1974 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1974 - Women (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (29th) (July 18-21). Second-placed Beth Stone (USA) and Carol Mann (USA) finished 1 shot behind Haynie (USA), who recorded back-to-back major championship wins on the LPGA Tour. [La Grange CC, La Grange, Chicago, IL].
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (20th) (June 20-23). Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 2 shots behind Haynie (USA), who claimed her second LPGA Championship title. [Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, MA].
Amateur
LGU
Played as the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship. Barry (Eng) beat Tegwen Perkins (Wales) by 1 hole in the final match. [Dunbar GC, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (71st). Semple (USA) beat Angela Bonallack (Eng) 2 and 1 in the final. [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, Wales].
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Lopez (USA) beat Lauren Howe (USA) 7 and 5 in the final to win this event for the second time in three years. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (74th). Hill (USA) beat defending champion Carol Semple (USA) 5 and 4 in the final. [Broadmoor GC, Seattle, Wash.].
America
American Defender
Played as the American Defender Raleigh Classic. Second-placed Laura Baugh (USA) finished 2 shots behind Prentice (USA), who recorded the last of her six LPGA Tour wins. [Raleigh CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
America
x
Played as the Bill Branch LPGA Classic. Hollis Stacy, Shelley Hamlin, Maria Astrologes and Jane Blalock finished in second place behind Bryant.
America
Bing Crosby
Played as the Bing Crosby International Classic. Jo Ann Prentice finished in second place behind Blalock.
America
x
Played as the Birmingham Classic. Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
America
Borden
Played as the LPGA Borden Classic. Second-placed Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 1 shot behind Miller (USA), who recorded the second of her two LPGA Tour wins. [Riviera CC, Dublin, Ohio, which permanently closed in 2015].
America
Burdine's
Played as Burdine's Invitational. Palmer (USA) beat Kathy Whitworth (USA) with a birdie at the fifth playoff hole. [Kendale Lakes CC, nr Miami, FL; now called Miccosukee G&CC].
America
Peter Jackson
Played as the Peter Jackson Classic (June 28-30; formerly La Canadienne Championship). Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 3 shots behind Carole Jo Skala (USA, née Kabler), who recorded the second of her four LPGA Tour wins. [Candiac GC, Candiac, Québec].
Played as the Charity Golf Classic. Jane Blalock finished in second place behind Haynie.
America
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Dinah Shore Winners Circle (3rd) (April 18-21). JoAnne Prentice (USA) beat Jane Blalock (USA) with a birdie at the fourth playoff hole, to record her fifth LPGA Tour win. Sandra Haynie (USA) was eliminated at the second playoff hole. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
Natl Jewish Hosp.
Played as the National Jewish Hospital Open. Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) and Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 1 shot behind Haynie (USA). [Club at Rolling Hills, Golden, Colorado].
Played as the Cubic Corporation Classic. Kathy McMullen finished in second place behind Palmer.
America
Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 1 shot behind Carner (USA). [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].
Played as the Desert Inn Classic. Carole Jo Skala finished in second place behind Carner.
America
x
Played as the George Washington Ladies Classic. Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA), Kathy Whitworth (USA) and Kathy Ahern (USA) finished 5 shots behind Haynie (USA). [Hidden Spring GC, Horsham, Pennsylvania; now called Commonwealth Natl GC].
Played as the Hoosier LPGA Classic. Judy Rankin and Donna Caponi finished in second place behind Carner.
America
x
Played as the Baltimore Classic (for the last time until 1977). Second-placed Susie Berning (USA), Marilynn Smith (USA), Carol Mann (USA) and Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Rankin (USA). [Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore, Maryland].
America
x
Played as the Lady Errol Classic. Blalock (USA) beat Jo Ann Prentice (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Apopka G&TC, Apopka, FL; at the time known as Errol Estates CC].
America
Tara
Played as the Lady Tara Classic. Spuzich (USA) beat Donna Caponi (USA) with a par at the fifth playoff hole. Kathy Whitworth (USA) was eliminated at the third playoff hole. [Indian Hills CC, Marietta, Georgia].
Played as Lawson's LPGA Classic. Gloria Ehret finished in second place behind Haynie.
Played as the Naples Lely Classic. Murle Breer finished in second place behind Mann.
America
x
Played as the Niagara Frontier Classic. JoAnne Carner finished in second place behind Roberts.
America
x
Played as the Portland Ladies Classic (Sept 27-29). Second-placed Donna Caponi Young (USA) finished 2 shots behind JoAnne Carner (USA), who recorded her 10th LPGA Tour win. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
x
Played as the Sacramento Union Ladies Classic. Cathy Duggan and Jane Blalock finished in second place behind Skala (USA, nee Kabler).
America
Sears
Played as the Sears Ladies Classic. Jane Blalock finished in second place behind Denenberg.
America
S&H Stamps
Played as the S&H Green Stamp Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Westwood GC, Houston, TX; at the time Westwood CC].
America
x
Played as the Southgate Ladies Open. Mary Mills and Shelley Hamlin finished in second place behind Jane Blalock and Sue Roberts.
Played as the Southgate Ladies Open. Mary Mills and Shelley Hamlin finished in second place behind Jane Blalock and Sue Roberts.
Played as the St Paul Open. Laura Baugh finished in second place behind Carner.
America
x
Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Sandra Haynie (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA). [Seminole Lake CC, Seminole, nr St Petersburg, FL].
America
x
Played as the inaugural Wheeling Ladies Classic. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA) finished 4 shots behind Skala (USA, née Kabler). [Jones course, Speidel GC, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV].
Europe
Colgate
Played as the inaugural Colgate European Women's Open (Aug 7-10; unofficial LPGA Tr event). Sue Roberts (USA) and Mary Mills (USA) finished 5 shots behind Judy Rankin (USA). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].
Asia
x
Played as the LPGA Japan Classic (LPGA Tr unofficial money event). Sayoko Matsui (Jpn) finished in second place behind Hisako "Chako" Higuchi (Jpn), who was runner-up the previous year. [Horyuji CC, Ikoma, Nara, Japan].
Aus/NZ
Wills
Played as the inaugural Wills Australian Ladies Open. Second-placed Penny Pulz (Aus) finished 3 shots behind Higuchi (Jpn). [Victoria GC, Melbourne, Aus].
Aus/NZ
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Far East Open (Dec 6-8; unofficial LPGA Tour event). Second-placed Margie Masters (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Sandra Post (Can). [Victoria GC, Melbourne, Aus].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Carner (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Carner (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1974 Money List, with earnings of $87,570 on the Tour. Jane Blalock (USA) was second on the money list, just $304 behind Carner.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Carner (USA) won the LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.
Stephenson (Aus) won the LPGA Tour 1974 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player.
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