{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1968 LPGA Championship | image = | caption = | dates = June 20–24, 1968 | location = Sutton, Massachusetts | course = Pleasant Valley Country Club | org = | tour = LPGA Tour | format = Stroke play – 72 holes | par = 73 | yardage = {{convert|6130|yd|0}}<ref name=wtfgl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vSIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6558%2C4734184 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |last=O'Hara |first=Dave |title=Whitworth ties for golf lead |date=June 23, 1968 |page=49 }}</ref> | field = 50 players | cut = none | purse = $20,000 <ref name=sp1ip>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-WczAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2863%2C7719173 |newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=California|agency=UPI |title=Sandra Post 1st in playoff |date=June 25, 1968 |page=8 }}</ref> | winners_share = $3,000 | champion = {{flagicon|CAN}} Sandra Post | score = 294 (+2), playoff | previous = 1967 | next = 1969 }} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Sutton</small> |lat = 42.151 |long = -71.737 |marksize =5 |caption = Location in the United States |float = |background= |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Massachusetts |relief = 1 |label = <small>{{nowrap|Pleasant Valley}} Country Club&nbsp;</small> |lat = 42.151 |long = -71.737 |caption = Location in Massachusetts |marksize = 5 |position = left |float = |background = |width = 230 }} The '''1968 LPGA Championship''' was the fourteenth LPGA Championship, held June 20–24 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester.

In an 18-hole Monday playoff, Sandra Post won her only major title, defeating defending champion and LPGA president Kathy Whitworth by seven strokes.<ref name=sp1ip/><ref name=tkspbrd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vfwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0J8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3048%2C5418829 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Sandra Post takes PGA with eight birds for 68 |date=June 25, 1968 |page=25}}</ref> Post turned 20 earlier in the month and this was the first of her eight victories on the LPGA Tour. It was the only women's major won by a Canadian for 48 years, until 18-year-old Brooke Henderson won this event in 2016.

This was the second consecutive LPGA Championship held at Pleasant Valley, and the second of seven in an eight-year stretch. The PGA Tour also played at the course this year; the inaugural Kemper Open was held in mid-September, won by {{nowrap|Arnold Palmer.<ref name=peslmp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G61VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5311%2C3688994 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Palmer ends slump |date=September 16, 1968 |page=2B}}</ref><ref name=bbpsnop>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dfpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u_YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1932%2C438720 |work=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |agency=UPI |title=Palmer serves notice on pros; the master returns |date=September 16, 1968 |page=9}}</ref>}}

==Final leaderboard== ''Sunday, June 23, 1968''

Defending champion Kathy Whitworth sank a three-foot (0.9 m) putt on the final hole to tie Sandra Post and force a Monday playoff. Both shot even-par 73 on Sunday to finish at 294 (+2).<ref name=gfgpo>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nvIvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3633%2C3785771 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Gals force golf playoff |date=June 24, 1968 |page=24}}</ref><ref name=sandyspok>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TdYjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1143%2C3344511 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Sandy Post LPGA champ |date=June 25, 1968 |page=10}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par !! Money ($) |- | rowspan=2 align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|CAN}} Sandra Post||72-75-74-73=294||align=center rowspan=2|+2||align=center rowspan=2|Playoff |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth||74-74-73-73=294 |- | align=center|3|| {{flagicon|FRG}} Gerda Whalen||72-76-74-73=295||align=center|+3||align=center|1,800 |- | align=center|4|| {{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Spuzich||74-75-73-74=296||align=center|+4||align=center|1,500 |- | align=center|5|| {{flagicon|USA}} Clifford Ann Creed||77-78-71-72=298||align=center|+6||align=center|1,250 |- | align=center|6|| {{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Haynie||73-76-75-75=299||align=center|+7||align=center|1,000 |- | align=center|7|| {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls||80-76-73-71=300||align=center|+8||align=center|850 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} Murle Lindstrom||75-74-81-72=302||align=center rowspan=2|+10||align=center rowspan=2|713 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Stone||76-75-72-79=302 |- | align=center|10|| {{flagicon|USA}} Mickey Wright||78-80-73-72=303||align=center|+11||align=center|600 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=crooki>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bGtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-PcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6832%2C1924898 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Canadian rookie wins LPGA title|date=June 24, 1968 |page=15 }}</ref>

==Playoff== ''Monday, June 24, 1968'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par !! Money ($) |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|CAN}} '''Sandra Post'''||align=center|34-34=68||align=center|−5 ||align=center|3,000 |- | align=center|2|| {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth||align=center|35-40=75||align=center|+2||align=center|2,300 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=sp1ip/><ref name=tkspbrd/><ref name=sandyspok/>

===Scorecard=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18 |- |Par||5||5||3||4||4||5||5||4||3||4||4||4||4||3||4||3||4||5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Post ||style="background: Pink;"|−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||style="background: Pink;"|−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||−6||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Whitworth ||E||style="background: Red;"|−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Olive;"|+2||+2 |} :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=tkspbrd/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.golfstats.com/search/?tournament=Wegmans+LPGA+Championship&yr=1968&tour=LPGA&player=&submit=go Golf Stats leaderboard] *[http://www.pleasantvalleycc.com/ Pleasant Valley Country Club]

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{{Women's Golf Major Championships master|1968}} {{LPGA Championship championships}}

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