1963 LPGA Championship

1963 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates October 10–13, 1963
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
Course(s) Stardust Country Club
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par 71
Field 47 players
Cut none
Prize fund $16,500
Winner's share $2,450
Champion
United States Mickey Wright
294 (+10)
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Stardust CC
Location in the United States
Stardust CC
Location in Nevada

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

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Mickey Wright  United States 1958, 1960, 1961 72 82 70 70 294 +10 1
Louise Suggs  United States 1957 70 78 73 75 296 +12 T2
Betsy Rawls  United States 1959 74 73 76 76 299 +15 T6
Judy Kimball  United States 1962 73 81 73 73 300 +16 T9
Marlene Hagge  United States 1956 75 78 76 80 309 +25 T19

Source:[1][3]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 13, 1963

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mick rallies at Las Vegas". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 14, 1963. p. 8.
  2. 1 2 "Wright wins LPGA title". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). wire reports. October 14, 1963. p. 3B.
  3. 1 2 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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