425 $
Description
If you collect these clubs, you know how hard it is to find a great example of this concave sand wedge.
I bought this stunning example in 1990 while at a garage sale that sat on the famed Oakland Hills Country Club.
An older man sitting outside the garage heard me ask for golf clubs, and he said he lived next door.
When I told him that I had been collecting old clubs since I was a kid, he said that he had one I surely would want.
He was about 75 at the time, and he said that he obtained the club in 1930 as a 15 year old honor caddie at Detroit Golf Club (also a Donald Ross course). He said he was caddying for the asst. pro and at the end of the round the pro gave him the club, telling him it was no use to him anymore. It had been outlawed. He put it away and never played it. After I obtained it, I never hit it either.
So, this club has had 3 owners and has not been hit in over 85 years!
I cannot say for certain that it is "all original" as the only marks on it are near the shaft pin, so the shaft might have been replaced when new to suit the pro who played it. As you probably know, the club was made here in Detroit by LA Young Co. for Hagen.
The grip appears to be original to the shaft. The club measures 38" in length.The metal on these is easily marred and gouged.
This is an absolutely stunning time warp piece.
I am not in a hurry to sell it, but I have been going thru my extensive collection and am starting to thin it out...so if you have ever wanted a fine example....possibly the best known original finish example (I have seen well over a hundred of these in auctions in the last 35 years and none are as good)....don't let this one slip by you.
Thanks for looking!
I bought this stunning example in 1990 while at a garage sale that sat on the famed Oakland Hills Country Club.
An older man sitting outside the garage heard me ask for golf clubs, and he said he lived next door.
When I told him that I had been collecting old clubs since I was a kid, he said that he had one I surely would want.
He was about 75 at the time, and he said that he obtained the club in 1930 as a 15 year old honor caddie at Detroit Golf Club (also a Donald Ross course). He said he was caddying for the asst. pro and at the end of the round the pro gave him the club, telling him it was no use to him anymore. It had been outlawed. He put it away and never played it. After I obtained it, I never hit it either.
So, this club has had 3 owners and has not been hit in over 85 years!
I cannot say for certain that it is "all original" as the only marks on it are near the shaft pin, so the shaft might have been replaced when new to suit the pro who played it. As you probably know, the club was made here in Detroit by LA Young Co. for Hagen.
The grip appears to be original to the shaft. The club measures 38" in length.The metal on these is easily marred and gouged.
This is an absolutely stunning time warp piece.
I am not in a hurry to sell it, but I have been going thru my extensive collection and am starting to thin it out...so if you have ever wanted a fine example....possibly the best known original finish example (I have seen well over a hundred of these in auctions in the last 35 years and none are as good)....don't let this one slip by you.
Thanks for looking!