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Louise Suggs
This is the life story of one of golf’s greatest champions. Louise Suggs shares a rich and colorful insight into the courage it took for her and a small group of women in the post ...view moreThis is the life story of one of golf’s greatest champions. Louise Suggs shares a rich and colorful insight into the courage it took for her and a small group of women in the post WWII years to step out and build a women’s professional sports organization - the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
One of the LPGA’s 13 Founders and one of the original Hall of Fame members, Louise Suggs began to make her name in golf with a dazzling amateur career, a dominant eight-year stretch during which she won every crown of significance in the women’s game - many of them on multiple occasions. Louise went on to win 60 professional titles, a number bettered by only three other women in the 63-year history of the LPGA. She also triumphed in 11 major championships - an achievement bested by only two other women.
Louise shares her humble beginnings growing up in and around Atlanta, Georgia, during the Great Depression. She is the daughter of Johnny Suggs, a former southpaw pitcher for the Yankees, and the granddaughter of the owner of the Atlanta Crackers baseball club. It was a life that exposed her to the competitive landscape of athletics, and gave her a deep and unwavering sense of fairness and integrity.
The personalized license plate on Louise’s 40th Cadillac says it all - “Teed Off.” She tells it like it is, and it’s always the truth - like it or not.
She shares how she knew and played alongside other golf greats like Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Babe Zaharias, and Patty Berg. She talks about forging friendships with dignitaries such as former President George H.W. and Barbara Bush, and how Bob Hope dubbed her “Miss Sluggs” after she boomed her drives past his.
But, while Louise’s career has put her in such esteemed company and brought her just about every accolade a golfer can earn, her stories reveal a woman who sees every person she meets through the same lens. If you’re honest, humble and hardworking, and have a good enough sense of humor to take a decent dose of gentle teasing, you’re Louise’s kind of person.
That’s Louise Suggs - respected champion, tireless pioneer, and steadfast truth teller.
“I’ll tell you, it’s been a trip - and I wouldn’t change it for the world.” Louise Suggsview less