1963 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Stardust Country Club

Mickey Wright won the 1963 LPGA Championship at Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States with 294 (+10), by 2 strokes over Mary Lena Faulk and Mary Mills and Louise Suggs.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: October 10, 1963 to October 13, 1963
Course: Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Edition: 9th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71
Field: 47
Purse: $16,500 · winner's share $2,450
Champion: Mickey Wright · age 28 · United States · born San Diego, California, United States
Champion's title: 4th title at this event · 11th major
Winning score: 72-82-70-70 = 294 (+10) · won by 2 strokes
Runners-up: Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, Louise Suggs (296 each)
54-hole leader: Louise Suggs · Mickey Wright was 3 strokes back

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Mickey Wright	72	82	70	70	294	+10
T2	Mary Lena Faulk					296
T2	Mary Mills					296
T2	Louise Suggs					296

What happened at the 1963 LPGA Championship

Mickey Wright shot a second-round 82 (+11) yet still won, closing 70-70 to finish two ahead of Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills and Louise Suggs.

It was Wright's fourth LPGA Championship, a record for the event that still stands.

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).

1963 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Stardust Country Club

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 1963 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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