Susie Berning

Susie Berning
Personal information
Full name	Susie Maxwell Berning
Born	July 22, 1941 (1941-07-22) Pasadena, California
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Aspen, Colorado Palm Springs, California
Career
College	Oklahoma City University
Turned professional	1964
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1964-1996)
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	11
Other	2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 4)
Western Open	Won: 1965
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T38: 1984
LPGA Championship	T2: 1969
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1968, 1972, 1973
du Maurier Classic	T25: 1984
Achievements and awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year	1964
LPGA Most Improved Player	1967

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 Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour and Most Improved Player for 1967. She won 11 times on the Tour, a high proportion of her wins coming in major championships, the 1965 Women's Western Open and the U.S. Women's Open in 1968, 1972 and 1973. However her form was inconsistent from her late twenties on, with the last of her three top-10 finishes on the money list coming in 1969. She stayed on the Tour for many years, though she did not always play full time, and played 13 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, California and Maroon Creek Country Club in Aspen, Colorado. She has two daughters, Robin Doctor and Cindy Molchany.

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (11)

Legend LPGA Tour major championships (4) Other LPGA Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 16, 1965	Muskogee Civitan Open	-3 (71-72-70=213)	5 strokes	Kathy Cornelius Judy Kimball-Simon Mickey Wright
2	Jun 13, 1965	Women's Western Open	-2 (73-72-76-69=290)	3 strokes	Marlene Hagge
3	Apr 2, 1967	Louise Suggs Invitational	+8 (75-72-77=224)	Playoff1	Sandra Haynie
4	Jun 18, 1967	Milwaukee Jaycee Open	E (68-73-75=216)	5 strokes	Barbara Romack Judy Kimball-Simon Judy Rankin Peggy Wilson
5	Jul 7, 1968	U.S. Women's Open	+5 (69-73-76-71=289)	3 strokes	Mickey Wright
6	Jun 8, 1969	Lady Carling Open	-6 (69-74-70=213)	1 stroke	Donna Caponi
7	Jun 22, 1969	Pabst Ladies Classic	-5 (69-71-71=211)	1 stroke	Donna Caponi Clifford Ann Creed Shirley Englehorn
8	Jul 2, 1972	U.S. Women's Open	+11 (79-76-73-71=299)	1 stroke	Kathy Ahern Pam Barnett Judy Rankin
9	Jun 24, 1973	Heritage Village Open	-12 (68-70-69=207)	4 strokes	Sandra Haynie
10	Jul 22, 1973	U.S. Women's Open	-3 (73-77-69-72=290)	5 strokes	Gloria Ehret Shelley Hamlin
11	Jul 25, 1976	Lady Keystone Open	-1 (72-71-72=215)	3 strokes	Pat Bradley Sandra Haynie

¹ Defeated Haynie with birdie on second extra hole.

Other wins (2)

• 1975 Lady Keystone Open
• 1997 Sprint Senior Challenge

Major championships

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1965	Women's Western Open	-2 (73-72-76-69=290)	3 strokes	Marlene Hagge
1968	U.S. Women's Open	+5 (69-73-76-71=289)	3 strokes	Mickey Wright
1972	U.S. Women's Open	+11 (79-73-76-71=299)	1 stroke	Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett, Judy Rankin
1973	U.S. Women's Open	+2 (72-77-69-72=290)	5 strokes	Gloria Ehret, Shelley Hamlin

See also

• Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

External links

• Susie Berning at the LPGA Tour official site
• Susie Berning at the Legends Tour official site
• Susie Maxwell Berning bio at about.com
• Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Berning, Susie Maxwell