1964 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1964 LPGA Championship October 1–4, 1964 Las Vegas, Nevada Stardust Country Club LPGA Tour Stroke play – 72 holes 71 47 players none $16,500 $2,450 USA Mary Mills 278 (−6) 1963 1965 USA 1 Stardust CC 36.128 -115.125 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Nevada 1 Stardust CC 36.128 -115.125 Location in Nevada 5 150 The 1964 LPGA Championship was the tenth LPGA Championship, held October 1–4 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mary Mills shot a final round 69 (−2) to win the first of her two LPGA Championships, two strokes ahead runner-up Mickey Wright, the defending champion and 54-hole leader.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xftVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769%2C547143 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon LPGA led by Wright Associated Press October 4, 1964 6Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QjlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=regDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6276%2C1630885 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Mary Mills' fast finish wins LPGA October 5, 1964 13 The total of 278 set a record for the championship which stood until 1978; it was the second of three career majors for Mills.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xvtVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6105%2C1063257 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Mills wins LPGA title; Wright 2nd Associated Press October 5, 1964 6B It was the fourth of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened three years earlier. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.http://lasvegasnational.com/-history Las Vegas National Golf Club History August 3, 2014 Final leaderboard Sunday, October 4, 1964 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 USA Mary Mills68-69-72-69=278−62,4502 USA Mickey Wright72-68-67-73=280−41,900T3 USA Jo Ann Prentice71-68-71-71=281−31,350 USA Kathy Whitworth73-69-70-69=281T5 USA Sandra Haynie69-69-71-73=282−2960 USA Betsy Rawls73-71-70-68=2827 USA Ruth Jessen71-69-73-70=283−1760T8 USA Shirley Englehorn71-72-71-70=284E615 USA Marlene Hagge67-74-69-74=28410 USA Clifford Ann Creed74-74-70-69=287+3520 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 1964 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