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1964 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1964 LPGA Championship
dates	October 1–4, 1964
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 Mary Mills
score	278 (−6)
previous	[1963](1963-lpga-championship)
next	[1965](1965-lpga-championship)

|USA |USA Nevada The 1964 LPGA Championship was the tenth LPGA Championship, held October 1–4 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mary Mills shot a final round 69 (−2) to win the first of her two LPGA Championships, two strokes ahead runner-up Mickey Wright, the defending champion and 54-hole leader. The total of 278 set a record for the championship which stood until 1978; it was the second of three career majors for Mills.

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

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 4, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Mary Mills	68-69-72-69=278	−6	2,450
2	USA Mickey Wright	72-68-67-73=280	−4	1,900
T3	USA Jo Ann Prentice	71-68-71-71=281	−3	1,350
USA Kathy Whitworth	73-69-70-69=281
T5	USA Sandra Haynie	69-69-71-73=282	−2	960
USA Betsy Rawls	73-71-70-68=282
7	USA Ruth Jessen	71-69-73-70=283	−1	760
T8	USA Shirley Englehorn	71-72-71-70=284	E	615
USA Marlene Hagge	67-74-69-74=284
10	USA Clifford Ann Creed	74-74-70-69=287	+3	520

Source:

References

(October 4, 1964). "LPGA led by Wright". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 5, 1964). "Mary Mills' fast finish wins LPGA". Spokesman-Review.
(October 5, 1964). "Mills wins LPGA title; Wright 2nd". Eugene Register-Guard.
"History". Las Vegas National Golf Club.

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