Gertrude Harrison

Gertrude MacAdams Harrison (1871 – January 3, 1938) was the first female golf professional.^{[citation needed]}

She was born Gertrude MacAdams in 1871. About 1928, she invented a device which returned golf balls driven into a driving net to the feet of the golfer.

Harrison died suddenly of natural causes at the golf school she ran in Cleveland, Ohio. She was buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.

References

↑ "Recent Deaths". The Plain Dealer. January 6, 1938. p. 16.
1 2 "Pioneer Woman Golfer Dies Here". The Plain Dealer. January 4, 1938. p. 15.
1 2 Woods, Tori (July 25, 2007). "Buried Treasures". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

External links

Gertrude Harrison at Find a Grave

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[1] "Recent Deaths". The Plain Dealer. January 6, 1938. p. 16.

[dies-2] 1 2 "Pioneer Woman Golfer Dies Here". The Plain Dealer. January 4, 1938. p. 15.

[woods-3] 1 2 Woods, Tori (July 25, 2007). "Buried Treasures". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved January 2, 2020.