Georgianna Millington Bishop (October 15, 1878 – September 1, 1971) was an American amateur

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

er.

Early life

She was born on October 15, 1878, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sydney Bishop and Mary Helen Staples.

Golf career

She was the winner of the 1904 U.S. Women's Amateur, played at

Merion Golf Club Merion Golf Club is a private golf club located in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a township bordering Philadelphia to the northwest along the historic Main Line. The club has two courses: the East Course, and the West Cours ...

Ardmore, Pennsylvania Ardmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) spanning the border between Delaware and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 12,455 at the 2010 census and had risen to 13,566 in th ...

. She defeated Mrs. E. F. Sanford from the

Essex County Country Club Essex County Country Club (ECCC) is a golf club in West Orange, New Jersey. It was founded in 1887, making it the oldest club in the state of New Jersey and the sixth oldest in the United States. History Essex County Country Club was established ...

at the

Merion Cricket Club Merion Cricket Club is a private club in Haverford, Pennsylvania, founded in 1865. The current clubhouse is its sixth, the last four having been designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and his partner, Allen Evans, who was also a founder ...

Haverford, Pennsylvania Haverford is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in both Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvan ...

. She played for the Brooklawn Golf Club in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bishop won the state amateur championships for women four times: 1920–1922 and 1927.

Personal life

Bishop died on September 1, 1971, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Honors

In 1959, Bishop became the fifth inductee into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Georgianna American female golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Golfers from Connecticut Sportspeople from Bridgeport, Connecticut 1878 births 1971 deaths