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1963 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1963
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	32
most_wins	13 USA Mickey Wright
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	USA Mickey Wright
honor2	Rookie of the Year
honoree2	USA Clifford Ann Creed
prevseason	1962
nextseason	1964

The 1963 LPGA Tour was the 14th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 17. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 13. She also led the money list with earnings of $31,269.

There were two first-time winners in 1963: Mary Mills and Barbara Romack.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1963 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Feb 3	Sea Island Women's Invitational	Georgia	USA Mickey Wright (40)	212	6,000	1,000
Feb 10	St. Petersburg Women's Open	Florida	USA Mickey Wright (41)	288	15,500	2,325
Apr 21	Sunshine Women's Open	Florida	USA Betsy Rawls (46)	220	7,500	1,200
Apr 28	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	USA Marilynn Smith (8)	292	7,500	1,235
May 5	Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	USA Marilynn Smith (9)	216	7,500	1,200
May 12	Alpine Civitan Open	Louisiana	USA Mickey Wright (42)	219	7,500	1,200
May 19	Muskogee Civitan Open	Oklahoma	USA Mickey Wright (43)	285	8,000	1,250
May 26	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	USA Mickey Wright (44)	283	13,000	2,000
Jun 2	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	USA Mickey Wright (45)	209	8,000	1,250
Jun 9	Rock City Ladies Open	Tennessee	USA Barbara Romack (1)	212	10,000	1,500
Jun 16	Cosmopolitan Women's Open	Illinois	USA Ruth Jessen (5)	213	7,500	1,200
Jun 23	Women's Western Open	Wisconsin	USA Mickey Wright (46)	292	7,500	1,200
Jun 30	Carvel Ladies Open	New York	USA Kathy Whitworth (3)	217	9,000	1,350
Jul 7	Lady Carling Eastern Open	Massachusetts	USA Shirley Englehorn (3)	221	10,000	1,500
Jul 14	Sight Open	Maryland	USA Marlene Hagge (18)	208	10,000	1,500
Jul 20	U.S. Women's Open	Ohio	USA Mary Mills (1)	289	9,000	2,000
Jul 28	Wolverine Open	Michigan	USA Kathy Whitworth (4)	198	8,000	1,250
Aug 4	Milwaukee Jaycee Open	Wisconsin	USA Kathy Whitworth (5)	286	12,000	2,000
Aug 11	Waterloo Women's Open Invitational	Iowa	USA Mickey Wright (47)	208	7,500	1,200
Aug 18	Albuquerque Swing Parade	New Mexico	USA Mickey Wright (48)	211	10,000	1,350
Aug 25	Ogden Ladies' Open	Utah	USA Kathy Whitworth (6)	214	8,500	1,300
Sep 2	Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open	Idaho	USA Mickey Wright (49)	210	7,500	1,200
Sep 8	Spokane Women's Open	Washington	USA Kathy Whitworth (7)	210	9,000	1,250
Sep 15	Eugene Ladies' Open	Oregon	USA Marilynn Smith (10)	295	10,000	1,350
Sep 22	Visalia Ladies' Open	California	USA Mickey Wright (50)	285	10,000	1,350
Sep 29	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	USA Mickey Wright (51)	222	9,000	1,300
Oct 13	LPGA Championship	Nevada	USA Mickey Wright (52)	294	16,500	2,450
Oct 20	Hillside Open	California	USA Kathy Whitworth (8)	219	7,500	1,200
Oct 27	Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies Open	Arizona	USA Sandra Haynie (3)	286	10,000	1,350
Nov 3	Cavern City Open	New Mexico	USA Marilynn Smith (11)	212	7,500	1,200
Nov 10	San Antonio Civitan Open	Texas	USA Kathy Whitworth (9)	299	8,500	1,300
Nov 17	Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational	Mississippi	USA Kathy Whitworth (10)	219	15,600	2,325

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Mickey Wright (3)
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Mickey Wright (4)
Rookie of the Year	Clifford Ann Creed

References

"LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969". LPGA Tour.

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