Gertrude Harrison

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

She was born Gertrude MacAdams^[1] in 1871. About 1928, she invented a device which returned golf balls driven into a driving net to the feet of the golfer.^[2]^[3]

Harrison died suddenly of natural causes at the golf school she ran in Cleveland, Ohio.^[2] She was buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.^[3]

References

^ "Recent Deaths". The Plain Dealer. January 6, 1938. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b "Pioneer Woman Golfer Dies Here". The Plain Dealer. January 4, 1938. p. 15.
^ ^a ^b 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] "Pioneer Woman Golfer Dies Here". The Plain Dealer. January 4, 1938. p. 15.

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

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