1970 LPGA Championship: Shirley Englehorn wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Shirley Englehorn won the 1970 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States with 285 (−7), beating Kathy Whitworth in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: June 11, 1970 to June 15, 1970
Course: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States
Edition: 16th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 73 · 6,130 yards
Field: 67
Purse: $30,000 · winner's share $4,500
Champion: Shirley Englehorn · age 29 · United States · born Caldwell, Idaho, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 70-70-75-70 = 285 (−7)
Runner-up: Kathy Whitworth (285)
54-hole leader: Kathy Whitworth · Shirley Englehorn was 2 strokes back
Playoff: 18-hole stroke-play playoff (Monday); 18 holes; beat Kathy Whitworth; 18-hole total (Englehorn 74, Whitworth 78)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Shirley Englehorn	70	70	75	70	285	−7
2	Kathy Whitworth					285

What happened at the 1970 LPGA Championship

Shirley Englehorn played Sunday's back nine in four under, birdieing the 72nd hole to tie Kathy Whitworth at 285.

In Monday's 18-hole playoff Whitworth double-bogeyed the 12th while Englehorn made 17 pars, winning 74 to 78.

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).

1970 LPGA Championship: Shirley Englehorn wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1970 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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