1961 LPGA Championship
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The 1961 LPGA Championship was played at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada
. This was the seventh edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from October 12-15.
This championship was won by Mickey Wright
. It was her third LPGA Championship win and second consecutive.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. This was the seventh edition of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from October 12-15.
This championship was won by Mickey Wright
Mickey Wright
Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an American professional golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early life:...
. It was her third LPGA Championship win and second consecutive.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickey Wright Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an American professional golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
67-77-72-71=287 | $2,500 | |
| 2 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
74-76-73-71=296 | $1,900 | |
| 3 | Betsy Rawls Betsy Rawls Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships... |
76-76-71-74=297 | $1,500 | |
| 4 | Shirley Englehorn Shirley Englehorn Shirley Englehorn is an American professional golfer. She won 11 tournaments during her LPGA Tour career, including one major, the 1970 LPGA Championship. That proved to be her last win as shortly afterwards she had to have an operation on her ankle... |
72-74-77-76=299 | $1,200 | |
| 5 | Marilynn Smith Marilynn Smith Marilynn Smith is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA.Smith was born in Topeka, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas and joined the LPGA Tour in its inaugural 1950 season. She won 21 events on the tour between 1954 and 1972, including two... |
80-75-75-70=300 | $1,000 | |
| T6 | Mary Lena Faulk Mary Lena Faulk Mary Lena Faulk was an American professional golfer.Faulk was born in Chipley, Florida but at the age of 14 moved to Thomasville, Georgia where she won three consecutive Georgia Women's Amateur Matchplay Championships from 1946 to 1948.In 1953, Faulk won the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 1954 she was... |
75-81-76-70=302 | $720 | |
| T6 | Barbara Romack Barbara Romack Barbara Gaile Romack is an American professional golfer.Romack was born in Sacramento, California. She won the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst in 1952, the Canadian Women's Amateur in 1953, and then in 1954, she defeated Mickey Wright in the finals to win the U.S. Women's Amateur... |
75-81-73-73=302 | $720 | |
| 8 | Jo Ann Prentice Jo Ann Prentice Jo Ann Prentice is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Prentice was born in Birmingham, Alabama... |
73-76-78-76=303 | $530 | |
| T9 | Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius is an American golfer.Cornelius was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's team at the time. She turned pro in 1953 and married golf pro Bill Cornelius the same year... |
75-79-72-78=304 | $430 | |
| T9 | Ruth Jessen Ruth Jessen Mary Ruth Jessen was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Jessen was born in Seattle, Washington. She briefly played on the men's golf team at Seattle University.... |
75-79-76-74=304 | $430 | |
| T9 | Betty Stone | 72-83-75-74=304 | $430 |