Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 30 – July 3, 1966 |
Location | Chaska, Minnesota |
Course(s) | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,325 yards (5,784 m)[1] |
Field | 99: 52 pros, 47 amateurs;[1] 44 after cut[2] |
Cut | 162 (+16)[3] |
Prize fund | $20,000 |
Winner's share | $4,000 |
Champion | |
Sandra Spuzich | |
297 (+9) | |
The 1966 U.S. Women's Open was the 21st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.
Sandra Spuzich, age 29, won her only major title, a stroke ahead of runner-up Carol Mann, the defending champion.[4] A stroke back in third was four-time champion Mickey Wright. Spuzich was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over the two former champions and played in the final pair with Mann.[4] It was the first of seven victories on the LPGA Tour for Spuzich.
The 36-hole cut at 162 (+18) reduced the field of 99 to 44, which included ten amateurs.[2]
Designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened four years earlier in 1962, Hazeltine later hosted two U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships; the U.S. Women's Open returned in 1977.