Dorothy Campbell
| Dorothy Campbell | |
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Campbell in 1909
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe |
| Born |
March 24, 1883 North Berwick, Scotland |
| Died | March 20, 1945 (aged 61) Yemassee, South Carolina |
| Nationality |
 Scotland United States
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| Spouse | Jack V. Hurd (m. 1913–1923; divorced) Edward Howe (m. 1937–1943; divorced) |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 1978 (member page) |
Dorothy Lee Campbell (March 24, 1883 – March 20, 1945) was the first internationally dominant female golfer. Campbell was the first woman to win the American, British and Canadian Women's Amateurs.
She was born into a golfing family in North Berwick, Midlothian, Scotland, to William Spink Campbell (1833–1900) and Emily Mary Tipper (1834–1923). 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 April 30, 1900 when she was 17 and by 1904 she was living with her mother at Inchgarry House, Links Road, North Berwick, where the Campbell family had enjoyed a number of summer holidays.
In the British Ladies Amateur, contested at Royal Birkdale in 1909, Campbell forgot to report the result of her third round match—which she won on the 11th green—to the LGU officials who met to discuss whether she would be disqualified. She was allowed to continue in the championship which she won, beating Ireland's Florence Hezlet 4 and 3. That victory earned her an invitation to play in America and changed the course of her life. Subsequently, she returned to Britain only as a visitor. She moved to Canada in 1910 and three years later moved to the United States permanently and became an American citizen.
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