1966 LPGA Championship: Gloria Ehret wins at Stardust Country Club

Gloria Ehret won the 1966 LPGA Championship at Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States with 282 (−2), by 3 strokes over Mickey Wright.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates: September 22, 1966 to September 25, 1966
Course: Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Edition: 12th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71
Purse: $17,500 · winner's share $2,475
Champion: Gloria Ehret · age 25 · United States · born Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 70-70-67-75 = 282 (−2) · won by 3 strokes
Runner-up: Mickey Wright (285)
54-hole leader: Gloria Ehret

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Gloria Ehret	70	70	67	75	282	−2
2	Mickey Wright					285

What happened at the 1966 LPGA Championship

Gloria Ehret's third-round 67 moved her a stroke ahead of Mickey Wright, and she held on with a 75 to win by three as Wright closed with 77.

It was Ehret's only major and came a year after she finished fifth in the event as a rookie.

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).

1966 LPGA Championship: Gloria Ehret wins at Stardust Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1966 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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