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 $31,269.
There were two first-time winners in 1963: Mary Mills and Barbara Romack .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1963 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Feb 3
Sea Island Women's Invitational Georgia Mickey Wright (40)212
6,000
1,000
Feb 10
St. Petersburg Women's Open Florida Mickey Wright (41)288
15,500
2,325
Apr 21
Sunshine Women's Open Florida Betsy Rawls (46)220
7,500
1,200
Apr 28
Titleholders Championship Georgia Marilynn Smith (8)292
7,500
1,235
May 5
Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Marilynn Smith (9)216
7,500
1,200
May 12
Alpine Civitan Open Louisiana Mickey Wright (42)219
7,500
1,200
May 19
Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma Mickey Wright (43)285
8,000
1,250
May 26
Dallas Civitan Open Texas Mickey Wright (44)283
13,000
2,000
Jun 2
Babe Zaharias Open Texas Mickey Wright (45)209
8,000
1,250
Jun 9
Rock City Ladies Open Tennessee Barbara Romack (1)212
10,000
1,500
Jun 16
Cosmopolitan Women's Open Illinois Ruth Jessen (5)213
7,500
1,200
Jun 23
Women's Western Open Wisconsin Mickey Wright (46)292
7,500
1,200
Jun 30
Carvel Ladies Open New York Kathy Whitworth (3)217
9,000
1,350
Jul 7
Lady Carling Eastern Open Massachusetts Shirley Englehorn (3)221
10,000
1,500
Jul 14
Sight Open Maryland Marlene Hagge (18)208
10,000
1,500
Jul 20
U.S. Women's Open Ohio Mary Mills (1)289
9,000
2,000
Jul 28
Wolverine Open Michigan Kathy Whitworth (4)198
8,000
1,250
Aug 4
Milwaukee Jaycee Open Wisconsin Kathy Whitworth (5)286
12,000
2,000
Aug 11
Waterloo Women's Open Invitational Iowa Mickey Wright (47)208
7,500
1,200
Aug 18
Albuquerque Swing Parade New Mexico Mickey Wright (48)211
10,000
1,350
Aug 25
Ogden Ladies' Open Utah Kathy Whitworth (6)214
8,500
1,300
Sep 2
Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open Idaho Mickey Wright (49)210
7,500
1,200
Sep 8
Spokane Women's Open Washington Kathy Whitworth (7)210
9,000
1,250
Sep 15
Eugene Ladies' Open Oregon Marilynn Smith (10)295
10,000
1,350
Sep 22
Visalia Ladies' Open California Mickey Wright (50)285
10,000
1,350
Sep 29
Mickey Wright Invitational California Mickey Wright (51)222
9,000
1,300
Oct 13
LPGA Championship Nevada Mickey Wright (52)294
16,500
2,450
Oct 20
Hillside Open California Kathy Whitworth (8)219
7,500
1,200
Oct 27
Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies Open Arizona Sandra Haynie (3)286
10,000
1,350
Nov 3
Cavern City Open New Mexico Marilynn Smith (11)212
7,500
1,200
Nov 10
San Antonio Civitan Open Texas Kathy Whitworth (9)299
8,500
1,300
Nov 17
Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational Mississippi Kathy Whitworth (10)219
15,600
2,325
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