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Golf tour season
The 1967 LPGA Tour was the 18th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 16 to November 19. The season consisted of 28 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $32,937.
There were two first-time winners in 1967: Catherine Lacoste from France and Margie Masters from Australia . They were the first winners from the continents of Europe and Australia, respectively. This season also saw the last playing of the Women's Western Open , an LPGA major .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1967 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Mar 19
St. Petersburg Orange Classic Florida Marilynn Smith (17)283
12,500
1,875
Mar 26
Venice Ladies Open Florida Kathy Whitworth (29)217
10,000
1,500
Apr 2
Louise Suggs Invitational Florida Susie Maxwell (3)224
10,000
1,500
Apr 23
Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina Kathy Whitworth (30)215
12,000
1,800
Apr 30
Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational Louisiana Mickey Wright (73)219
10,000
1,500
May 7
Tall City Open Texas Carol Mann (8)214
12,500
1,875
May 15
Dallas Civitan Open Texas Jo Ann Prentice (2)281
16,800
2,475
May 21
Babe Zaharias Open Texas Marilynn Smith (18)210
10,000
1,500
Jun 4
St. Louis Women's Invitational Missouri Kathy Whitworth (31)209
13,500
2,025
Jun 11
Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky Mickey Wright (74)208
10,000
1,500
Jun 18
Milwaukee Jaycee Open Wisconsin Susie Maxwell (4)216
15,000
2,250
Jun 25
Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio Carol Mann (9)207
14,000
2,100
Jul 2
U.S. Women's Open Virginia Catherine Lacoste (1*)294
25,000
Jul 9
Lady Carling Open Maryland Mickey Wright (75)207
15,000
2,250
Jul 16
LPGA Championship Massachusetts Kathy Whitworth (32)284
17,500
2,625
Jul 22
Supertest Ladies' Open Canada Carol Mann (10)210
18,000
2,700
Aug 6
Lady Carling Open Ohio Kathy Whitworth (33)212
20,500
3,075
Aug 20
Women's Western Open Illinois Kathy Whitworth (34)289
10,000
1,500
Aug 27
Amarillo Ladies' Open Texas Sandra Haynie (12)212
13,000
1,950
Sep 10
Pacific Golf Classic Oregon Clifford Ann Creed (10)211
10,750
1,575
Sep 17
Shirley Englehorn Invitational Idaho Shirley Englehorn (6)210
11,000
1,650
Sep 24
Mickey Wright Invitational California Sandra Haynie (13)212
11,500
1,725
Oct 1
Ladies' Los Angeles Open California Kathy Whitworth (35)212
16,000
2,325
Oct 22
Carlsbad Jaycee Open New Mexico Murle Lindstrom (3)216
11,000
1,650
Oct 29
Alamo Ladies' Open Texas Kathy Whitworth (36)213
12,500
1,875
Nov 5
Corpus Christi Civitan Open Texas Clifford Ann Creed (11)214
11,500
1,725
Nov 12
Quality Chek'd Classic Texas Margie Masters (1)214
11,500
1,725
Nov 19
Pensacola Ladies Invitational Florida Mickey Wright (76)210
10,000
1,500
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