- Professional golfer.
- Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1951 (first female to receive this honor).
- She turned pro in 1948, when she was the reigning United States and British amateur champion. Two years later, she was one of 13 players who formed the L.P.G.A.
- Her father, Johnny, was a pitcher for the Atlanta Crackers, a minor-league baseball team. He took up golf, and started teaching Louise when she was 10.
- She won 58 pro tournaments, including 50 on the LPGA tour. In 1957, she became the first player on the tour to capture the career Grand Slam, winning all of the major events. The LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award is named after her. She retired from competition in 1962, but continued to play occasionally on tour until 1984. She taught golf five hours a day, five days a week into her 70s.
- In 2015, she was selected to join the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland after it broke with tradition and began inviting women.
- Her car's license plate read "TEED OFF".
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