- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Louise Suggs
- Date of Original:
- 1923/2015
- 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
Golf clubs (Sporting goods)--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--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:
- Louise Suggs won a number of amateur golf championships between 1941 and 1948 before turning professional in 1948. In 1996 she was the first woman to be inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Photograph of golfer Louise Suggs and an unidentified man. She wipes one of her golf clubs with a white towel. They both down toward the clubs and smile.
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-7745/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- 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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