1963 LPGA Championship explained

1963 LPGA Championship
Dates:October 10–13, 1963
Location:Las Vegas, Nevada
Course:Stardust Country Club
Tour:LPGA Tour
Format:Stroke play – 72 holes
Par:71
Field:47 players
Cut:none
Purse:$16,500
Winners Share:$2,450
Champion: Mickey Wright
Score:294 (+10)
Previous:1962
Next:1964

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]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 13, 1963

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Mickey Wright72-82-70-70=294+102,450
align=center rowspan=3T2 Mary Lena Faulk74-78-72-72=296align=center rowspan=3+12align=center rowspan=31,533
Mary Mills73-76-75-72=296
Louise Suggs70-78-73-75=296
5 Ruth Jessen77-83-67-71=298+141,030
align=center rowspan=3T6 Carol Mann75-75-77-72=299align=center rowspan=3+15align=center rowspan=3770
Betsy Rawls74-73-76-76=299
Kathy Whitworth75-79-73-72=299
align=center rowspan=4T9 Kathy Cornelius73-75-75-77=300align=center rowspan=4+16align=center rowspan=4503
Sandra Haynie77-77-75-71=300
Judy Kimball73-81-73-73=300
Marilynn Smith76-77-71-76=300
Source:[1] [3]

External links

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Notes and References

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