Mae Louise Suggs (born September 7, 1923) is a retired American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
Golf is very much like a love affair. If you don't take it seriously, it's not fun. But if you do, it breaks your heart. Don't break your heart, but flirt with the possibility.
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Some courses had so little grass, and it was in clumps...we took farm machines, tractors with discs, to outline fairway and rough. Between rounds, we set the pins for the next day, called newspapers with the day's scores and tried to charm potential sponsors. [on the early days of the LPGA tour]
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We figured if we could maybe get some tournaments together, we could at least pick up a little pocket change. [on founding the LPGA]
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Her car's license plate read "TEED OFF".
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In 2015, she was selected to join the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland after it broke with tradition and began inviting women.
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She won 58 pro tournaments, including 50 on the LPGA tour. In 1957, she became the first player on the tour to capture the career Grand Slam, winning all of the major events. The LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award is named after her. She retired from competition in 1962, but continued to play occasionally on tour until 1984. She taught golf five hours a day, five days a week into her 70s.
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Her father, Johnny, was a pitcher for the Atlanta Crackers, a minor-league baseball team. He took up golf, and started teaching Louise when she was 10.
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She turned pro in 1948, when she was the reigning United States and British amateur champion. Two years later, she was one of 13 players who formed the L.P.G.A.
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Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1951 (first female to receive this honor).
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