Mickey Wright Invitational
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The Mickey Wright Invitational was a golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1961 to 1969. It was played at several different courses in the San Diego, California
San Diego, California
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 area. Tournament host and San Diego native, 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:...

, won the first three editions of the event and four in all.

Tournament locations

Years Venue Location
1961 Mission Valley Country Club San Diego, California
San Diego, California
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1962 Stardust Country Club San Diego, California
San Diego, California
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1963 La Jolla Country Club La Jolla, California
1964-67 San Luis Rey Golf Club Bonsall, California
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1968 Fallbrook Country Club Fallbrook, California
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1969 Lake San Marcos Country Club San Marcos, California
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Winners

  • 1969 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...

  • 1968 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...

  • 1967 Sandra Haynie
    Sandra Haynie
    Sandra Jane Haynie is an American professional golfer.Haynie was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She won 42 events on the LPGA Tour, including four major championships. She finished in the top ten on the money list every year from 1963 and 1975 and a 14th and final time in 1982, her best placing being...

  • 1966 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:...

  • 1965 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...

  • 1964 Marlene Hagge
    Marlene Hagge
    Marlene Hagge , also known as Marlene Bauer before her marriage, is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002....

  • 1963 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:...

  • 1962 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:...

     (unofficial event)
  • 1961 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:...

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