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Sunday 25 September 1966Women’s majorsYear in Review
Ehret wins LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 September 1966 · purse $17,500 · winner's share $2,475
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R135°/21°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/22°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/22°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/22°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 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
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mickey Wright
The golfer
b. 1941, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States; United States; age 25 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