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.

1963 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 1, 1963 (1963-02-01) – November 17, 1963 (1963-11-17)
Number of official events32
Most wins13 United States Mickey Wright
Money leaderUnited States Mickey Wright
Rookie of the YearUnited States Clifford Ann Creed
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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 InvitationalGeorgiaUnited States Mickey Wright (40)2126,0001,000
Feb 10St. Petersburg Women's OpenFloridaUnited States Mickey Wright (41)28815,5002,325
Apr 21Sunshine Women's OpenFloridaUnited States Betsy Rawls (46)2207,5001,200
Apr 28Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Marilynn Smith (8)2927,5001,235
May 5Peach Blossom OpenSouth CarolinaUnited States Marilynn Smith (9)2167,5001,200
May 12Alpine Civitan OpenLouisianaUnited States Mickey Wright (42)2197,5001,200
May 19Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahomaUnited States Mickey Wright (43)2858,0001,250
May 26Dallas Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Mickey Wright (44)28313,0002,000
Jun 2Babe Zaharias OpenTexasUnited States Mickey Wright (45)2098,0001,250
Jun 9Rock City Ladies OpenTennesseeUnited States Barbara Romack (1)21210,0001,500
Jun 16Cosmopolitan Women's OpenIllinoisUnited States Ruth Jessen (5)2137,5001,200
Jun 23Women's Western OpenWisconsinUnited States Mickey Wright (46)2927,5001,200
Jun 30Carvel Ladies OpenNew YorkUnited States Kathy Whitworth (3)2179,0001,350
Jul 7Lady Carling Eastern OpenMassachusettsUnited States Shirley Englehorn (3)22110,0001,500
Jul 14Sight OpenMarylandUnited States Marlene Hagge (18)20810,0001,500
Jul 20U.S. Women's OpenOhioUnited States Mary Mills (1)2899,0002,000
Jul 28Wolverine OpenMichiganUnited States Kathy Whitworth (4)1988,0001,250
Aug 4Milwaukee Jaycee OpenWisconsinUnited States Kathy Whitworth (5)28612,0002,000
Aug 11Waterloo Women's Open InvitationalIowaUnited States Mickey Wright (47)2087,5001,200
Aug 18Albuquerque Swing ParadeNew MexicoUnited States Mickey Wright (48)21110,0001,350
Aug 25Ogden Ladies' OpenUtahUnited States Kathy Whitworth (6)2148,5001,300
Sep 2Idaho Centennial Ladies' OpenIdahoUnited States Mickey Wright (49)2107,5001,200
Sep 8Spokane Women's OpenWashingtonUnited States Kathy Whitworth (7)2109,0001,250
Sep 15Eugene Ladies' OpenOregonUnited States Marilynn Smith (10)29510,0001,350
Sep 22Visalia Ladies' OpenCaliforniaUnited States Mickey Wright (50)28510,0001,350
Sep 29Mickey Wright InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Mickey Wright (51)2229,0001,300
Oct 13LPGA ChampionshipNevadaUnited States Mickey Wright (52)29416,5002,450
Oct 20Hillside OpenCaliforniaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (8)2197,5001,200
Oct 27Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies OpenArizonaUnited States Sandra Haynie (3)28610,0001,350
Nov 3Cavern City OpenNew MexicoUnited States Marilynn Smith (11)2127,5001,200
Nov 10San Antonio Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Kathy Whitworth (9)2998,5001,300
Nov 17Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast InvitationalMississippiUnited States 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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