1972 LPGA Championship | |
Dates: | June 8–11, 1972 |
Course: | Pleasant Valley Country Club |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Par: | 73 |
Yardage: | 6130yd |
Field: | 82 players, 52 after cut[1] |
Cut: | 160 (+14) |
Purse: | $50,000 |
Winners Share: | $7,500 |
Champion: | Kathy Ahern |
Score: | 293 (+1) |
Previous: | 1971 |
Next: | 1973 |
The 1972 LPGA Championship was the 18th LPGA Championship, held June 8–11 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.
Kathy Ahern shot a final round 69 (−4) to win her only major title, six strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock.[2] [3] [4] Ahern began the final round with a one-stroke lead over three players;[5] after five straight birdies on the front nine, she had a six-stroke lead and shot even par on the final nine.[2]
Three weeks later, Ahern was a runner-up by a stroke at the U.S. Women's Open at Winged Foot, then won the week after at the George Washington Classic near Philadelphia.[6] [7]
Sunday, June 11, 1972
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
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1 | Kathy Ahern | 75-73-76-69=293 | +1 | 7,500 | |||
2 | Jane Blalock | 74-75-76-74=299 | +7 | 5,400 | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | T3 | Marlene Hagge | 77-74-80-70=301 | align=center rowspan=2 | +9 | align=center rowspan=2 | 3,400 |
Sharon Miller | 74-72-79-76=301 | ||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | T5 | Clifford Ann Creed | 78-76-79-71=304 | align=center rowspan=2 | +12 | align=center rowspan=2 | 2,155 |
Marilynn Smith | 75-76-76-77=304 | ||||||
align=center rowspan=3 | T7 | Pam Barnett | 74-75-82-74=305 | align=center rowspan=3 | +13 | align=center rowspan=3 | 1,650 |
Betty Burfeindt | 74-75-80-76=305 | ||||||
Gloria Ehret | 75-74-80-76=305 | ||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | T10 | Debbie Austin | 79-74-78-75=306 | align=center rowspan=2 | +14 | align=center rowspan=2 | 1,350 |
Susie Berning | 80-72-79-75=306 |