Georgianna Bishop

Georgianna Bishop in 1914

Georgianna Millington Bishop (October 15, 1878 – September 1, 1971) was an American amateur golfer. She was the winner of the 1904 U.S. Women's Amateur, played at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. She played for the Brooklawn Golf Club in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 1959, Bishop became the fifth inductee into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame after winning the state amateur championships for women four times: 1920–1922 and 1927.^[1][2]

Biography

She was born on October 15, 1878 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Sydney Bishop and Mary Helen Staples. In 1904 she won the U.S. Women's Amateur by defeating Mrs. E. F. Sanford from the Essex County Country Club at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania.^[3]

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

References

1. "Miss G.M. Bishop Elected to Golf's JC Hall of Fame". Hartford Courant. July 5, 1959. Retrieved April 18, 2011. Miss Georgianna M. Bishop of Bridgeport, winner of the Connecticut Women's Golf Assn. championship four times, 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1927, and the National amateur crown in 1904...
2. "1959: Georgiana M. Bishop (Distinguished Golf Achievement)". Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 18, 2011. U.S. Women's Amateur champion 1904, medalist 1914, co-medalist 1905; Connecticut Women's Amateur champion 1920-22, 1927.
3. "Miss Bishop Wins Golf Championship. Defeats Mrs. Sanford in Final Match by 5 Up and 3 to Play. Played in Merion Links. Winner is from the Brooklawn Club of Bridgeport. Large Gallery Sees". New York Times. October 16, 1904. Retrieved April 18, 2011. Miss Georgianna Bishop, representing the Brooklawn Golf Club of Bridgeport, Conn., won the women's golf championship of the United States to-day by defeating Mrs. E.F. Sanford of the Essex County Country Club of Orange, N.J., by 5 up and 3 to play. ...