1963 LPGA Tour

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.[1] "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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Feb 3Sea Island Women's InvitationalGeorgia Mickey Wright (40)2126,0001,000
Feb 10St. Petersburg Women's OpenFlorida Mickey Wright (41)28815,5002,325
Apr 21Sunshine Women's OpenFlorida Betsy Rawls (46)2207,5001,200
Apr 28Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Marilynn Smith (8)2927,5001,235
May 5Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Marilynn Smith (9)2167,5001,200
May 12Alpine Civitan OpenLouisiana Mickey Wright (42)2197,5001,200
May 19Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahoma Mickey Wright (43)2858,0001,250
May 26Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Mickey Wright (44)28313,0002,000
Jun 2Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Mickey Wright (45)2098,0001,250
Jun 9Rock City Ladies OpenTennessee Barbara Romack (1)21210,0001,500
Jun 16Cosmopolitan Women's OpenIllinois Ruth Jessen (5)2137,5001,200
Jun 23Women's Western OpenWisconsin Mickey Wright (46)2927,5001,200
Jun 30Carvel Ladies OpenNew York Kathy Whitworth (3)2179,0001,350
Jul 7Lady Carling Eastern OpenMassachusetts Shirley Englehorn (3)22110,0001,500
Jul 14Sight OpenMaryland Marlene Hagge (18)20810,0001,500
Jul 20U.S. Women's OpenOhio Mary Mills (1)2899,0002,000
Jul 28Wolverine OpenMichigan Kathy Whitworth (4)1988,0001,250
Aug 4Milwaukee Jaycee OpenWisconsin Kathy Whitworth (5)28612,0002,000
Aug 11Waterloo Women's Open InvitationalIowa Mickey Wright (47)2087,5001,200
Aug 18Albuquerque Swing ParadeNew Mexico Mickey Wright (48)21110,0001,350
Aug 25Ogden Ladies' OpenUtah Kathy Whitworth (6)2148,5001,300
Sep 2Idaho Centennial Ladies' OpenIdaho Mickey Wright (49)2107,5001,200
Sep 8Spokane Women's OpenWashington Kathy Whitworth (7)2109,0001,250
Sep 15Eugene Ladies' OpenOregon Marilynn Smith (10)29510,0001,350
Sep 22Visalia Ladies' OpenCalifornia Mickey Wright (50)28510,0001,350
Sep 29Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Mickey Wright (51)2229,0001,300
Oct 13LPGA ChampionshipNevada Mickey Wright (52)29416,5002,450
Oct 20Hillside OpenCalifornia Kathy Whitworth (8)2197,5001,200
Oct 27Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies OpenArizona Sandra Haynie (3)28610,0001,350
Nov 3Cavern City OpenNew Mexico Marilynn Smith (11)2127,5001,200
Nov 10San Antonio Civitan OpenTexas Kathy Whitworth (9)2998,5001,300
Nov 17Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast InvitationalMississippi Kathy Whitworth (10)21915,6002,325

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerMickey Wright (3) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Mickey Wright (4) United States
Rookie of the YearClifford Ann Creed United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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