1975 LPGA Championship: Kathy Whitworth wins at Pine Ridge Golf Course

Kathy Whitworth won the 1975 LPGA Championship at Pine Ridge Golf Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States with 288 (−4), by 1 stroke over Sandra Haynie.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates: May 29, 1975 to June 1, 1975
Course: Pine Ridge Golf Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Edition: 21st edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 73
Field: 96
Made the cut: 53 (cut at 152)
Purse: $55,000 · winner's share $8,000
Champion: Kathy Whitworth · age 35 · United States · born Monahans, Texas, United States
Champion's title: 3rd title at this event · 6th major
Winning score: 70-70-75-73 = 288 (−4) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up: Sandra Haynie (289)
54-hole leader: Kathy Whitworth, Sandra Haynie

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Kathy Whitworth	70	70	75	73	288	−4
2	Sandra Haynie					289

What happened at the 1975 LPGA Championship

Kathy Whitworth beat defending champion Sandra Haynie by one stroke for her third LPGA Championship.

It was the sixth and final major of Whitworth's career, won at Pine Ridge, a public course she called 'a really nice layout'.

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).

1975 LPGA Championship: Kathy Whitworth wins at Pine Ridge Golf Course

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1975 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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