She was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, class of 2019, in the lifetime achievement category.

[1] Born in Findlay, Ohio, Peggy started playing golf at age 17.

At that time she competed as Peggy Kirk, and in 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Warren "Bullet" Bell, who had played professional basketball with the Fort Wayne Pistons before turning to business.

She became the first woman voted into the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame in 2002.

[3] Her older daughter, Bonnie, is married to former PGA Tour member Pat McGowan.