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Sunday 15 October 1961Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 October 1961 · purse $15,000 · winner's share $2,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/11°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/16°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/17°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/20°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- 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.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 6th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet