1966 LPGA Tour

The 1966 LPGA Tour was the 17th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 17 to December 4. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $33,517.

The season saw the first tournament in Canada, the Supertest Ladies Open. An unofficial event, The Lagunita Invitational, was played in Venezuela.[1] This was the last year that the Titleholders Championship, an LPGA major, would be played in Georgia. It would return for one final year in 1972. The LPGA introduced the Player of the Year in 1966, won by Kathy Whitworth. There were two first-time winners in 1966: Gloria Ehret and Sandra Spuzich.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1966 season.[2] "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 ($)1st prize ($)
Mar 20St. Petersburg Women's OpenFlorida Marilynn Smith (15)28511,0001,650
Mar 27Louise Suggs Delray Beach InvitationalFlorida Marilynn Smith (16)2118,5001,275
Apr 3Venice Ladies OpenFlorida Mickey Wright (66)2178,5001,275
Apr 17Raleigh Ladies InvitationalNorth Carolina Carol Mann (4)21610,0001,500
Apr 24Peach Blossom InvitationalSouth Carolina Carol Mann (5)2168,5001,275
May 1Shreveport Kiwanis Club InvitationalLouisiana Mickey Wright (67)2179,0001,350
May 8Tall City OpenTexas Kathy Whitworth (20)20812,5001,875
May 15Dallas Civitan InvitationalTexas Clifford Ann Creed (7)28515,0002,250
May 22Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Shirley Englehorn (5)2099,0001,350
May 29Baton Rouge Ladies InvitationalLouisiana Carol Mann (6)20910,0001,500
Jun 5Clayton Federal InvitationalMissouri Kathy Whitworth (21)20812,5001,875
Jun 12Bluegrass Ladies InvitationalKentucky Mickey Wright (68)21010,0001,500
Jun 19Milwaukee Jaycee OpenWisconsin Kathy Whitworth (22)27313,0001,950
Jun 26Waterloo Women's Open InvitationalIowa Carol Mann (7)21410,0001,500
Jul 3U.S. Women's OpenMinnesota Sandra Spuzich (1)29720,0004,000
Jul 10Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhio Sandra Haynie (8)20513,0001,950
Jul 17Lady Carling OpenOhio Clifford Ann Creed (8)22117,5002,625
Jul 30Supertest Ladies OpenCanada Kathy Whitworth (23)21315,0002,250
Aug 7Lady Carling OpenMassachusetts Kathy Whitworth (24)21715,0002,250
Aug 14Lady Carling OpenMaryland Kathy Whitworth (25)21412,5001,875
Aug 21Women's Western OpenWisconsin Mickey Wright (69)30210,0001,500
Aug 28Glass City ClassicOhio Sandra Haynie (9)21325,0003,750
Sep 11Pacific Ladies' ClassicOregon Mickey Wright (70)28410,0001,500
Sep 18Shirley Englehorn InvitationalIdaho Mickey Wright (71)20310,0001,500
Sep 25LPGA ChampionshipNevada Gloria Ehret (1)28216,5002,475
Oct 2Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Mickey Wright (72)28910,0001,500
Oct 30Las Cruces Ladies OpenNew Mexico Kathy Whitworth (26)2149,0001,350
Nov 6Amarillo Ladies' OpenTexas Kathy Whitworth (27)21510,0001,500
Nov 13Alamo Ladies' OpenTexas Sandra Haynie (10)21312,5001,875
Nov 20The Success OpenTexas Clifford Ann Creed (9)20710,0001,500
Nov 27Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Kathy Whitworth (28)29110,0001,500
Dec 4Pensacola Ladies InvitationalFlorida Sandra Haynie (11)21810,0001,500

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerKathy Whitworth (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Kathy Whitworth (2) United States
Player of the YearKathy Whitworth United States
Rookie of the YearJan Ferraris United States

References
  1. Sandra's Smack To Start Open
  2. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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