1969 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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The 1969 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 26 to June 29 at Scenic Hills Country Club. It was the 24th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.
This event was won by Donna Caponi
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This event was won by Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open...
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
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| 1 | Donna Caponi Donna Caponi Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open... |
 United States |
74-76-75-69=294 | $5,000.00 |
| 2 | Peggy Wilson Peggy Wilson (golfer) Margaret Joyce "Peggy" Wilson is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Wilson won once on the LPGA Tour in 1968.-LPGA Tour wins:-References:... |
United States |
71-76-75-73=295 | $2,500.00 |
| 3 | Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour... |
United States |
76-78-69-73=296 | $1,500.00 |
| T4 | Jo Ann Prentice Jo Ann Prentice Jo Ann Prentice is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Prentice was born in Birmingham, Alabama... |
United States |
73-71-79-75=298 | $1,033.33 |
| T4 | Ruth Jessen Ruth Jessen Mary Ruth Jessen was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Jessen was born in Seattle, Washington. She briefly played on the men's golf team at Seattle University.... |
United States |
73-72-75-78=298 | $1,033.33 |
| T4 | Sybil Griffin | United States |
73-76-77-72=298 | $1,033.34 |
| 7 | Shirley Englehorn Shirley Englehorn Shirley Englehorn is an American professional golfer. She won 11 tournaments during her LPGA Tour career, including one major, the 1970 LPGA Championship. That proved to be her last win as shortly afterwards she had to have an operation on her ankle... |
United States |
72-76-77-76=301 | $850.00 |
| T8 | Clifford Ann Creed Clifford Ann Creed Clifford Ann Creed is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Creed was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. She graduated from Lamar Tech in 1960 with a degree in physical education.... |
United States |
76-76-75-75=302 | $718.00 |
| T8 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
United States |
76-78-75-73=302 | $718.00 |
| T8 | Mary Mills | United States |
75-80-71-76=302 | $718.00 |
| T8 | Mickey Wright Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an American professional golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
United States |
76-79-76-71=302 | $718.00 |
| T8 | Murle Breer Murle Breer Murle Lindstrom Breer is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 U.S. Women's Open.Breer was born Murle Lindstrom in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1958. Her first Tour victory came in a major championship in 1962, when she defeated Jo Ann Prentice and... |
United States |
74-79-74-75=302 | $718.00 |