Sandra Spuzich, a golfer whose first professional victory was at the 1966 United States Women’s Open and who at 45 became the oldest player in the L.P.G.A. to win two tournaments in one season — a record that still stands — died on Oct. 6 at her home in Indianapolis. She was 78.
The cause was leukemia, said her partner, the former golfer Joyce Kazmierski.
A promising amateur, Spuzich struggled after joining the tour in 1962. Over the next four years she competed in more than 100 tournaments, without winning one. MacGregor Golf, her corporate sponsor, dropped her midway through the 1966 season.