1974 LPGA Championship: Sandra Haynie wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Sandra Haynie won the 1974 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States with 288 (−4), by 2 strokes over JoAnne Carner.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: June 20, 1974 to June 23, 1974
Course: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts, United States
Edition: 20th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 73 · 6,130 yards
Field: 88
Purse: $50,000 · winner's share $7,000
Champion: Sandra Haynie · age 31 · United States · born Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 2nd major
Winning score: 69-73-73-73 = 288 (−4) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up: JoAnne Carner (290)
54-hole leader: Sandra Haynie

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Sandra Haynie	69	73	73	73	288	−4
2	JoAnne Carner					290

What happened at the 1974 LPGA Championship

Sandra Palmer shot a tournament-record 66 in the second round, and on Friday Jane Blalock aced the 135-yard par-3 1st hole with a five-iron.

More than 12,000 spectators watched the rainy final round as Sandra Haynie, four ahead on the 17th, beat JoAnne Carner by two.

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).

1974 LPGA Championship: Sandra Haynie wins at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1974 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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