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Gertrude Harrison

Gertrude Harrison

American golfer

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

  1. [1]
    "Recent Deaths". The Plain Dealer. January 6, 1938. p. 16.
  2. [2]
    "Pioneer Woman Golfer Dies Here". The Plain Dealer. January 4, 1938. p. 15.
  3. [3]
    Woods, Tori (July 25, 2007). "Buried Treasures". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved January 2, 2020.



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