Frances C. Griscom

Frances C. Griscom was an American golf champion from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Griscom was the 1900 United States Women's Amateur Golf Champion held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, Long Island, New York. [ [http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/p/timeline1900.htm Golf Timeline at About.com] ] She also played in the 1898 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship at the Ardsley Club. [ [http://www.historywomensgolfam.com/1898.htm History of Women's Golf In America] ] and in 1905, Griscom competed in the 33rd Curtis Cup with 1904 Women’s Amateur Champion Georgianna Bishop, Harriot and Margaret Curtis. [ [http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/index.html Curtis Cup History] ]

Griscom was the daughter of shipping magnate Clement A. Griscom and the owner of the 7000-acre 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.

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