1968 - Women America
The winners in the category "1968 - Women America" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
America
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Played as the inaugural (and only) "500" Ladies Classic (June 14-16). Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 3 shots behind Mickey Wright (USA), who recorded her 80th LPGA Tour win. [Brickyard Crossing GC, at the time known as Speedway GC, Indianapolis, IN].
America
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Played as the Raleigh Ladies Invitational. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 3 shots behind Mann (USA). [Raleigh CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
Played as the Bluegrass Ladies Invitational. Sandra Haynie finished in second place behind Mann.
America
Pabst
Played as the Pabst Ladies Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 3 shots behind Mann (USA). [Raymond Memorial GC, Columbus, Ohio].
Played as the Buckeye Savings Invitational. Marilynn Smith finished in second place behind Mann.
America
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Played as the Canyon Ladies Classic. Donna Caponi, Mary Mills and Shirley Englehorn finished in second place behind Whitworth.
America
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Played as the Concord Open (Aug 10-12). Sandra Haynie finished in second place behind Englehorn.
America
Civitan
Played as the Corpus Christi Civitan Open. First-time LPGA Tour winner Rankin (USA) beat Sandra Spuzich (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. [Pharaoh CC, Corpus Christi, Texas; now permanently closed].
America
Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Carol Mann (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA). [Glen Lakes CC, Dallas, TX; club/course no longer exists].
America
Holiday Inn
Played as the Holiday Inn Classic. Judy Kimball and Carol mann finished in second place behind Whitworth.
America
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Played as the Hollywood Lakes Open. Carol Mann finished in second place behind Wilson.
America
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Played as the inaugural (and only) Kings River Open. Second-placed Sandra Haynie finished 10 shots behind Whitworth (USA). [Kings River CC, Kingsburg, California].
America
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Played as the Ladies World Series of Golf. Carol Mann finished in second place behind Whitworth.
America
Carling
Played as the Lady Carling Open. Second-placed Carol Mann (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA). [Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore, Maryland].
America
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Played as the Gino Paoli Open. Whitworth (USA) beat Marlene Hagge (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record her 40th LPGA Tour win. [Ridgewood CC, Danbury, Connecticut].
America
Carling
Played as the Lady Carling Open. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 10 shots behind Mann (USA). [Canongate CC, Sharpsburg, Georgia; now called Canongate 1 GC].
Played as the Louise Suggs Invitational. Carol Mann finished in second place behind Whitworth.
Played as the Mickey Wright Invitational. Kathy Whitworth and Sandra Haynie finished in second place behind Rawls.
Played as the O'Sullivan Ladies Open. Shirley Englehorn finished in second place behind Smith.
Played as the Pacific Ladies Classic. Sandra Palmer and Kathy Cornelius finished in second place behind Haynie.
Played as the Palm Beach County Open. Carol Mann and Ruth Jessen finished in second place behind Wright.
America
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Played as the Pensacola Ladies Invitational. Jo Ann Prentice finished in second place behind Whitworth.
Played as the Port Malabar Invitational. Marilynn Smith finished in second place behind Wright.
America
Quality Chekd
Played as the Quality Chekd Classic. Second-placed Judy Rankin (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Lake Waco CC, Waco, Texas].
America
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Played as the River Plantation Invitational. Kathy Cornelius finished in second place behind Whitworth.
America
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Played as the Seven Lakes Invitational. Murle Lindstrom finished in second place behind Miller.
Played as the Shirley Englehorn Invitational. Gloria Ehret finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational. Mickey Wright finished in second place behind Mann. This was Mann's third straight win in as many starts.
America
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Played as the St Petersburg Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Sandra Haynie (USA) and Judy Kimball (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA). [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC].
America
Supertest
Played as the Supertest Canadian Open. Second-placed Judy Kimball (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Mann (USA), who recorded her third straight LPGA Tour win in as many weeks. [Bayview G&CC, Thornhill, nr Toronto, Ontario].
Played as the Tall City Open. Shirley Englehorn finished in second place behind Wright.
Played as the Willow Park ladies Invitational. Pam Barnett, Kathy Whitworth, Shirley Englehorn and Beth Stone finished in second place behind Mann.
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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