Dorothy Campbell

Dorothy Lee Campbell (24 March 1883 – 20 March 1945) was a Scottish amateur golfer. Campbell was the first woman to win the American, British and Canadian Women's Amateurs. She began swinging golf clubs when she was just 18 months old. Within a few years she was competing with her sisters. She was a short but straight hitter of the ball who used an unorthodox hooker's grip. Later in her career she would adopt the standard "Vardon grip".

In 1896, at age 13, she joined the North Berwick Ladies Golf Club and had no difficulty holding her own against adult members. She was a pupil of golf professional Ben Sayers and learned to play the game over the North Berwick West Links. Her father died on 30 April 1900. closing the small clubface and hitting the ball on the downswing. At Augusta Country Club in 1926, she holed two chip shots and ended up having a record low of 19 putts for 18 holes, lowering Walter Travis's record by two strokes for putts in one round. In the final of the (US) North and South championship she beat her opponent by twice holing out from 40 yards".

Personal life She married Jack V. Hurd in Wentworth, Ontario, Canada on 11 February 1913. She married Edward Howe in 1937 and divorced again in 1943. Her death certificate shows her full name to be Dorothy Lee Howe. The principal causes of death were a skull fracture and avulsion of her right arm.

Awards and honors

In 1978, Campbell was inducted to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. In 1978, she was also inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Amateur wins 1905 Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship 1906 Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship 1908 Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship 1909 U.S. Women's Amateur, British Ladies Amateur 1910 U.S. Women's Amateur, Canadian Women's Amateur 1911 British Ladies Amateur, Canadian Women's Amateur 1912 Canadian Women's Amateur 1918 North and South Women's Amateur 1920 North and South Women's Amateur 1921 North and South Women's Amateur 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur 1938 U.S. Women's Senior Championship