| 1961 LPGA Championship | |
| Dates: | October 12–15, 1961 |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Course: | Stardust Country Club |
| Tour: | LPGA Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Par: | 71 |
| Cut: | none |
| Purse: | $15,000 |
| Winners Share: | $2,500 |
| Champion: |  Mickey Wright |
| Score: | 287 (+3) |
| Previous: | 1960 |
| Next: | 1962 |
The 1961 LPGA Championship was the seventh LPGA Championship, held October 12–15 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Defending champion Mickey Wright won the third of her four LPGA Championships, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs, the 1957 winner.[1] [2] It was Wright's third major title of the year and the seventh of her thirteen career majors. It was her tenth tour victory of the 1961 season.[3]
Stardust Country Club opened earlier in the year and hosted the LPGA Championship for six consecutive years, through 1966. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.[4]
The purse was substantially increased in 1961 to $15,000 with a winner's share of $2,500, up from $8,500 and $1,500 in 1960.
Sunday, October 15, 1961
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickey Wright | 67-77-72-71=287 | +3 | 2,500 | |||
| 2 | Louise Suggs | 74-76-73-71=296 | +12 | 1,900 | |||
| 3 | Betsy Rawls | 76-76-71-74=297 | +13 | 1,500 | |||
| 4 | Shirley Englehorn | 72-74-77-76=299 | +15 | 1,200 | |||
| 5 | Marilynn Smith | 80-75-75-70=300 | +16 | 1,000 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T6 | Mary Lena Faulk | 75-81-76-70=302 | align=center rowspan=2 | +18 | align=center rowspan=2 | 720 |
| Barbara Romack | 75-81-73-73=302 | ||||||
| 8 | Jo Ann Prentice | 73-76-78-76=303 | +19 | 530 | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | T9 | Kathy Cornelius | 75-79-72-78=304 | align=center rowspan=3 | +20 | align=center rowspan=3 | 430 |
| Ruth Jessen | 75-79-76-74=304 | ||||||
| Beth Stone | 72-83-75-74=304 |