Susie Berning

Susie Maxwell Berning (born July 22, 1941) is an American professional golfer.

She was born Susie Maxwell in Pasadena, California. She was the first woman to receive a golf scholarship from Oklahoma City University, where she competed on the men's team and she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.

She was 1964's Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour and Most Improved Player for 1967. She won eleven times on the Tour, a high proportion of her wins coming in major championships, including 1965 Western Open and the U.S. Women's Open in 1968, 1972 and 1973. However her form was inconsisent from her late twenties on, with the last of her three top ten finishes on the money list coming in 1969. She stayed on the Tour for many years, though she didn't always play full time, and played thirteen events as late as 1995. She made her final appearance on the Tour in 1997.

Since retiring from tour play, Berning has become a well respected teaching professional spending time at the Nicholas-Flick Golf Academy, and now dividing her time between The Reserve Club in Palm Springs and Maroon Creek Country Club in Aspen, Colorado. She has two daughters, Robin Doctor and Cindy Molchany.

LPGA wins

*1965 Muskogee Civitan Open, Western Open
*1967 Louise Suggs Invitational, Milwaukee Jaycee Open
*1968 U.S. Women's Open
*1969 Lady Carling Open, Pabst Ladies' Classic
*1972 U.S. Women's Open
*1973 Heritage Village Open, U.S. Women's Open
*1976 Lady Keystone Open

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

ee also

*Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=409 Profile on the LPGA's official site]
* [http://www.lpga.com/content/2006PlayerBiosPDF/Berning-06.pdf Player Bio on the LPGA's official site]
* [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/susie_berning.htm Susie Maxwell Berning bio]