The Sunshine Women's Open was a

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

tournament on the

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from 1959 to 1963.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
/ref> It was played at the Miami Springs Country Club in

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from 1959 to 1962 and at the LeJeune Golf Club in

Miami, Florida Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

in 1963.

Winners

;Sunshine Women's Open *1963

Betsy Rawls Elizabeth Earle Rawls (May 4, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on LPGA Tour. She won eight women's major golf championships, major championships and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She was a member of the Worl ...

;Sunshine Open *1962

Marilynn Smith Marilynn Louise Smith (April 13, 1929 – April 9, 2019) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won two women's major golf championships, major championships and 21 LPGA Tour events in ...

;Miami Open *1961

Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (February 14, 1935 – February 17, 2020) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She became a member of the tour in 1955 and won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major champions ...

;MAGA Pro-Am *1960 ''No tournament'' *1959 Wiffi Smith

References

Former LPGA Tour events Golf tournaments in Florida Women's sports in Florida 1959 establishments in Florida 1963 disestablishments in Florida {{Miami-stub