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 $87,094.
The season saw the first tournament in Mexico, the Bing Crosby International Classic. There were three first-time winners in 1974: Bonnie Bryant, Gail Denenberg, and Sue Roberts. Bryant was the first, and through 2016 only, left-handed golfer to win on the LPGA Tour.
Kathy Whitworth won the LPGA's annual tour stop in St. Petersburg for a fifth time. Only three other golfers in tour history have won the same event five times.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1974 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 3 Burdine's Invitational Florida Sandra Palmer (8) 215 (−4) 33,000 4,950 Feb 10 Sears Women's Classic Florida Gail Denenberg (1) 71 (−2) 100,000 15,000 Feb 17 Naples Lely Classic Florida Carol Mann (33) 209 (−10) 38,000 5,400 Mar 3 Orange Blossom Classic Florida Kathy Whitworth (72) 209 (−7) 30,000 4,250 Mar 10 S&H Green Stamp Classic Texas Carol Mann (34) 219 (+3) 100,000 20,000 Mar 17 Bing Crosby International Classic Mexico Jane Blalock (8) 215 (−1) 30,000 4,250 Apr 21 Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle California Jo Ann Prentice (5) 289 (+1) 179,000 32,000 Apr 28 Birmingham Classic Alabama Jane Blalock (9) 211 (−5) 35,000 5,000 May 5 Lady Tara Classic Georgia Sandra Spuzich (3) 219 (E) 35,000 5,000 May 12 American Defender-Raleigh Classic North Carolina Jo Ann Prentice (6) 137 (−7)^ 35,000 5,000 May 19 Bluegrass Invitational Kentucky JoAnne Carner (5) 215 (−4) 35,000 5,000 May 26 Hoosier LPGA Classic Indiana JoAnne Carner (6) 213 (−6) 35,000 5,000 Jun 2 Baltimore Classic Maryland Judy Rankin (12) 144 (−2)^ 40,000 5,700 Jun 9 Desert Inn Classic Nevada JoAnne Carner (7) 284 (−4) 100,000 20,000 Jun 16 Lawson's LPGA Open Ohio Sandra Haynie (30) 215 (−1) 40,000 5,700 Jun 23 LPGA Championship Massachusetts Sandra Haynie (31) 288 (−4) 50,000 7,000 Jun 30 Peter Jackson Ladies Classic Canada Carole Jo Skala (2) 208 (−11) 60,000 12,000 Jul 7 Niagara Frontier Classic New York Sue Roberts (1) 213 (−6) 35,000 5,000 Jul 14 LPGA Borden Classic Ohio Sharon Miller (2) 211 (−5) 40,000 5,700 Jul 21 U.S. Women's Open Illinois Sandra Haynie (32) 295 (+7) 40,000 6,073 Jul 28 Wheeling Ladies Classic West Virginia Carole Jo Skala (3) 212 (−4) 35,000 5,000 Aug 4 George Washington Classic Pennsylvania Sandra Haynie (33) 213 (−6) 40,000 5,700 Aug 18 St. Paul Open Minnesota JoAnne Carner (8) 212 (−7) 35,000 5,000 Aug 24 National Jewish Hospital Open Colorado Sandra Haynie (34) 213 (−6) 35,000 5,000 Sep 1 Southgate Ladies Open Kansas Jane Blalock (10) (tie) Sue Roberts (2) 142 (−2)^ 35,000 4,375each Sep 8 Dallas Civitan Open Texas JoAnne Carner (9) 217 (+1) 40,000 5,700 Sep 15 Charity Golf Classic Texas Sandra Haynie (35) 208 (−11) 40,000 5,700 Sep 29 Portland Ladies Classic Oregon JoAnne Carner (10) 211 (−5) 35,000 5,000 Oct 6 Sacramento Union Ladies Classic California Carole Jo Skala (4) 213 (−6) 35,000 5,000 Oct 21 Cubic Corporation Classic California Sandra Palmer (9) 215 (−1) 35,000 5,000 Nov 17 Bill Branch LPGA Classic Florida Bonnie Bryant (1) 209 (−7) 40,000 5,700 Nov 24 Lady Errol Classic Florida Jane Blalock (11) 215 (−1) 35,000 5,000 ^ - weather-shortened tournament
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner JoAnne Carner Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) JoAnne Carner Player of the Year JoAnne Carner Rookie of the Year Jan Stephenson
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1974 season coverage at golfobserver.com