- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Louise Suggs
- Date of Original:
- 1948/1958
- Subject:
- Athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Women athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Golfers--Georgia--Atlanta
Women golfers--Georgia--Atlanta
Golf--Georgia--Atlanta
Professional athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Suggs, Louise - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- On July 8, 1948, Louise Suggs turned professional, and in her inaugural year as a pro she won the 1949 U.S. Open by a record fourteen strokes. Suggs continued to win tournaments and set records throughout her pro career.
Photograph of women's professional golfer Louise Suggs. She holds markers emblazoned with the numbers 6 and 8. She faces forward and smiles. Suggs was one of the charter members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Overall, she won fifty-eight professional events, eleven of which were major championship titles. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/louise-suggs-1923-2015/m-1724/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/louise-suggs-b-1923
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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