Sandra Spuzich

United States · born April 3, 1937, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · died 2015

1major championship, LPGA count

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

Summary

First major 1966 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

1966 U.S. Women's Open Hazeltine National Golf Club · 297 (+9) · by 1 stroke from Carol Mann

Near misses

1970 U.S. Women's Open Muskogee C.C. · runner-up to Donna Caponi · 288

Rivals

Beat her

Moments

1966 U.S. Women's Open Spuzich birdied three of the last five holes, including the 16th to go one ahead of defending champion Carol Mann and the 17th to lead by two.
1966 U.S. Women's Open After Spuzich bogeyed the 18th, Mann's birdie putt to force a playoff rimmed out, leaving Spuzich the winner by one for her first LPGA Tour victory.

Records and firsts

1966 U.S. Women's Open highest 54-hole leading score · 225

Results by championship

Best day

1966 U.S. Women's Open

Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, MN · 297 (+9) · by 1 stroke from Carol Mann

Spuzich birdied three of the last five holes, including the 16th to go one ahead of defending champion Carol Mann and the 17th to lead by two.

After Spuzich bogeyed the 18th, Mann's birdie putt to force a playoff rimmed out, leaving Spuzich the winner by one for her first LPGA Tour victory.

Record: highest 54-hole leading score · 225

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1966.

Career line, 1966–1970

U.S. Women's Open

1966 U.S. Women's Open: won 1970 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Donna Caponi

196619681970

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Major win
Runner-up

Sandra Spuzich was born on April 3, 1937, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Spuzich won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 1966 U.S. Women's Open.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

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

1966 U.S. Women's Open Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, MN · 297 (+9) · by 1 stroke from Carol Mann

Near misses

1970 U.S. Women's Open Muskogee C.C. · runner-up to Donna Caponi · 288

Records and firsts

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

1966 U.S. Women's Open highest 54-hole leading score · 225

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

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.