1974 LPGA Tour


The 1974 LPGA Tour was the 25th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 24. The season consisted of 32 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie won the most tournaments, six each. Carner led the money list with earnings of $87,094.
The season saw the first tournament in Mexico, the Bing Crosby International Classic. There were three first-time winners in 1974: Bonnie Bryant, Gail Denenberg, and Sue Roberts. Bryant was the first, and through 2016 only, left-handed golfer to win on the LPGA Tour.
Kathy Whitworth won the LPGA's annual tour stop in St. Petersburg for a fifth time. Only three other golfers in tour history have won the same event five times.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1974 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Feb 3Burdine's InvitationalFlorida Sandra Palmer 215 33,0004,950
Feb 10Sears Women's ClassicFlorida Gail Denenberg 71 100,00015,000
Feb 17Naples Lely ClassicFlorida Carol Mann 209 38,0005,400
Mar 3Orange Blossom ClassicFlorida Kathy Whitworth 209 30,0004,250
Mar 10S&H Green Stamp ClassicTexas Carol Mann 219 100,00020,000
Mar 17Bing Crosby International ClassicMexico Jane Blalock 215 30,0004,250
Apr 21Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's CircleCalifornia Jo Ann Prentice 289 179,00032,000
Apr 28Birmingham ClassicAlabama Jane Blalock 211 35,0005,000
May 5Lady Tara ClassicGeorgia Sandra Spuzich 219 35,0005,000
May 12American Defender-Raleigh ClassicNorth Carolina Jo Ann Prentice 137 ^35,0005,000
May 19Bluegrass InvitationalKentucky JoAnne Carner 215 35,0005,000
May 26Hoosier LPGA ClassicIndiana JoAnne Carner 213 35,0005,000
Jun 2Baltimore ClassicMaryland Judy Rankin 144 ^40,0005,700
Jun 9Desert Inn ClassicNevada JoAnne Carner 284 100,00020,000
Jun 16Lawson's LPGA OpenOhio Sandra Haynie 215 40,0005,700
Jun 23LPGA ChampionshipMassachusetts Sandra Haynie 288 50,0007,000
Jun 30Peter Jackson Ladies ClassicCanada Carole Jo Skala 208 60,00012,000
Jul 7Niagara Frontier ClassicNew York Sue Roberts 213 35,0005,000
Jul 14LPGA Borden ClassicOhio Sharon Miller 211 40,0005,700
Jul 21U.S. Women's OpenIllinois Sandra Haynie 295 40,0006,073
Jul 28Wheeling Ladies ClassicWest Virginia Carole Jo Skala 212 35,0005,000
Aug 4George Washington ClassicPennsylvania Sandra Haynie 213 40,0005,700
Aug 18St. Paul OpenMinnesota JoAnne Carner 212 35,0005,000
Aug 24National Jewish Hospital OpenColorado Sandra Haynie 213 35,0005,000
Sep 1Southgate Ladies OpenKansas Jane Blalock
Sue Roberts
142 ^35,0004,375
each
Sep 8Dallas Civitan OpenTexas JoAnne Carner 217 40,0005,700
Sep 15Charity Golf ClassicTexas Sandra Haynie 208 40,0005,700
Sep 29Portland Ladies ClassicOregon JoAnne Carner 211 35,0005,000
Oct 6Sacramento Union Ladies ClassicCalifornia Carole Jo Skala 213 35,0005,000
Oct 21Cubic Corporation ClassicCalifornia Sandra Palmer 215 35,0005,000
Nov 17Bill Branch LPGA ClassicFlorida Bonnie Bryant 209 40,0005,700
Nov 24Lady Errol ClassicFlorida Jane Blalock 215 35,0005,000

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Awards