1963 U.S. Women's Open: Mary Mills wins at Kenwood Country Club
Mary Mills won the 1963 U.S. Women's Open at Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States with 289 (−3), by 3 strokes over Sandra Haynie and Louise Suggs.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- July 18, 1963 to July 20, 1963
- Course
- Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Edition
- 18th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 73 · 6,444 yards
- Entries
- 84
- Made the cut
- 40 (cut at 159)
- Purse
- $9,000 · winner's share $1,900
- Champion
- Mary Mills · age 23 · United States · born Laurel, Mississippi, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 71-70-75-73 = 289 (−3) · won by 3 strokes
- Runners-up
- Sandra Haynie, Louise Suggs (292 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Mary Mills
- Low amateur
- Phyllis Preuss (305)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Mills | 71 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 289 | −3 |
| T2 | Louise Suggs | 72 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 292 | E |
| T2 | Sandra Haynie | 75 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 292 | E |
What happened at the 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 to miss the cut by one stroke.
Mary Mills led start to finish, setting a then-record 36-hole total of 141, and won by three for her first LPGA Tour victory.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open 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).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 1963 U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Mary Mills (golfer)
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