She participated in the men’s PGA Tour Colonial in 2003, the first women to do so in sixty years, and missed the cut by four shots.

Louise Suggs

The co-founder and former head of the women’s professional tour won 58 events, including 11 majors. She was an inaugural inductee into the LPGA Hall of Fame, established in 1967, and was already a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The award for the most accomplished first-year player on the women’s professional tour is named in her honor.

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