Louise Suggs

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Mae Louise Suggs (born September 7, 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a veteran golfer and one of the founders of modern ladies' golf.

She won the 1947 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship and the next year won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. She also won the North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship in 1942, 1946, and 1948.

After her successful amateur career in she won three tournaments, she turned professional in 1948 and went on to win 55 professional tournaments, including 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 cofounders of the LPGA in 1950. Fellow cofounders included her two great rivals of the time, Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias. She served as the organization's president from 1955 to 1957.

The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award, given annually to the most accomplished first-year player on the LPGA Tour, is named in her honor. In 2006 Suggs was named the 2007 recipient of the Bob Jones Award, given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.