1975 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1975 - 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 (30th) (July 17-20). Second-placed Sandra Post (Can), JoAnne Carner (USA) and 18-year-old Nancy Lopez (USA, amateur) finished 4 shots behind Palmer (USA), who won the second of her two major championship titles. [Atlantic City CC, Northfield, NJ].
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (21st) (May 29-Jun 1). Second-placed Sandra Haynie (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA), who won her third LPGA Championship, and the last of her six major championship titles. [Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore, Maryland].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (72nd). Syms (USA, née Roth) beat Suzanne Cadden (Scot) 3 and 2 in the final. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (75th). Daniel (USA) beat Donna Horton (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Brae Burn CC, West Newton, Mass.].
America
American Defender
Played as the American Defender Classic. Carner (USA) beat Judy Rankin (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [North Ridge CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
America
Bing Crosby
Played as the Bing Crosby International Classic. Jane Blalock finished in second place behind Roberts.
America
x
Played as the Birmingham Classic. Astrologes (USA) beat Judy Rankin (USA) and JoAnne Carner (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
America
Borden
Played as the Borden Classic. Second-placed Jan Ferraris (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mann (USA). [Riviera CC, Dublin, Ohio, which permanently closed in 2015].
America
Burdine's
Played as Burdine's Invitational. Second-placed Kathy Cornelius (USA) finished 3 shots behind Caponi (USA). [Kendale Lakes CC, nr Miami, FL; now called Miccosukee G&CC].
America
Peter Jackson
Played as the Peter Jackson Classic (June 27-29). JoAnne Carner (USA) beat Carol Mann (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [St George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario].
Played as the Charity Golf Classic. Amy Alcott and Judy Rankin finished in second place behind Haynie.
America
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Dinah Shore Winners Circle (4th) (April 17-20). Second-placed Kathy McMullen (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sandra Palmer (USA), who recorded her 10th LPGA Tour win. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Triple Crown (Dec 13/14; second edition of this 36-hole event in 1975, featuring the leading ten players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1975). Jane Blalock (USA) beat Judy Rankin (USA) and JoAnne Carner (USA) with a 20-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
Colgate
Played as the inaugural Colgate Triple Crown (Jan 18/19; first edition of this 36-hole event in 1975, featuring the nine leading players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1974). Second-placed Judy Rankin (USA) finished 2 shots behind Kathy Whitworth (USA). [Blue Monster course, Trump Natl Doral Resort, Miami, FL].
America
Natl Jewish Hosp.
Played as the National Jewish Hospital Open. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA) and defending champion Sandra Haynie (USA) finished 2 shots behind Rankin (USA). [Pinehurst CC, Denver, Colorado].
America
Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 5 shots behind Mann (USA), who recorded the last of her 38 LPGA Tour wins. [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].
America
x
Played as the George Washington Ladies Classic. Second-placed Susie McAllister (USA) finished 4 shots behind Mann (USA). [Hidden Spring GC, Horsham, Pennsylvania; now called Commonwealth Natl GC].
Played as the Girl Talk Classic. Sandra Spuzich finished in second place behind Carner.
America
x
Played as the Golf Inns of America Championship. Donna Caponi finished in second place behind Porter.
Played as the Greater Fort Myers Classic. Pat Bradley finished in second place behind Haynie.
America
x
Played as the Hoosier Classic. Judy Rankin finished in second place behind Cullen.
Played as the Jacksonville Ladies Open. Sandra Post finished in second place behind Haynie.
America
Ping
Played as the Karsten Ping Open. Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 1 shot behind Blalock (USA). [Camelback CC, Paradise Valley, nr Phoenix, AZ].
America
x
Played as the inaugural Lady Keystone Open (an LPGA satellite tour event). Second-placed Clifford Ann Creed (USA), Bonnie Lauer (USA) and Silvia Bertolaccini (Arg) finished 1 shot behind Berning (USA), who birdied the final hole to secure the win. [Sportman's GC, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania].
America
Tara
Played as the Lady Tara Classic. Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) and Gloria Ehret (USA) finished 1 shot behind Caponi (USA). [Indian Hills CC, Marietta, Georgia].
Played as Lawson's LPGA Classic. Judy Rankin finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Naples Lely Classic. Marilynn Smith and Donna Young finished in second place behind Haynie.
America
x
Played as the Patty Berg Golf Classic. Jocelyne Bourassa and JoAnne Carner finished in second place behind Washam.
America
x
Played as the Portland Ladies Classic (Sept 19-21). Second-placed Sandra Haynie (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jo Ann Washam (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour event. [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].
America
x
Played as the Southgate Open. Gerda Boykin finished in second place behind Whitworth.
America
x
Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Sandra Post (Can) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Alcott (USA). [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
America
x
Played as the Wheeling Classic. Second-placed Jan Ferraris (USA) finished 1 shot behind McAllister (USA), who recorded her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [Jones course, Speidel GC, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV].
Europe
Colgate
Played as the Colgate European Women's Open (Aug 6-9; unofficial LPGA Tr event). Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 2 shots behind Donna Caponi Young (USA). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].
Asia
x
Played as the Japan Classic (LPGA Tr unofficial money event). Hollis Stacy (USA) finished in second place behind Hamlin (USA). [Ibaraki Kokusai GC, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, Japan].
Aus/NZ
Wills/Qantas
Played as the Wills-Qantas Australian Ladies Open (Feb 28-Mar 2). Won by Carner (née Gunderson) (USA). [The Australian GC, Rosebery, Sydney, Aus].
Aus/NZ
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Far East Women's Open (Dec 5-7; unofficial LPGA Tour event). Second-placed Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 1 shot behind Pat Bradley (USA), whose recorded her first professional win with a 40-foot birdie putt on the final green. [Victoria GC, Melbourne, Aus].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Carner (USA) won her second straight Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Palmer (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1975 Money List, with earnings of $76,374 on the Tour. JoAnne Carner (USA) was second on the money list.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Palmer (USA) won the LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.
Alcott (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1975 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player.
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