1963 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1963 LPGA Championship October 10–13, 1963 Las Vegas, Nevada Stardust Country Club LPGA Tour Stroke play – 72 holes 71 47 players none $16,500 $2,450 USA Mickey Wright 294 (+10) 1962 1964 USA 1 Stardust CC 36.128 -115.125 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Nevada 1 Stardust CC 36.128 -115.125 Location in Nevada 5 150 The 1963 LPGA Championship was the ninth LPGA Championship, held October 10–13 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a second round 82 (+11), Mickey Wright shot 70 (−1) in both of the final two rounds to win her fourth and final LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, and Louise Suggs.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ArdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7OgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2723%2C4500991 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Mick rallies at Las Vegas October 14, 1963 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AxlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BeMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5140%2C2322078 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire reports Wright wins LPGA title October 14, 1963 3B Defending champion Judy Kimball finished six strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. It was Wright's second major title of the year and the eleventh of her thirteen career majors. It was her thirteenth tour victory of the 1963 season.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-coqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gc0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=976%2C2919608 Palm Beach Post Florida Associated Press Wright annexes top title October 13, 1963 16 It was the third of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened two years earlier. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.http://lasvegasnational.com/-history Las Vegas National Golf Club History August 3, 2014 Final leaderboard Sunday, October 13, 1963 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 USA Mickey Wright72-82-70-70=294+102,450T2 USA Mary Lena Faulk74-78-72-72=296+121,533 USA Mary Mills73-76-75-72=296 USA Louise Suggs70-78-73-75=2965 USA Ruth Jessen77-83-67-71=298+141,030T6 USA Carol Mann75-75-77-72=299+15770 USA Betsy Rawls74-73-76-76=299 USA Kathy Whitworth75-79-73-72=299T9 USA Kathy Cornelius73-75-75-77=300+16503 USA Sandra Haynie77-77-75-71=300 USA Judy Kimball73-81-73-73=300 USA Marilynn Smith76-77-71-76=300 Source: References External links Golf Stats leaderboard Las Vegas National Golf Club https://web.archive.org/web/20140811101415/http://lasvegasnational.com/-golf 2014-08-11 1963 36.128 N 115.125 W type:event title Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Nevada Category:Golf in Las Vegas Category:Women's sports in Las Vegas LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship