1963 LPGA Championship

The 1963 LPGA Championship was the ninth LPGA Championship, held October 10–13 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1963 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesOctober 10–13, 1963
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada
Course(s)Stardust Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Field47 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$16,500
Winner's share$2,450
Champion
Mickey Wright
294 (+10)
Stardust CC
Location in the United States
Stardust CC
Location in Nevada

After a second round 82 (+11), Mickey Wright shot 70 (−1) in both of the final two rounds to win her fourth and final LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, and Louise Suggs.[1][2] Defending champion Judy Kimball finished six strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. It was Wright's second major title of the year and the eleventh of her thirteen career majors. It was her thirteenth tour victory of the 1963 season.[2][3]

It was the third of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened two years earlier. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.[4]

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Mickey Wright United States1958, 1960, 196172827070294+101
Louise Suggs United States195770787375296+12T2
Betsy Rawls United States195974737676299+15T6
Judy Kimball United States196273817373300+16T9
Marlene Hagge United States195675787680309+25T19

Source:[1][3]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 13, 1963

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Mickey Wright United States72-82-70-70=294+102,450
T2Mary Lena Faulk United States74-78-72-72=296+121,533
Mary Mills United States73-76-75-72=296
Louise Suggs United States70-78-73-75=296
5Ruth Jessen United States77-83-67-71=298+141,030
T6Carol Mann United States75-75-77-72=299+15770
Betsy Rawls United States74-73-76-76=299
Kathy Whitworth United States75-79-73-72=299
T9Kathy Cornelius United States73-75-75-77=300+16503
Sandra Haynie United States77-77-75-71=300
Judy Kimball United States73-81-73-73=300
Marilynn Smith United States76-77-71-76=300

Source:[1][3]

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References
  1. "Mick rallies at Las Vegas". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 14, 1963. p. 8.
  2. "Wright wins LPGA title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. October 14, 1963. p. 3B.
  3. "Wright annexes top title". Palm Beach Post. Florida. Associated Press. October 13, 1963. p. 16.
  4. "History". Las Vegas National Golf Club. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

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