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Suggs, Louise

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. LPGA, in is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, with headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida runs a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world from February to November each year. The LPGA was founded in 1950 by a group of 13 women. LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States.

Suggs, Louise was born on 7 September 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia. In her career, she turned professional on July 8, 1948. She has won eight tournaments, including five major championships, prior to the creation of the LPGA Tour. In 1949, she won the U.S. Women’s Open by 14 strokes and set a 72 hole scoring record of 291. In 1953 and 1960, she was the LPGA’s leading money winner. In 1957, she has won the Vare Trophy and became the first player in LPGA history to complete the career Grand Slam.

In 1961, she was the first LPGA player to win a tournament three consecutive times at the Dallas Civitan Open. In 1967, when the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame was created, Suggs was one of the six inaugural inductees and the LPGA recognized her induction year into the Hall of Fame of Women’s Golf in 1951 as her official induction year into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. Her LPGA victories include 1948 Belleair Open, 1949 U.S. Women’s Open, Western Open, and All-American Open and Muskegon Invitational.

Suggs, Louise with all her perseverance and superior approach towards the sport of golf, achieved many aspirations in her overall professional career and became an international celebrity and a symbol of hope to millions.

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