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1966 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1966 LPGA Championship
dates	September 22–25, 1966
location	Las Vegas, Nevada
course	Stardust Country Club
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	71
yardage
field
cut	none
purse	$17,500
winners_share	$2,475
champion	USA Gloria Ehret
score	282 (−2)
previous	[1965](1965-lpga-championship)
next	[1967](1967-lpga-championship)

|USA |USA Nevada The 1966 LPGA Championship was the twelfth LPGA Championship, held September 22–25 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gloria Ehret won her only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Mickey Wright, a four-time winner of the championship. Defending champion Sandra Haynie finished nine strokes back in seventh place.

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

Final leaderboard

Sunday, September 25, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Gloria Ehret	70-70-67-75=282	−2	2,475
2	USA Mickey Wright	69-68-71-77=285	+1	1,900
T3	USA Judy Kimball	72-70-72-75=289	+5	1,390
USA Mary Mills	72-73-70-74=289
T5	USA Clifford Ann Creed	72-74-73-71=290	+6	958
USA Marilynn Smith	74-72-71-73=290
7	USA Sandra Haynie	76-70-75-70=291	+7	735
8	USA Louise Suggs	70-69-75-78=292	+8	635
9	USA Murle Lindstrom	72-72-75-75=294	+10	570
T10	USA Betsy Cullen	74-73-70-78=295	+11	463
USA Betsy Rawls	71-73-74-77=295
USA Kathy Whitworth	71-78-73-73=295

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References

(September 27, 1965). "Sandra Haynie wins at Vegas". Spokesman-Review.
(September 26, 1966). "Ehret captures LPGA crown". Calgary Herald.
(September 26, 1966). "Gloria wins Vegas crown". Spokesman-Review.
"History". Las Vegas National Golf Club.
(September 26, 1966). "Ladies Nationals". Eugene Register-Guard.

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