In 1910, Suttie won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Westward Ho!

Elsie resided with her parents at Hyndford House, Fidra Road, North Berwick.

In 1911, Suttie met Dorothy Campbell in the finals of the British Ladies at Portrush but lost that match.

In June 1925, she reached the final of the Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship at Gullane, losing by one hole to Gertrude Percy.

[2] By the early 1950s, she was living at Garage House at Marly Knowe in Windgates Road, North Berwick.