William Lowell Sr. | |
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 From left to right are: Ernest Lowell, William Lowell Sr., and William Lowell Jr. | |
| Born | 1863 |
| Died | June 24, 1954 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Dentist |
| Children | William Lowell Jr., Ernest Lowell, Elisabeth Lowell, Isabel Lowell Niebling (1892-1981), and Carol Lowell Favre (1903-1987) |
William Lowell Sr. (1863 – June 24, 1954) was a dentist and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.[1]
- ^ McDaniel, Pete (2000). "Birth of the tee: The story behind the man who gave the ball the perfect setup - George Franklin Grant, inventor". Golf Digest. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
Ten years later, the messy, wet sand tee was still in vogue when Dr. William Lowell, a Maplewood, N.J., dentist, made the late-in-life discovery that golf possessed certain therapeutic advantages. ...