1964 LPGA Championship explained

1964 LPGA Championship
Dates:October 1–4, 1964
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: Mary Mills
Score:278 (−6)
Previous:1963
Next:1965

The 1964 LPGA Championship was the tenth LPGA Championship, held October 1–4 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mary Mills shot a final round 69 (−2) to win the first of her two LPGA Championships, two strokes ahead runner-up Mickey Wright, the defending champion and 54-hole leader.[1] [2] The total of 278 set a record for the championship which stood until 1978; it was the second of three career majors for Mills.[3]

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

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 4, 1964

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Mary Mills68-69-72-69=278−62,450
2 Mickey Wright72-68-67-73=280−41,900
align=center rowspan=2T3 Jo Ann Prentice71-68-71-71=281align=center rowspan=2−3align=center rowspan=21,350
Kathy Whitworth73-69-70-69=281
align=center rowspan=2T5 Sandra Haynie69-69-71-73=282align=center rowspan=2−2align=center rowspan=2960
Betsy Rawls73-71-70-68=282
7 Ruth Jessen71-69-73-70=283−1760
align=center rowspan=2T8 Shirley Englehorn71-72-71-70=284align=center rowspan=2Ealign=center rowspan=2615
Marlene Hagge67-74-69-74=284
10 Clifford Ann Creed74-74-70-69=287+3520
Source:[2] [3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: LPGA led by Wright . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . October 4, 1964 . 6B.
  2. News: Mary Mills' fast finish wins LPGA . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . Associated Press . October 5, 1964 . 13 .
  3. News: Mills wins LPGA title; Wright 2nd . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . October 5, 1964 . 6B.
  4. News: History . Las Vegas National Golf Club . August 3, 2014.