Uploaded August 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Tony Parker, Official Historian for the World Golf Hall of Fame, pays tribute to Louise Suggs.
The golf world said goodbye to Louise Suggs, 91, a humanitarian and beloved Hall of Fame member on August 7, 2015. While Suggs will forever be remembered for her significant contributions to golf – mainly her co-founding of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950 – it was Suggs’ character and lively personality for which her friends will remember her most.
During a dazzling eight-year amateur career, she won 15 amateur championships including the U.S. Women’s Amateur, the British Amateur Championship and the Women’s Western Open, which was considered a Major Championship at the time.
Suggs would go on to win 11 Major Championships and 47 additional LPGA wins during her career. She took the crown at two U.S. Women’s Open Championships, an LPGA Championship and won both the Women’s Western Open and the Titleholders Championship four times.
In addition to her stellar golfing accomplishments, Louise was also one of the founding members of the LPGA and served as its president from 1955 to 1957. Suggs was the inaugural female inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, and was among three World Golf Hall of Fame members to be recognized as honorary female members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club earlier this year.
While we say goodbye to one of golf’s great champions, her legacy is sure to live on forever inside the Museum and in the hearts of everyone who knew her. She will be greatly missed and is much appreciated for her contributions to the game.
As Louise herself said, “It’s been a trip – and I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
Dr. Tony Parker, Official Historian for the World Golf Hall of Fame, pays tribute to Louise Suggs.
The golf world said goodbye to Louise Suggs, 91, a humanitarian and beloved Hall of Fame member on August 7, 2015. While Suggs will forever be remembered for her significant contributions to golf – mainly her co-founding of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950 – it was Suggs’ character and lively personality for which her friends will remember her most.
During a dazzling eight-year amateur career, she won 15 amateur championships including the U.S. Women’s Amateur, the British Amateur Championship and the Women’s Western Open, which was considered a Major Championship at the time.
Suggs would go on to win 11 Major Championships and 47 additional LPGA wins during her career. She took the crown at two U.S. Women’s Open Championships, an LPGA Championship and won both the Women’s Western Open and the Titleholders Championship four times.
In addition to her stellar golfing accomplishments, Louise was also one of the founding members of the LPGA and served as its president from 1955 to 1957. Suggs was the inaugural female inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, and was among three World Golf Hall of Fame members to be recognized as honorary female members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club earlier this year.
While we say goodbye to one of golf’s great champions, her legacy is sure to live on forever inside the Museum and in the hearts of everyone who knew her. She will be greatly missed and is much appreciated for her contributions to the game.
As Louise herself said, “It’s been a trip – and I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
