1963 Titleholders Championship Explained

1963 Titleholders Championship
Dates:	April 25–29, 1963
Location:	Augusta, Georgia
Course:	Augusta Country Club
Tour:	LPGA Tour
Format:	Stroke play – 72 holes
Par:	72^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Yardage:	6300yd
Field:	38
Purse:	$7,500
Winners Share:	$1,300
Champion:	Marilynn Smith
Score:	292 (+4), playoff
Previous:	1962
Next:	1964

The 1963 Titleholders Championship was the 24th Titleholders Championship, held April 25–29 at Augusta Country Club in Augusta, Georgia. Two-time defending champion Mickey Wright came from three strokes back on Sunday to tie Marilynn Smith and force the second consecutive playoff at the event.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Tied after nine holes in the 18-hole playoff on Monday, Smith fell three strokes behind, then Wright double-bogeyed the par-3 14th and Smith birdied the 16th to tie. All even on the 18th green, Wright missed a 12feet par putt while Smith sank hers from to take her first major title.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} It was the first of two consecutive wins in the championship for Smith, age 34, which were her only two major titles.

Wright was the 36-hole leader at 146 (+2), a stroke ahead of Smith.^[2]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 28, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Marilynn Smith	72-75-69-76=292	align=center rowspan=2	+4	Playoff
Mickey Wright	74-72-73-73=292
3	Betsy Rawls	74-76-70-78=298	+10	800
4	Jo Ann Prentice	71-77-75-79=302	+14	675
5	Kathy Whitworth	74-76-77-76=303	+15	575
align=center rowspan=3	T6	Clifford Ann Creed	75-73-78-78=304	align=center rowspan=3	+16	align=center rowspan=3	456
Carol Mann	76-72-73-83=304
Sherry Wheeler	80-73-77-74=304
align=center rowspan=3	T9	Shirley Englehorn	74-75-76-80=305	align=center rowspan=3	+17	align=center rowspan=3	300
Judy Kimball	76-73-78-78=305
Sybil Griffin	75-75-75-80=305

Source:^{[4] [5]}

Playoff

Monday, April 29, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Marilynn Smith	35-37=72	E	1,300
2	Mickey Wright	35-38=73	+1	1,000

Source:^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Prentice is ahead by 1 . St. Petersburg Times . Florida . Associated Press . April 26, 1963 . 3C .
2. News: Wright is Augusta leader . St. Petersburg Times . Florida . Associated Press . April 27, 1963 . 2C .
3. News: Smith leads Titleholders . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . April 28, 1963 . 2B .
4. News: Smith, Wright tie in Titleholders golf . St. Petersburg Times . Florida . Associated Press . April 29, 1963 . 3C .
5. News: Wright knots up Augusta tournament . Daytona Beach Morning Journal . Florida . Associated Press . April 29, 1963 . 15.
6. News: Mickey vs. Marilyn in Augusta playoff . Pittsburgh Press . UPI . April 29, 1963 . 27.
7. News: Smith slips Wright a Mickey . St. Petersburg Times . Florida . Associated Press . April 29, 1963 . 1C .
8. News: Marilyn tops Mickey by stroke in playoff . Daytona Beach Morning Journal . Florida . Associated Press . April 30, 1963 . 6.
9. News: Smith wins title by 1 in play-off . Milwaukee Sentinel . UPI . April 30, 1963 . 2, part 2.
10. News: Smith wins golf playoff . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . April 30, 1963 . 3B .