1960 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Sheraton Hotel Country Club

Mickey Wright won the 1960 LPGA Championship at Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick, Indiana, United States with 292 (−4), by 3 strokes over Louise Suggs.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: July 1, 1960 to July 4, 1960
Course: Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick, Indiana, United States
Edition: 6th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 74 · 6,623 yards
Field: 27
Purse: $8,500 · winner's share $1,500
Champion: Mickey Wright · age 25 · United States · born San Diego, California, United States
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 4th major
Winning score: 71-76-74-71 = 292 (−4) · won by 3 strokes
Runner-up: Louise Suggs (295)
54-hole leader: Mickey Wright

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Mickey Wright	71	76	74	71	292	−4
2	Louise Suggs					295

What happened at the 1960 LPGA Championship

Mickey Wright closed with a 71 on Monday, July 4, to beat 1957 champion Louise Suggs by three strokes.

Only Wright (-4) and Suggs (-1) finished under par; defending champion Betsy Rawls was third, nine strokes back.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA 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).

1960 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Sheraton Hotel Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1960 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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