1963 LPGA Championship

The 1963 LPGA Championship was the ninth LPGA Championship, held October 10–13 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

1963 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	October 10–13, 1963
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Course(s)	Stardust Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par	71
Field	47 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$16,500
Winner's share	$2,450
Champion
Mickey Wright
294 (+10)
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Stardust CC

Location in the United States

Stardust CC

Location in 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.^[1][2] 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.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 13, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Mickey Wright	72-82-70-70=294	+10	2,450
T2	Mary Lena Faulk	74-78-72-72=296	+12	1,533
	Mary Mills	73-76-75-72=296
	Louise Suggs	70-78-73-75=296
5	Ruth Jessen	77-83-67-71=298	+14	1,030
T6	Carol Mann	75-75-77-72=299	+15	770
	Betsy Rawls	74-73-76-76=299
	Kathy Whitworth	75-79-73-72=299
T9	Kathy Cornelius	73-75-75-77=300	+16	503
	Sandra Haynie	77-77-75-71=300
	Judy Kimball	73-81-73-73=300
	Marilynn Smith	76-77-71-76=300

Source:^[1][3]