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1965 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1965 LPGA Championship
dates	September 23–26, 1965
location	Las Vegas, Nevada
course	Stardust Country Club
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	71
yardage	5903 yd
field	41 players
cut	none
purse	$17,500
winners_share	$2,475
champion	USA Sandra Haynie
score	279 (−5)
previous	[1964](1964-lpga-championship)
next	[1966](1966-lpga-championship)

|USA |USA Nevada The 1965 LPGA Championship was the eleventh LPGA Championship, held September 23–26 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sandra Haynie, age 22, won the first of her two LPGA Championship titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Clifford Ann Creed. In her fifth season on tour, it was the seventh win for Haynie and the first of her four career major victories. Defending champion Mary Mills was twelve strokes back, in a tie for seventh.

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

Four-time champion Mickey Wright did not compete due to a wrist injury.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, September 26, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Sandra Haynie	70-68-69-72=279	−5	2,475
2	USA Clifford Ann Creed	71-70-66-73=280	−4	1,900
3	USA Carol Mann	69-74-70-72=285	+1	1,540
4	USA Kathy Whitworth	70-72-75-69=286	+2	1,240
T5	USA Kathy Cornelius	70-69-75-75=289	+5	958
USA Gloria Ehret	69-75-73-72=289
T7	USA Marlene Hagge	70-74-72-75=291	+7	685
USA Mary Mills	70-74-71-76=291
T9	USA Judy Kimball	75-70-72-75=292	+8	538
USA Marilynn Smith	75-75-71-71=292

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References

(September 27, 1965). "Sandra Haynie wins at Vegas". Spokesman-Review.
"History". Las Vegas National Golf Club.
(July 11, 1965). "Mickey Wright must rest hand". Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
(July 11, 1965). "Miss Wright may quit golf circuit". Spokesman-Review.
(March 26, 1966). "Mickey Wright shows old form at Delray golf". Spartanburg Herald.
(April 11, 1974). "Mickey Wright out of golf event". The Day.

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