Louise Suggs
| Louise Suggs | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Suggs in 1958
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Mae Louise Suggs |
| Born |
September 7, 1923 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Died | August 7, 2015 (aged 91) Sarasota, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1948 |
| Retired | 1962 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (co-founder) |
| Professional wins | 61 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 61 (4th all time) |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 11) |
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| Western Open | Won: 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 |
| Titleholders C'ship | Won: 1946, 1954, 1956, 1959 |
| ANA Inspiration | CUT: 1983 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1957 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won: 1949, 1952 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 1951 (member page) |
| LPGA Tour Money Winner |
1953, 1960 |
| LPGA Vare Trophy | 1957 |
| Patty Berg Award | 2000 |
| Bob Jones Award | 2007 |
Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager. She won the Georgia State Amateur in 1940 at age 16 and again in 1942, was the Southern Amateur Champion in 1941 and 1947, and won the North and South Women's Amateur three times (1942, 1946, 1948). She won the 1946 and 1947 Women's Western Amateur and the 1946 and 1947 Women's Western Open, which was designated as a major championship when the LPGA was founded. She also won the 1946 Titleholders Championship which was also subsequently designated as a women's major. She won the 1947 U.S. Women's Amateur and the next year won the British Ladies Amateur. She finished her amateur career representing the United States on the 1948 Curtis Cup Team.
After her successful amateur career, she turned professional in 1948 and went on to win 58 additional professional tournaments, with a total of 11 majors. Her prowess on the golf course is reflected in the fact that from 1950 to 1960 she was only once out of the top 3 in the season-ending money list.
Suggs was an inaugural inductee into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, established in 1967, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1979. She is also a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
She was one of the co-founders of the LPGA in 1950, which included her two great rivals of the time, Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias. Suggs served as the organization's president from 1955 to 1957.
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