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Sunday 20 August 1967Women’s majorsYear in Review

Whitworth wins Women's Western Open

Pekin Country Club, Pekin · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 1967 · purse $10,000 · winner's share $1,500

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

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The name over time

  1. Women's Western Open

1930–1967 in our record, 38 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

105 started · cut 166

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Women's major

Women's Western Open

Pekin Country Club, Pekin

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Kathy Whitworth

289Total
−11To par
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Sandra Haynie

The golfer

b. 1939, Monahans, Texas, United States; United States; age 27 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)

Kathy Whitworth’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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