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1961 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Stardust Country Club

Mickey Wright won the 1961 LPGA Championship at Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States with 287 (+3), by 9 strokes over Louise Suggs.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates
October 12, 1961 to October 15, 1961
Course
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Edition
7th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71
Purse
$15,000 · winner's share $2,500
Champion
Mickey Wright · age 26 · United States · born San Diego, California, United States
Champion's title
3rd title at this event · 7th major
Winning score
67-77-72-71 = 287 (+3) · won by 9 strokes
Runner-up
Louise Suggs (296)
54-hole leader
Mickey Wright

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Mickey Wright67777271287+3
2Louise Suggs296

What happened at the 1961 LPGA Championship

Mickey Wright opened with a 67 and led wire-to-wire, winning by nine strokes over Louise Suggs.

It was Wright's third major of 1961, after the Titleholders and the U.S. Women's Open, and her 10th tour win of the season.

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).

Sources

  1. kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: kpmg womens pga championship winners
  2. kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: a look back at the history of the kpmg womens pga…
  3. Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
  4. Wikipedia: List of Women's PGA Championship champions
  5. Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
  6. Wikipedia: Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions
  7. Wikipedia: Mickey Wright
  8. Wikipedia: 1961 LPGA Championship