Background
Maxwell was born in Pasadena, California.
Maxwell was born in Pasadena, California.
She also competed under her maiden name Susie Maxwell from 1964 to 1968. Her family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma when she was 13. She was named Most Improved Player for 1967.
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 1996.
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.
LPGA Tour wins (11) Other wins (2) Wins (4).
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.