1963 Titleholders Championship

The 1963 Titleholders Championship was the 24th Titleholders Championship, held April 25–29 at Augusta Country Club in Augusta, Georgia. Two-time defending champion Mickey Wright came from three strokes back on Sunday to tie Marilynn Smith and force the second consecutive playoff at the event.[4][5][6]

1963 Titleholders Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 25–29, 1963
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par72[1][2][3]
Length6,300 yards (5,760 m)[1]
Field38[1]
Prize fund$7,500
Winner's share$1,300
Champion
Marilynn Smith
292 (+4), playoff
Augusta 
Location in the United States
Augusta 
Location in Georgia

Tied after nine holes in the 18-hole playoff on Monday, Smith fell three strokes behind, then Wright double-bogeyed the par-3 14th and Smith birdied the 16th to tie. All even on the 18th green, Wright missed a 12-foot (3.7 m) par putt while Smith sank hers from 8 feet (2.4 m) to take her first major title.[7][8][9][10] It was the first of two consecutive wins in the championship for Smith, age 34, which were her only two major titles.

Wright was the 36-hole leader at 146 (+2), a stroke ahead of Smith.[2]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 28, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1 Marilynn Smith72-75-69-76=292+4Playoff
Mickey Wright74-72-73-73=292
3 Betsy Rawls74-76-70-78=298+10800
4 Jo Ann Prentice71-77-75-79=302+14675
5 Kathy Whitworth74-76-77-76=303+15575
T6 Clifford Ann Creed75-73-78-78=304+16456
Carol Mann76-72-73-83=304
Sherry Wheeler80-73-77-74=304
T9 Shirley Englehorn74-75-76-80=305+17300
Judy Kimball76-73-78-78=305
Sybil Griffin75-75-75-80=305

Source:[4][5]

Playoff

Monday, April 29, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Marilynn Smith35-37=72E1,300
2 Mickey Wright35-38=73+11,000

Source:[7][8][9]

References
  1. "Prentice is ahead by 1". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. April 26, 1963. p. 3C.
  2. "Wright is Augusta leader". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. April 27, 1963. p. 2C.
  3. "Smith leads Titleholders". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 28, 1963. p. 2B.
  4. "Smith, Wright tie in Titleholders golf". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. April 29, 1963. p. 3C.
  5. "Wright knots up Augusta tournament". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. April 29, 1963. p. 15.
  6. "Mickey vs. Marilyn in Augusta playoff". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. April 29, 1963. p. 27.
  7. "Smith slips Wright a Mickey". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. April 29, 1963. p. 1C.
  8. "Marilyn tops Mickey by stroke in playoff". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. April 30, 1963. p. 6.
  9. "Smith wins title by 1 in play-off". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. April 30, 1963. p. 2, part 2.
  10. "Smith wins golf playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 30, 1963. p. 3B.

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