Joe Roseman
| Joe Roseman | |
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Roseman, c. 1912
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Joseph Aloysius Roseman, Sr. |
| Born |
June 15, 1888 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 29, 1944 (aged 55) Glenview, Illinois |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Children | 4 |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1903 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T17: 1919, 1920 |
Joseph Aloysius Roseman, Sr. (June 15, 1888 – February 29, 1944) was an American golf professional, golf course architect, and inventor of golf course mowing equipment. He designed at least 50 golf courses and made alterations on over 100 more. Roseman had two starts in golf majors – the 1919 and the 1920 PGA Championship.
In 1922 he became the first president of the Illinois PGA. Roseman died in 1944 in Glenview, Illinois.
Roseman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 15, 1888. He grew up in the East Falls section of the city and began his career in golf as a caddy at the Philadelphia Country Club. He turned pro at the young age of just 15.
One of his first jobs was at The Country Club as an assistant under Jack Hagen and he also worked at a course in Lake Placid, New York. In 1906 he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he was engaged as the professional and keeper of the greens at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club where he remained until 1916. He was a natural tinkerer and inventor. One of his first innovative ideas was a hitch for horses that allowed them to pull three gang mowers as a unit. His design was patented in the U.S., England, and France. Later he adapted a Ford Model T to serve as a tractor to pull the mowers.
He worked at a number of other locations, being engaged in Racine, Wisconsin, where he designed the Racine Country Club course. In 1917 he settled in Glenview, Illinois, near Chicago, where he designed courses and served as the first professional and course superintendent at the Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette, Illinois. He left Westmoreland in 1928 to handle his golf course design business. In total, he is credited with the design of more than 50 golf courses and made alterations on at least 100 courses. He worked with Jack Burke, Sr. in the design of golf clubs and also collaborated with Burke in the operation of an indoor golf school in Des Moines around 1918.
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