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1963 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1963 LPGA Championship
dates	October 10–13, 1963
location	Las Vegas, Nevada
course	Stardust Country Club
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	71
yardage
field	47 players
cut	none
purse	$16,500
winners_share	$2,450
champion	USA Mickey Wright
score	294 (+10)
previous	[1962](1962-lpga-championship)
next	[1964](1964-lpga-championship)

|USA |USA Nevada The 1963 LPGA Championship was the ninth LPGA Championship, held October 10–13 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After a second round 82 (+11), Mickey Wright shot 70 (−1) in both of the final two rounds to win her fourth and final LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, and Louise Suggs. Defending champion Judy Kimball finished six strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. It was Wright's second major title of the year and the eleventh of her thirteen career majors. It was her thirteenth tour victory of the 1963 season.

It was the third of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened two years earlier. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 13, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Mickey Wright	72-82-70-70=294	+10	2,450
T2	USA Mary Lena Faulk	74-78-72-72=296	+12	1,533
USA Mary Mills	73-76-75-72=296
USA Louise Suggs	70-78-73-75=296
5	USA Ruth Jessen	77-83-67-71=298	+14	1,030
T6	USA Carol Mann	75-75-77-72=299	+15	770
USA Betsy Rawls	74-73-76-76=299
USA Kathy Whitworth	75-79-73-72=299
T9	USA Kathy Cornelius	73-75-75-77=300	+16	503
USA Sandra Haynie	77-77-75-71=300
USA Judy Kimball	73-81-73-73=300
USA Marilynn Smith	76-77-71-76=300

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References

(October 14, 1963). "Mick rallies at Las Vegas". Spokesman-Review.
(October 14, 1963). "Wright wins LPGA title". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 13, 1963). "Wright annexes top title". Palm Beach Post.
"History". Las Vegas National Golf Club.

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