Mary Mills

United States · born January 19, 1940, Laurel, Mississippi, United States

3major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Women's PGA2 wins, 1 2nd

Summary

First major 1963 U.S. Women's Open
Last major 1973 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

1963 U.S. Women's Open Kenwood Country Club · 289 (-3) · by 3 strokes from Sandra Haynie and Louise Suggs
1964 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Stardust Country Club · 278 (-6) · 2 strokes from Mickey Wright
1973 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Pleasant Valley Country Club · 288 (-4) · 1 stroke from Betty Burfeindt

Near misses

1963 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Mickey Wright

Rivals

Beat her

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Moments

1963 U.S. Women's Open Mills punctuated her three-stroke victory by holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole and punching her right arm into the air (USGA).
1963 U.S. Women's Open Retired tennis champion Althea Gibson became the first African American to play in the U.S. Women's Open, shooting 78-82 for 160 and missing the cut by one stroke.

Records and firsts

1963 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: USGA says no ties; GC shows a first-round tie with Clifford Ann Creed

Results by championship

Best day

1963 U.S. Women's Open

Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, OH · 289 (-3) · by 3 strokes from Sandra Haynie and Louise Suggs

Mills punctuated her three-stroke victory by holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole and punching her right arm into the air (USGA).

Retired tennis champion Althea Gibson became the first African American to play in the U.S. Women's Open, shooting 78-82 for 160 and missing the cut by one stroke.

Record: USGA says no ties; GC shows a first-round tie with Clifford Ann Creed

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1963.

Career line, 1963–1973

U.S. Women's Open

1963 U.S. Women's Open: won

Women's PGA

1963 Women's PGA: runner-up to Mickey Wright1964 Women's PGA: won1973 Women's PGA: won

19651970

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Major win
Runner-up

Mary Mills was born on January 19, 1940, in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. Mills won 3 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 U.S. Women's Open (1963) and 2 Women's PGA Championships (1964, 1973).

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The record

Wins in the majors (3)

Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

1963 U.S. Women's Open Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, OH · 289 (-3) · by 3 strokes from Sandra Haynie and Louise Suggs
1964 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Stardust Country Club · 278 (-6) · 2 strokes from Mickey Wright
1973 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Pleasant Valley Country Club · 288 (-4) · 1 stroke from Betty Burfeindt

Near misses

1963 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Mickey Wright

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

1963 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: USGA says no ties; GC shows a first-round tie with Clifford Ann Creed

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.