Susie Maxwell Berning, three-times U.S. Ladies’s Open champion, dies at 83

Susie Maxwell Berning, a three-time U.S. Ladies’s Open champion and World Golf Corridor of Fame member, died Wednesday. She was 83.

The USGA confirmed Maxwell Berning’s demise in a launch.

“Susie was a real trailblazer from the second she picked up a golf membership,” mentioned USGA CEO Mike Whan. “Once I mirror on the extremely quick listing of golfers – male or feminine – who’ve claimed three U.S. Open titles, alongside 4 main championships, it places into perspective simply how extraordinary her achievements have been. Much more inspiring is the choice she made to step away from the aggressive sport to prioritize her household, a alternative that resonates deeply with so many people. Her legacy will eternally be a supply of admiration and respect.”

Maxwell Berning was born July 22, 1941, in Pasadena, California, and spent the vast majority of her youth in Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma. Her journey from chasing a wild horse to successful main titles was chronicled by NBC Sports activities senior affiliate producer Nicole Gaddie forward of Maxwell Berning’s WGHOF induction in 2022.

Susie Maxwell Berning’s journey to the World Golf Corridor of Fame, amazingly, started with a few wild horses.

Maxwell Berning gained 11 LPGA titles together with 4 majors. She captured the U.S. Ladies’s Open in 1968, 1972 and 1973. She additionally gained the 1965 Ladies’s Western Open, then thought of a serious.

Upon retiring within the mid-90s, Berning Maxwell turned a famous teacher at numerous programs, working for greater than 20 years at The Reserve in Palm Springs, California.

“I at all times cherished serving to folks,” Berning Maxwell mentioned. “What I really need is for folks to have a love of the sport as a lot as I do for them to know how a lot pleasure you get from the sport. And that’s why I get pleasure from instructing.”