Georgianna Millington Bishop (October 15, 1878 – September 1, 1971) was an American amateur golfer.
She was born on October 15, 1878, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sydney Bishop and Mary Helen Staples.
She was the winner of the 1904 U.S. Women's Amateur, played at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. She defeated Mrs. E. F. Sanford from the Essex County Country Club at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania. [1] She played for the Brooklawn Golf Club in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bishop won the state amateur championships for women four times: 1920–1922 and 1927. [2] [3]
Bishop died on September 1, 1971, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
In 1959, Bishop became the fifth inductee into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame.
Miss Georgianna Bishop, representing the Brooklawn Golf Club of Bridgeport, Conn., won the women's golf championship of the United States to-day by defeating Mrs. E.F. Sanford of the Essex County Country Club of Orange, N.J., by 5 up and 3 to play. ...