Mary Mills
Name:
Mary MillsCountry:
USABorn:
Jan 19, 1940 in Laurel, Mississippi.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer and golf instructor; golf course designer.Turned Pro:
1962MAJORS (3): US Women's Open (1963); US LPGA Ch'ship (1964, '73). Total LPGA Tour wins (9). LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year (1962).
Former LPGA Tour player, who retired from the Tour in 1981.
America
Tara
Played as the Lady Tara Classic. Second-placed Sharon Miller (USA), Sandra Haynie (USA), Laura Baugh (USA) and Judy Rankin (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mills (USA), who recorded the last of her nine LPGA Tour wins. [Indian Hills CC, Marietta, Georgia].
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (19th) (June 7-10). Second-placed Betty Burfeindt (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mills (USA), who claimed her second LPGA Championship title. [Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, MA].
America
Len Immke
Played as the Len Immke Buick Open. Mills (USA) beat Althea Gibson (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. Sandra Haynie (USA) was eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Raymond Memorial GC, Columbus, Ohio].
America
Quality Chekd
Played as the Quality Chekd Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Carol Mann (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mills (USA). [Lake Waco CC, Waco, Texas].
Played as the Eugene Open. Jo Ann Prentice finished in second place behind Mills.
Played as the St Louis Open. Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Mills.
Played as the Eugene Ladies Open. Sandra Haynie finished in second place behind Mills.
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (10th) (Oct 1-4). Second-placed Mickey Wright (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mills (USA), who recorded her second major championship win. [Las Vegas National GC, Las Vegas, NV; at the time known as Stardust CC].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (18th) (July 18-20). Second-placed Sandra Haynie (USA) and Louise Suggs (USA) finished 3 shots behind first-time major championship winner Mills (USA). [Kenwood CC, Cincinnati, Ohio].
Mills (USA) won the inaugural LPGA Tour Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player.
The Masters: The 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National sees LIV golfer Jon Rahm defend his title against the world’s best. Pressing hard will be world No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler and world No.2 Rory McIlroy (April 11-14).
Chevron Championship: the women’s major championship season gets underway for the second year at its new Carlton Woods home outside Houston, Texas. World No.2 Lilia Vu defends (April 18-21).
Nelly Korda: records a perfect start to 2024 with five wins out of her last five starts on the LPGA Tour. Winning the Chevron Championship also brought the second major championship win of her career.
Scottie Scheffler: narrowly missed out on matching Nelly Korda's five wins in five starts, when he placed second at the Houston Open. Either side of that, he won The Arnold Palmer, The Players, and then The Masters and The Heritage.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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