Frances C. Griscom
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 sister of diplomat Lloyd Carpenter Griscom and daughter of shipping magnate Clement Griscom as well as the owner of the  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. Griscom donated the putting cleat that she felt had won her the 1900 championship to the USGA museum in 1954 as before she was still playing golf with it. References 

American female golfers
Amateur golfers
Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
Golfers from Tallahassee, Florida
Golfers from Philadelphia
People from Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
People from Leon County, Florida
1879 births
1973 deaths