Dorothy Campbell

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Dorothy Campbell

Dorothy Iona Campbell (born March 24, 1883 in North Berwick , Scotland , † March 20, 1945 in Yemassee , South Carolina ) was the first internationally dominant female golfer.

Dorothy Campbell was born into a Scottish golfing family and attended various golf clubs at an early age. She was the first woman to win both the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship , the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, and the Canadian Women's Amateur Golf Championship .

During her career she won eleven national amateur championships in the USA, Canada, Scotland and England, the last one in 1924 at the age of 41. After she moved to Canada in 1910, the USA became her new home in 1913. In the same year she married Jack V. Hurd there, which is why she achieved some of her victories as Mrs. JV Hurd or as Dorothy Hurd. The marriage was divorced again in 1923. In 1937 she married again. But the marriage with Edward Howe was divorced again in 1943. In the last few years of her life, she was known as Dorothy Howe due to her remarriage. Dorothy Cambell died in 1945 when her vehicle collided with a train while crossing a level crossing near Yemassee , South Carolina.

In 1978 she was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame .

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SURNAME Campbell, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hurd, Dorothy (married name); Howe, Dorothy (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British golfer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH North Berwick , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1945
Place of death Yemassee , South Carolina