Marlene Bauer Hagge is one of the original 13 founding members of the LPGA. Marlene started playing golf at the age of three during a time when women’s golf was nothing more than a novelty beyond the club level. Marlene won the Long Beach City Boys Junior at the age of 10. In 1947 at the age of 13 she won the Los Angeles Women’s Golf Championship on a course where the scorecard stated “Children Under 14 Are Not Allowed.” That same year she became the youngest player to make the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open and finished eighth.

In 1949, at the age of 15, she became the youngest athlete ever to be named Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Golfer of the Year, Teenager of the Year, won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and the WWGA Junior titles. In 1950, two weeks before her 16th birthday, she turned pro. Together with her sister Alice and her parents, she traveled around the LPGA Tour in a 22-foot Airstream trailer. The sisters were graceful and petite, the tour's first glamour girls, and their fresh beauty attracted new fans to women's golf. Marlene became the youngest player to win a LPGA event in 1952 when she won the Sarasota Open at the age of 18. She continued to play and win for the first five decades of the LPGA Tour.

In 2000, during the LPGA’s 50th anniversary, she was recognized as one of the organizations top 50 players and teachers. On November 15, 2002 Marlene was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame.