Suggs, Louise (1923–)

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Suggs, Louise (1923–)

American golfer. Born Mae Louise Suggs, Sept 7, 1923, in Atlanta, GA.

Won the USGA Women's Amateur (1947); won the British Women's Amateur, 3 North and South Amateurs and 3 Western Amateurs, as well as being a member of the US Curtis Cup team (1948); won 50 LPGA events, including the Titleholders championship (1946, 1954, 1956, 1959), USGA Women's Open (1949, 1952), and LPGA championship (1957). Was the 1st member of the LPGA Hall of Fame (1951) and 1st woman elected to Georgia Hall of Fame (1966); inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame; won Vare trophy (1957); won Patty Berg Award (2000).

See also Women in World History.

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