1973 LPGA Championship: Mary Mills wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Mary Mills won the 1973 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States with 288 (−4), by 1 stroke over Betty Burfeindt.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: June 7, 1973 to June 10, 1973
Course: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States
Edition: 19th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 73 · 6,130 yards
Made the cut: 55 (cut at 159)
Purse: $35,000 · winner's share $5,250
Champion: Mary Mills · age 33 · United States · born Laurel, Mississippi, United States
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 3rd major
Winning score: 73-73-72-70 = 288 (−4) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up: Betty Burfeindt (289)
54-hole leader: Kathy Whitworth, Jane Blalock, Chako Higuchi · Mary Mills was 1 stroke back

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Mary Mills	73	73	72	70	288	−4
2	Betty Burfeindt					289

What happened at the 1973 LPGA Championship

Mary Mills began the final round one stroke behind co-leaders Kathy Whitworth, Jane Blalock and Chako Higuchi.

Mills closed with a 70 (-3) to beat Betty Burfeindt by one for her second LPGA Championship and third and final major.

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).

1973 LPGA Championship: Mary Mills wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1973 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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