1965 LPGA Championship: Sandra Haynie wins at Stardust Country Club

Sandra Haynie won the 1965 LPGA Championship at Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States with 279 (−5), by 1 stroke over Clifford Ann Creed.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates: September 23, 1965 to September 26, 1965
Course: Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Edition: 11th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 5,903 yards
Field: 41
Purse: $17,500 · winner's share $2,475
Champion: Sandra Haynie · age 22 · United States · born Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 70-68-69-72 = 279 (−5) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up: Clifford Ann Creed (280)
54-hole leader: Sandra Haynie, Clifford Ann Creed

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Sandra Haynie	70	68	69	72	279	−5
2	Clifford Ann Creed					280

What happened at the 1965 LPGA Championship

Clifford Ann Creed's third-round 66 drew her level with Sandra Haynie through 54 holes, but Haynie, 22, held on to win by one.

Four-time champion Mickey Wright did not play, sidelined by a wrist injury.

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).

1965 LPGA Championship: Sandra Haynie wins at Stardust Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1965 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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