Dorothy Campbell Women's Golf Champion

 

Dorothy Campbell made history in 1909, winning both the British and U.S. Women’s Amateur Golf Championships—something no one had done before. Then she did it again in 1910, proving it was no fluke. Her swing was smooth, her short game deadly, and her nerves—steel.

Reporters took notice. One wrote, “Miss Campbell plays with a steadiness and precision that unnerves her opponents.” Another said, “She has the rare gift of making difficult shots look effortless.”

Fellow golfers admired her skill. Marion Hollins, a champion herself, said, “Dorothy Campbell thinks her way around a course better than anyone I’ve seen.” Alexa Stirling called her “the toughest competitor of her era.”

Dorothy didn’t just win—she crushed her opponents. She won the Canadian Women’s Amateur three times. She added another U.S. Amateur title in 1924, long after most players would have retired.

She died in a car accident in 1945 at the age of 61.

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