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Sunday 7 October 1962Women’s majorsYear in Review
Kimball wins LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 1962 · purse $15,000 · winner's share $2,300
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/14°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/12°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 10 km/h S, 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.
30 started
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: Shirley Spork
The golfer
b. 1938, Sioux City, Iowa, United States; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 1st 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