Louise Suggs, the first female inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame and one of the 13 founders of the LPGA in 1950, will receive the Gold Tee Award in recognition of her pioneering career achievements by the Met Golf Writers Association at its 58th National Awards Dinner on June 16, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Old Greenwich, Conn.

Suggs, 85, joins an elite club of distinguished individuals who have received the Gold Tee Award that includes Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, Phil Mickelson, Patty Berg, Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam.

Proceeds from the dinner are distributed to the metropolitan-area scholarship programs and the MGA Foundation. More than $950,000 has been raised over the years for charitable endeavors.

For advance table and ticket sales reservations or additional information, contact Kate Keller at (914) 347-4653 or kkeller@mgagolf.org. Tickets also may be obtained online with a credit card at http://www.metgolfwriters.org.