Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational

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The Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1963 to 1964. [1] It was played on the Mississippi Gulf Coast at the Gulf Hills Dude Ranch & Country Club in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in 1963 and at the Broadwater Beach Hotel & Golf Club in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1964. Mississippi native, Mary Mills, served as tournament host.

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