Louise Suggs, legendary golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA Tour has died, according to the LPGA. She was 91.
The winner of 61 professional tournaments, including 11 majors, Suggs helped co-found the LPGA in 1950 alongside two of her rivals, Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias. She served as LPGA president for three years, from 1955 to 1957. She was inducted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame in 1967 and the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1979.
Suggs was a trailblazer throughout her career. She became the first woman ever elected into the Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame in 1966, paving the way for women to become future inductees. And in 1961 Suggs got the chance to prove that women golfers could compete against men. In an LPGA tournament held on a par-3 course in Palm Beach, Florida, Suggs triumphed against a 24-player field that included fellow LPGA professionals and PGA professionals including Sam Snead.
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