1967 LPGA Championship: Kathy Whitworth wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Kathy Whitworth won the 1967 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States with 284 (−8), by 1 stroke over Shirley Englehorn.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 13, 1967 to July 16, 1967
Course: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States
Edition: 13th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 73 · 6,250 yards
Field: 51
Purse: $17,500 · winner's share $2,625
Champion: Kathy Whitworth · age 27 · United States · born Monahans, Texas, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 3rd major
Winning score: 69-74-72-69 = 284 (−8) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up: Shirley Englehorn (285)
54-hole leader: Kathy Whitworth, Shirley Englehorn

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Kathy Whitworth	69	74	72	69	284	−8
2	Shirley Englehorn					285

What happened at the 1967 LPGA Championship

Kathy Whitworth led by two with three to play, but Shirley Englehorn's birdie at the 16th and Whitworth's bogey at the 17th left them tied on the final tee.

Whitworth holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 18th to win by one.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

1967 LPGA Championship: Kathy Whitworth wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1967 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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