1963 Titleholders Championship: Marilynn Smith wins at Augusta Country Club

Marilynn Smith won the 1963 Titleholders Championship at Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States with 292 (+4), beating Mickey Wright in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: April 25, 1963 to April 29, 1963
Course: Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Edition: 24th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,300 yards
Field: 38
Purse: $7,500 · winner's share $1,235
Champion: Marilynn Smith · age 34 · United States · born Topeka, Kansas, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 72-75-69-76 = 292 (+4)
Runner-up: Mickey Wright (292)
54-hole leader: Marilynn Smith
Playoff: 18-hole stroke-play playoff (Monday): Smith 72, Wright 73; 18 holes; beat Mickey Wright; 18

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Marilynn Smith	72	75	69	76	292	+4
2	Mickey Wright					292

What happened at the 1963 Titleholders Championship

In the Monday playoff Mickey Wright double-bogeyed the par-3 14th and Marilynn Smith birdied the 16th to draw level.

On the 18th Wright missed a 12-foot par putt and Smith holed an 8-footer to win the playoff 72 to 73.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Titleholders Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

1963 Titleholders Championship: Marilynn Smith wins at Augusta Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1963 Titleholders Championship

How this was built

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