1962 LPGA Championship
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The 1962 LPGA Championship was played at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada
. This was the eighth edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from October 4-7.
This championship was won by Judy Kimball
.
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 eighth 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 4-7.
This championship was won by Judy Kimball
Judy Kimball
Judy Kimball Simon is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 LPGA Championship, an LPGA major.Kimball was born in Sioux City, Iowa. She graduated from Kansas University in 1960...
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judy Kimball Judy Kimball Judy Kimball Simon is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 LPGA Championship, an LPGA major.Kimball was born in Sioux City, Iowa. She graduated from Kansas University in 1960... |
70-69-71-72=282 | |
| 2 | Shirley Spork | 75-68-71-72=286 | |
| 3 | 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... |
73-74-71-69=287 | |
| T4 | Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour... |
73-71-75-71=290 | |
| T4 | Carol Mann Carol Mann Carol Mann is an American professional golfer.Mann was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland After attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mann joined the LPGA Tour in 1961. She won 38 tournaments on the tour, including two major championships, the 1964... |
74-72-71-73=290 | |
| 6 | 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... |
71-73-74-73=291 | |
| 7 | 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... |
77-76-73-68=294 | |
| 8 | 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:... |
77-75-73-70=295 | |
| T9 | 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... |
74-73-76-73=296 | |
| T9 | Jackie Pung Jackie Pung Jacqueline LiWai Pung is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Pung was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother was Jacqueline Nolte... |
77-75-72-72=296 |