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Monday 4 July 1960Women’s majorsYear in Review

Wright wins LPGA Championship

Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick, Indiana (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 1 to Monday 4 July 1960 · purse $8,500 · winner's share $1,500

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

14 h 36 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. R4Not yet researched

The name over time

  1. LPGA Championship
  2. Eve-LPGA Championship
  3. Mazda LPGA Championship
  4. McDonald's LPGA Championship
  5. McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
  6. McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
  7. LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
  8. Wegmans LPGA Championship
  9. KPMG Women's PGA Championship

1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

27 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Women's major

LPGA Championship

Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Mickey Wright

292Total
−4To par
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Louise Suggs

The golfer

b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)

Mickey Wright’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet