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. 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.
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.
Final leaderboard Sunday, October 13, 1963 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Mickey Wright72-82-70-70=294+102,450T2 Mary Lena Faulk74-78-72-72=296+121,533 Mary Mills73-76-75-72=296 Louise Suggs70-78-73-75=2965 Ruth Jessen77-83-67-71=298+141,030T6 Carol Mann75-75-77-72=299+15770 Betsy Rawls74-73-76-76=299 Kathy Whitworth75-79-73-72=299T9 Kathy Cornelius73-75-75-77=300+16503 Sandra Haynie77-77-75-71=300 Judy Kimball73-81-73-73=300 Marilynn Smith76-77-71-76=300 Source:
References
External links Golf Stats leaderboard Las Vegas National Golf Club