Sandra Spuzich

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Sandra Spuzich
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Sandra Spuzich
Born	(1937-04-03) April 3, 1937 Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1962
Retired	1992
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1962-1992)
Professional wins	8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	7
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Western Open	T15: 1966
Titleholders C'ship	9th: 1966
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T23: 1983
LPGA Championship	4th: 1968
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1966
du Maurier Classic	T10: 1983

Sandra Spuzich (born April 3, 1937) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Spuzich was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was an amateur golfer and elementary school teacher when she decided to turn professional in 1962. Her first win came at the 1966 U.S. Women's Open by one stroke over Carol Mann and two strokes over Mickey Wright.^[1] The tournament was held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota — the first major championship played there.

In 1982 at the age of 45, Spuzich became the oldest player to win two LPGA Tour events in the same year when she won the Corning Golf Classic followed by the Mary Kay Classic.^[2]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (7)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 3, 1966	U.S. Women's Open	+9 (75-74-76-72=297)	1 stroke	Carol Mann
2	Aug 3, 1969	Buckeye Savings Invitational	+3 (71-72-70=213)	3 strokes	Judy Rankin
3	May 5, 1974	Lady Tara Classic	E (71-76-72=219)	Playoff	Donna Caponi, Kathy Whitworth
4	May 29, 1977	Lady Keystone Open	−9 (68-66-67=201)	1 stroke	Silvia Bertolaccini
5	Sep 7, 1980	Barth Classic	−4 (73-70-69=212)	2 strokes	Carolyn Hill, Lori Garbacz
6	May 30, 1982	Corning Classic	−8 (69-72-70-69=280)	Playoff	Patty Sheehan
7	Sep 12, 1982	Mary Kay Classic	−10 (70-69-67=206)	1 stroke	Carole Charbonnier

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1968	Corpus Christi Civitan Open	Judy Rankin	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	1974	Lady Tara Classic	Donna Caponi, Kathy Whitworth	Won with par on fifth extra hole Whitworth eliminated with par on third hole
3	1974	Bluegrass Invitational	JoAnne Carner	Lost to bogey on first extra hole
4	1982	Corning Classic	Patty Sheehan	Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

1966 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Jack Rule, Jr.)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1966	U.S. Women's Open	+9 (75-74-76-72=297)	1 stroke	Carol Mann

References

↑ "Up from the Basement". Time Magazine. July 15, 1966. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
↑ "Miss Spuzich Wins". New York Times. September 13, 1982. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

v t e U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Se Ri Pak† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Eun-Hee Ji 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 So Yeon Ryu† 2012 Na Yeon Choi 2013 Inbee Park

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

Persondata
Name	Spuzich, Sandra
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	April 3, 1937
Place of birth	Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of death
Place of death

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