1966 U.S. Women's Open | |
Dates: | June 30 – July 3, 1966 |
Location: | Chaska, Minnesota |
Course: | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
Org: | USGA |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Par: | 72 |
Yardage: | [1] |
Field: | 99: 52 pros, 47 amateurs; 44 after cut[2] |
Cut: | 162 (+16)[3] |
Purse: | $20,000 |
Winners Share: | $4,000 |
Champion: | Sandra Spuzich |
Score: | 297 (+9) |
Previous: | 1965 |
Next: | 1967 |
The 1966 U.S. Women's Open was the 21st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.
Sandra Spuzich, age 29, won her only major title, a stroke ahead of runner-up Carol Mann, the defending champion.[4] A stroke back in third was four-time champion Mickey Wright. Spuzich was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over the two former champions and played in the final pair with Mann.[4] It was the first of seven victories on the LPGA Tour for Spuzich.
The 36-hole cut at 162 (+18) reduced the field of 99 to 44, which included ten amateurs.[2]
Designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened four years earlier in 1962, Hazeltine later hosted two U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships; the U.S. Women's Open returned in 1977.
Sunday, July 3, 1966
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sandra Spuzich | 75-74-76-72=297 | +9 | 4,000 | |||
2 | Carol Mann | 73-78-75-72=298 | +10 | 2,000 | |||
3 | Mickey Wright | 71-78-77-73=299 | +11 | 1,200 | |||
4 | Clifford Ann Creed | 76-75-76-76=303 | +15 | 900 | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | T5 | Sandra Haynie | 79-75-78-74=306 | align=center rowspan=2 | +18 | align=center rowspan=2 | 750 |
Kathy Whitworth | 80-74-76-76=306 | ||||||
7 | Judy Torluemke | 77-78-79-73=307 | +19 | 600 | |||
8 | Mary Mills | 79-73-76-80=308 | +20 | 550 | |||
align=center rowspan=6 | T9 | Barbara Romack | 80-77-77-77=311 | align=center rowspan=6 | +23 | align=center rowspan=5 | 446 |
Gloria Ehret | 82-75-75-79=311 | ||||||
Peggy Wilson | 76-76-81-78=311 | ||||||
Shirley Englehorn | 83-77-75-76=311 | ||||||
Susie Maxwell | 80-79-75-77=311 | ||||||
Shelley Hamlin (a) | 81-74-80-76=311 | 0 |