Abstract
In the Winter/Spring 1991 issue of the Trotter Institute Review I reported that a black dentist from Boston, Dr. George F. Grant, invented and patented the golf tee in 1899. However, in the May 1991 issue of Golf Digest, a white man, Dr. William Lowell of New Jersey, another dentist, is credited with having invented the golf tee. Having read in a number of reputable publications that Dr. Grant had invented the golf tee, I was interested in finding out how a second man could have been credited so readily with the development of the tee. So I contacted the United States Golf Association to uncover the real story. A reference librarian at the USGA's Golf House responded to my query and sent several items about the invention of the golf tee.
Recommended Citation
Reed, Wornie L.
(1991)
"Sports Notes,"
Trotter Review: Vol. 5:
Iss.
3, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/trotter_review/vol5/iss3/6
