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1969 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1969 LPGA Championship
dates	July 24–27, 1969
location	Kiamesha Lake, New York
course	Concord Golf Club
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	73
yardage	6306 yd
field	63 players, 41 after cut
cut	162 (+16)
purse	$36,000
winners_share	$5,250
champion	USA Betsy Rawls
score	293 (+1), playoff
previous	1968
next	1970

|USA |USA New York Golf Club The 1969 LPGA Championship was the fifteenth LPGA Championship, held July 24–27 at Concord Golf Club in Kiamesha Lake, New York. Betsy Rawls won her second LPGA Championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Carol Mann and Susie Maxwell Berning. She began the final round three strokes behind co-leaders Mann and Marlene Hagge. At age 41, it was Rawls' eighth and final major title; her previous major win was nine years earlier.

The purse was increased by 80% over the previous year, to . The record field of 63 players required the championship's first 36-hole cut, which reduced the weekend field to 41 women.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 27, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Betsy Rawls	71-72-79-71=293	+1	5,250
T2	USA Carol Mann	70-74-75-78=297	+5	3,500
USA Susie Maxwell Berning	70-72-80-75=297
4	USA Marlene Hagge	74-72-73-79=298	+6	2,400
5	USA Murle Breer	73-76-75-75=299	+7	1,850
T6	USA Donna Caponi	76-75-73-76=300	+8	1,575
USA Kathy Whitworth	72-74-78-76=300
8	USA Sandra Palmer	77-75-76-73=301	+9	1,350
9	USA Judy Rankin	77-73-77-75=302	+10	1,200
T10	CAN Sandra Post	80-72-77-76=305	+13	1,008
USA Sandra Spuzich	74-78-78-75=305
USA Louise Suggs	77-77-77-74=305

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References

(July 26, 1969). "Susie Berning in Ladies PGA lead". Schenectady Gazette.
(July 28, 1969). "Rawls solves putting woes". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 27, 1969). "Hagge, Mann tied for lead at Kamesha". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 28, 1969). "Betsy's comeback earns LPGA title". Schenectady Gazette.
(July 28, 1969). "Golf: LPGA". Eugene Register-Guard.

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