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The 1968 LPGA Tour was the 19th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 14 to December 1. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Carol Mann and Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, 10 each. Whitworth led the money list with earnings of $48,379.
There were three first-time winners in 1968: Sandra Post , the first Canadian winner, Judy Rankin , and Peggy Wilson .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1968 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Mar 17
St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Open Florida Kathy Whitworth (37)213
12,500
1,875
Mar 24
Port Malabar Invitational Florida Mickey Wright (77)216 (+3)
10,000
1,500
Mar 31
Palm Beach County Open Florida Mickey Wright (78)215 (-1)
12,500
1,875
Apr 14
O'Sullivan Open Virginia Marilynn Smith (19)216 (+3)
12,500
1,875
Apr 21
Lady Carling Open Georgia Carol Mann (11)200 (-16)
15,000
2,250
Apr 28
Raleigh Ladies Invitational North Carolina Carol Mann (12)214 (-2)
15,000
2,250
May 5
Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational Louisiana Carol Mann (13)217 (+1)
11,500
1,725
May 12
Tall City Open Texas Mickey Wright (79)204 (-3)
17,500
2,625
May 26
Dallas Civitan Open Texas Kathy Whitworth (38)209 (-4)
18,500
2,775
Jun 9
Bluegrass Ladies Invitational Kentucky Carol Mann (14)210 (-6)
14,250
2,100
Jun 16
500 Ladies Classic Indiana Mickey Wright (80)212 (-4)
15,500
2,250
Jun 23
LPGA Championship Massachusetts Sandra Post (1)294 (+2)
20,000
3,000
Jun 30
Lady Carling Open Maryland Kathy Whitworth (39)214 (-2)
20,000
3,000
Jul 7
U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Susie Berning (5)289 (+5)
25,000
5,000
Jul 14
Pabst Ladies Classic Ohio Carol Mann (15)206 (-10)
28,000
4,200
Jul 21
Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio Carol Mann (16)209 (-7)
18,500
2,775
Jul 27
Supertest Canadian Open Canada Carol Mann (17)213 (-6)
20,500
3,000
Aug 4
Gino Paoli Open Connecticut Kathy Whitworth (40)215 (-1)
15,000
2,250
Aug 10
Concord Open New York Shirley Englehorn (7)229 (-2)
28,500
4,275
Aug 18
Holiday Inn Classic Missouri Kathy Whitworth (41)206 (-1)
15,685
2,260
Sep 1
Willow Park Ladies Invitational Canada Carol Mann (18)205 (-8)
15,000
2,250
Sep 8
Pacific Ladies Classic Oregon Sandra Haynie (14)213 (-3)
12,500
1,875
Sep 15
Shirley Englehorn Invitational Idaho Carol Mann (19)208 (-5)
11,500
1,725
Sep 22
Kings River Open California Kathy Whitworth (42)208 (-8)
15,000
2,250
Sep 29
Mickey Wright Invitational California Betsy Rawls (51)208 (-8)
13,500
2,025
Oct 20
Quality Chek'd Classic Texas Carol Mann (20)212 (-4)
12,500
1,875
Oct 27
River Plantation Invitational Texas Kathy Whitworth (43)205 (-8)
12,500
1,875
Nov 3
Canyon Ladies Classic California Kathy Whitworth (44)218 (+2)
22,750
3,300
Nov 10
Corpus Christi Civitan Open Texas Judy Rankin (1)213 (+3)
12,500
1,875
Nov 17
Pensacola Ladies Invitational Florida Kathy Whitworth (45)216 (-3)
12,500
1,875
Nov 24
Louise Suggs Invitational Florida Kathy Whitworth (46)210 (-6)
12,500
1,875
Dec 1
Hollywood Lakes Open Florida Peggy Wilson (1)209 (-7)
12,500
1,875
Carol Mann and 
Sandra Post