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Sunday 13 October 1963Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October 1963 · purse $16,500 · winner's share $2,450
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 62 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/14°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 20 · 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.
47 started
Same week
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 28 at the win (year page); 10th 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