Frances C. Griscom
Amateur golfer

Frances C. Griscom

The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Amateur golfer
Gender:
Female
Work field:
Birth:
19 April 1879
Death:
30 March 1973
The details
Biography

Frances Canby Griscom (19 April 1879 – March 30, 1973) was an American amateur golfer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and part-time resident of Tallahassee, Florida.
Griscom won the 1900 U.S. Women's Amateur held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, Long Island, New York. She also played in the 1898 Amateur at the Ardsley Club. and in 1905, Griscom competed in an informal match between teams of American and British golfers with 1904 Amateur champion Georgianna Bishop, Harriot and Margaret Curtis.
Griscom was the daughter of shipping magnate Clement Griscom and the owner of the 7,000-acre (28 km2) Water Oak Plantation, a hunting plantation in Bradfordville north of Tallahassee, in Leon County, Florida. Griscom was a loyal contributor to the Lake McBride School, a school for African Americans near her winter home.