Frances C. Griscom

Frances Canby Griscom (19 April 1879 – March 30, 1973) was an American amateur golfer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and part-time resident of Tallahassee, Florida.

Mother and Daughter (Mrs. Clement Griscom and Frances C. Griscom) by Cecilia Beaux, 1898.

Frances C. Griscom, from a 1901 publication.

Griscom won the 1900 U.S. Women's Amateur held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, Long Island, New York.^[1] She also played in the 1898 Amateur at the Ardsley Club.^[2] and in 1905, Griscom competed in an informal match between teams of American and British golfers with 1904 Amateur champion Georgianna Bishop, Harriot and Margaret Curtis.^[3]

Griscom was the sister of diplomat Lloyd Carpenter Griscom and daughter of shipping magnate Clement Griscom as well as the owner of the 7,000-acre (28 km²) Water Oak Plantation, a hunting plantation in Bradfordville north of Tallahassee, in Leon County, Florida. Griscom was a loyal contributor to the Lake McBride School, a school for African Americans near her winter home.

Griscom donated the putting cleat that she felt had won her the 1900 championship to the USGA museum in 1954 as before she was still playing golf with it.^[4]

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
2. . Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
3. Curtis Cup History
4. "USGA JOURNAL AND TURF MANAGEMENT: NOVEMBER, 1954" (PDF).