| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 20–24, 1968 |
| Location | Sutton, Massachusetts |
| Course(s) | Pleasant Valley Country Club |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 6,130 yards (5,605 m)[1] |
| Field | 50 players |
| Cut | none |
| Prize fund | $20,000 [2] |
| Winner's share | $3,000 |
| Champion | |
 Sandra Post | |
| 294 (+2), playoff | |
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.[2][3] 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 Arnold Palmer.[4][5]
- ^ O'Hara, Dave (June 23, 1968). "Whitworth ties for golf lead". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 49.
- ^ a b "Sandra Post 1st in playoff". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. June 25, 1968. p. 8.
- ^ "Sandra Post takes PGA with eight birds for 68". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. June 25, 1968. p. 25.
- ^ "Palmer ends slump". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 16, 1968. p. 2B.
- ^ "Palmer serves notice on pros; the master returns". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. September 16, 1968. p. 9.