1969 LPGA Championship: Betsy Rawls wins at Concord Golf Course

Betsy Rawls won the 1969 LPGA Championship at Concord Golf Course, Kiamesha Lake, New York, United States with 293 (+1), by 4 strokes over Susie Maxwell Berning and Carol Mann.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 24, 1969 to July 27, 1969
Course: Concord Golf Course, Kiamesha Lake, New York, United States
Edition: 15th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 73 · 6,306 yards
Field: 63
Made the cut: 41 (cut at 162)
Purse: $35,000 · winner's share $5,250
Champion: Betsy Rawls · age 41 · United States · born Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 8th major
Winning score: 71-72-79-71 = 293 (+1) · won by 4 strokes
Runners-up: Susie Maxwell Berning, Carol Mann (297 each)
54-hole leader: Carol Mann, Marlene Bauer Hagge · Betsy Rawls was 3 strokes back

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Betsy Rawls	71	72	79	71	293	+1
T2	Susie Maxwell Berning					297
T2	Carol Mann					297

What happened at the 1969 LPGA Championship

Betsy Rawls, 41, came from three strokes behind co-leaders Carol Mann and Marlene Hagge with a closing 71 to win by four.

It was Rawls's eighth and final major, nine years after her previous one, and came in a record 63-player field that faced the championship's first 36-hole cut (162).

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).

1969 LPGA Championship: Betsy Rawls wins at Concord Golf Course

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 1969 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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