA Championship
Golf tournament
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)[1] |
Field | 52 after cut[2] |
Cut | 160 (+14) |
Prize fund | $53,000 |
Winner's share | $7,950 |
Champion | |
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288 (−4) | |
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Sutton
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Location in the United States![Pleasant Valley Country Club is located in Massachusetts](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Relief_map_of_USA_Massachusetts.png/230px-Relief_map_of_USA_Massachusetts.png)
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Pleasant Valley Country Club
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Location in MassachusettsThe 1971 LPGA Championship was the 17th LPGA Championship, held June 10–13 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.
Kathy Whitworth, the 1967 champion, won the second of her three LPGA Championship titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kathy Ahern,[3][4] who won the following year. It was the fifth of Whitworth's six major titles.
Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 13, 1971
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | ![]() | 71-73-70-74=288 | −4 | 7,950 |
2 | ![]() | 70-74-73-75=292 | E | 5,800 |
T3 | ![]() | 70-74-77-72=293 | +1 | 3,278 |
![]() | 73-73-75-72=293 | |||
![]() | 75-73-71-74=293 | |||
6 | ![]() | 75-74-74-71=294 | +2 | 2,200 |
T7 | ![]() | 75-77-72-71=295 | +3 | 1,750 |
![]() | 74-76-73-72=295 | |||
![]() | 77-71-72-75=295 | |||
T10 | ![]() | 73-68-79-76=296 | +4 | 1,450 |
![]() | 73-75-75-73=296 |
Source:[4][5]
References
- ^ "Ahern shares 1st round LPGA lead". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. June 11, 1971. p. B3.
- ^ "Debbie Austin sets LPGA pace". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 12, 1971. p. 12.
- ^ O'Hara, Dave (June 14, 1971). "Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA as Blalock ties for third". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. p. 19.
- ^ a b "Kathy wins LPGA title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 14, 1971. p. 13.
- ^ "LPGA Championships". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 14, 1971. p. 5B.
External links
- Golf Observer leaderboard
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