The 1963 LPGA Tour was the 14th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 17. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 13. She also led the money list with earnings of $31,269.
There were two first-time winners in 1963: Mary Mills and Barbara Romack.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1963 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 3 Sea Island Women's Invitational Georgia Mickey Wright (40) 212 6,000 1,000 Feb 10 St. Petersburg Women's Open Florida Mickey Wright (41) 288 15,500 2,325 Apr 21 Sunshine Women's Open Florida Betsy Rawls (46) 220 7,500 1,200 Apr 28 Titleholders Championship Georgia Marilynn Smith (8) 292 7,500 1,235 May 5 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Marilynn Smith (9) 216 7,500 1,200 May 12 Alpine Civitan Open Louisiana Mickey Wright (42) 219 7,500 1,200 May 19 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma Mickey Wright (43) 285 8,000 1,250 May 26 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Mickey Wright (44) 283 13,000 2,000 Jun 2 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Mickey Wright (45) 209 8,000 1,250 Jun 9 Rock City Ladies Open Tennessee Barbara Romack (1) 212 10,000 1,500 Jun 16 Cosmopolitan Women's Open Illinois Ruth Jessen (5) 213 7,500 1,200 Jun 23 Women's Western Open Wisconsin Mickey Wright (46) 292 7,500 1,200 Jun 30 Carvel Ladies Open New York Kathy Whitworth (3) 217 9,000 1,350 Jul 7 Lady Carling Eastern Open Massachusetts Shirley Englehorn (3) 221 10,000 1,500 Jul 14 Sight Open Maryland Marlene Hagge (18) 208 10,000 1,500 Jul 20 U.S. Women's Open Ohio Mary Mills (1) 289 9,000 2,000 Jul 28 Wolverine Open Michigan Kathy Whitworth (4) 198 8,000 1,250 Aug 4 Milwaukee Jaycee Open Wisconsin Kathy Whitworth (5) 286 12,000 2,000 Aug 11 Waterloo Women's Open Invitational Iowa Mickey Wright (47) 208 7,500 1,200 Aug 18 Albuquerque Swing Parade New Mexico Mickey Wright (48) 211 10,000 1,350 Aug 25 Ogden Ladies' Open Utah Kathy Whitworth (6) 214 8,500 1,300 Sep 2 Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open Idaho Mickey Wright (49) 210 7,500 1,200 Sep 8 Spokane Women's Open Washington Kathy Whitworth (7) 210 9,000 1,250 Sep 15 Eugene Ladies' Open Oregon Marilynn Smith (10) 295 10,000 1,350 Sep 22 Visalia Ladies' Open California Mickey Wright (50) 285 10,000 1,350 Sep 29 Mickey Wright Invitational California Mickey Wright (51) 222 9,000 1,300 Oct 13 LPGA Championship Nevada Mickey Wright (52) 294 16,500 2,450 Oct 20 Hillside Open California Kathy Whitworth (8) 219 7,500 1,200 Oct 27 Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies Open Arizona Sandra Haynie (3) 286 10,000 1,350 Nov 3 Cavern City Open New Mexico Marilynn Smith (11) 212 7,500 1,200 Nov 10 San Antonio Civitan Open Texas Kathy Whitworth (9) 299 8,500 1,300 Nov 17 Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational Mississippi Kathy Whitworth (10) 219 15,600 2,325
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Mickey Wright (3) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (4) Rookie of the Year Clifford Ann Creed
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1963 season coverage at golfobserver.com