The 1963 Titleholders Championship was the 24th Titleholders Championship, held April 25–29 at Augusta Country Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Two-time defending champion Mickey Wright came from three strokes back on Sunday to tie Marilynn Smith and force the second consecutive playoff at the event.
Tied after nine holes in the 18-hole playoff on Monday, Smith fell three strokes behind, then Wright double-bogeyed the par-3 14th and Smith birdied the 16th to tie. All even on the 18th green, Wright missed a par putt while Smith sank hers from to take her first major title. It was the first of two consecutive wins in the championship for Smith, age 34, which were her only two major titles.
Wright was the 36-hole leader at 146 (+2), a stroke ahead of Smith.
Final leaderboard Sunday, April 28, 1963 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Marilynn Smith72-75-69-76=292+4Playoff Mickey Wright74-72-73-73=2923 Betsy Rawls74-76-70-78=298+108004 Jo Ann Prentice71-77-75-79=302+146755 Kathy Whitworth74-76-77-76=303+15575T6 Clifford Ann Creed75-73-78-78=304+16456 Carol Mann76-72-73-83=304 Sherry Wheeler80-73-77-74=304T9 Shirley Englehorn74-75-76-80=305+17300 Judy Kimball76-73-78-78=305 Sybil Griffin75-75-75-80=305 Source:
Playoff Monday, April 29, 1963 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Marilynn Smith35-37=72 E 1,3002 Mickey Wright35-38=73 +1 1,000 Source:
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