Suzanne Strudwick
Knoxville, TN
Founder of GolfAcademyONE and Co-Founder of Junior GolfAcademyONE.
3 Ladies European Tour Wins
1993 LPGA Rookie of the Year
Suzanne is a member of both the LPGA Tour and the PGA of America and has more than 28-Years of relevant and elite-level professional golf and coaching experience.Recently, she is regularly consulted on Junior Coaching programming. Turning professional in 1983, at the age of 17, Suzanne proceeded to win three tournaments on the European Tour, becoming one of the top European players. In 1993, Suzanne earned the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. Suzanne has career earnings to date of $1.5M and over Five World Wide wins.
Strudwick, began her coaching career at Carson-Newman University, where she earned Coach of the Year awards in 2014 and 2016. Won the SAC Conference in 2015 and won regular team events in each of the 8-years leading the Lady Eagles Women's Golf team.
Suzanne has not given up on her own playing career! In 2017 she competed with the Legends of the LPGA and finished T-21 in the LPGA Senior Championship and in 2018 she qualified for the Inaugural USGA Senior Women’s Open at the prestigious, Chicago Club. She made the cut and finished T-21
Suzanne is always learning, since retiring from the LPGA Tour she has earned two postgraduate degrees, and is currently the Associate Athletic Director of Compliance, Internal Operations and SWA at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, TN