Byrd Mock (February 23, 1876 – November 17, 1966) was an American writer, journalist, poet, and publisher, who also set numerous records as a golfer.

In 1893, she spent part of her summer break on a trip overseas to Great Britain, where she learned to play golf.

With no golf course in Arkansas at the time, Mock drafted a five-hole layout that included putting greens and fairways.

She moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and taught Greek and Latin at Forest Park University for Women.

[1] Mock spent the latter part of her career as a reviewing editor in New York City from the mid-1930s until her retirement in 1956, when she moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas.