Louise Suggs | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Full name | Mae Louise Suggs | ||||||||||
Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | September 7, 1923||||||||||
Died | August 7, 2015 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | (aged 91)||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||||
Residence | Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||
Turned professional | 1948 | ||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||
Western Open | Won: 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 | ||||||||||
Titleholders C'ship | Won: 1946, 1954, 1956, 1959 | ||||||||||
Chevron Championship | CUT: 1983 | ||||||||||
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1957 | ||||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | Won: 1949, 1952 | ||||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||||
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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.[1][2]