Sunshine Women's Open
Encyclopedia
The Sunshine Women's Open was a golf
tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1959 to 1963. It was played at the Miami Springs Country Club in Miami Springs, Florida
from 1959 to 1962 and at the LeJeune Golf Club in Miami, Florida
in 1963.
Sunshine Open
Miami Open
MAGA Pro-Am
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 1959 to 1963. It was played at the Miami Springs Country Club in Miami Springs, Florida
Miami Springs, Florida
Miami Springs is a Miami suburban city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city was founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss, "The Father of Naval Aviation", and James Bright, during the famous "land boom" of the 1920s and was originally named Country Club Estates...
from 1959 to 1962 and at the LeJeune Golf Club in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
in 1963.
Winners
Sunshine Women's Open- 1963 Betsy RawlsBetsy RawlsElizabeth 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...
Sunshine Open
- 1962 Marilynn SmithMarilynn SmithMarilynn 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...
Miami Open
- 1961 Mickey WrightMickey WrightMary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an American professional golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early life:...
MAGA Pro-Am
- 1960 No tournament
- 1959 Wiffi SmithWiffi SmithMargaret "Wiffi" Smith is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Smith was born in Redlands, California. She moved to Mexico when she was 11 years old and learned to play golf there. She won several amateur events including the 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1956 British...