Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | Boise, Idaho |
Established | 1963 |
Course(s) | Hillcrest Country Club |
Par | 71 |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 54 holes |
Prize fund | $7,500 |
Month played | August - September |
Final year | 1963 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 210 Mickey Wright (1963) |
To par | −3 Mickey Wright (1963) |
Final champion | |
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The Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1963 in Boise, Idaho. The 54-hole event was held 61 years ago at Hillcrest Country Club over the Labor Day weekend, Saturday through Monday.[1]
Mickey Wright won the event by four strokes over runner-up Kathy Whitworth; both players shot 68 (−3) in the final round.[1] Tied for third at 215 (+2) were Shirley Englehorn of Caldwell and Marlene Hagge.[2][3] It was Wright's 10th of 13 victories on the LPGA Tour in 1963, and her 49th of 82 career wins. Whitworth won the previous week in Ogden, Utah,[4] and the following week in Spokane, Washington.[5]
The centennial referred to the establishment of the Idaho Territory in 1863; statehood for Idaho came 27 years later in 1890.
Winner
[edit]Year | Date | Champion | Country | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Purse ($) |
Winner's share ($) |
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1963 | Sep 2 | Mickey Wright | ![]() |
72-70-68=210 | −3 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
7,500 | 1,200 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wright ties LPGA record by winning 10th tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 3, 1963. p. 3B.
- ^ "Spokane next for LPGA gals". Deseret News & Telegram. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. September 3, 1963. p. B-3.
- ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "Kathy Whitworth gets win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 26, 1963. p. 11.
- ^ Missildine, Harry (September 9, 1963). "Kathy's power game beats lengthy Esme". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.