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- ↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Mickey Wright Leads Own Tourney". Reading Eagle . Reading, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1962. p. 55. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Mickey Wright Takes Mickey Wright Tourney". Lodi News-Sentinel . Lodi, California. October 1, 1962. p. 12. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
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