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VERY NICE ALL ORIGINAL SET OF GEORGE NICOLL IRONS, RECORDER MODEL, DOT FACE, HAND CLEEK STAMP, HAND FORGED IN LEVIN FIFE SCOTLAND. THIS SET DOES NOT HAVE GEORGE NICOLL'S NAME BUT THAT OF J GOLDEN IN SIGNATURE SCRIPT ON THE BACK. ALL STAMPINGS ARE CLEAR. THEY ARE A BIT DUSTY BUT SHOULD CLEAN WELL FOR PRESENTATION OR PLAY. THE NIBLICK (9) IS 36 INCHES LONG OTHERS IN THIS MATCHED SET PROGRESS AT LESS THAN HALF INCH INTERVALS, THE (2) IRON IS 38.5 INCHES LONG . SHAFTS ARE MOSTLY STRAIGHT AND VERY STIFF. 2 IRON HAS THE SLIGHTEST OF UP BOWS. THE FIVE HAS ABOUT A DEGREE FLATENING BOW AND THE GRIP NEEDS RESET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIVE IRON GRIP ALL ARE CONSIDERED PLAYABLE. DARK PATINA AND HARDLY ANY VISIBLE WEAR. THE 3&4 IRONS WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN I GOT THIS SET, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CARRIED AT THE END, ALL THE HARD TO FIND SCORING RANGE IRONS ARE PRESENT. THE RECORDER MODEL IS NOT UNCOMMON AND FILL INS MIGHT BE FOUND.
THIS SET BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF JOHNNY GOLDEN, AN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL GOLFER (1896-1936). JOHNNY WAS ON THE FIRST TWO (1927 AND 29) RYDER CUP TEAMS AND WON 3 - 0 INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH WALTER HAGEN IN TWO FOURSOME MATCHES. HE WAS AN EARLY AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL GOLFER FROM 1915 ON. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE NORTH EAST, BORN IN TUXEDO, N.Y., BECAME THE HEAD PRO THERE AND LATER BECAME THE CLUB PROFESSIONAL FOR THE NORTH JERSEY C.C. IN PATTERSON, NEW JERSEY. HE THEN BECAME THE HEAD PROFESSIONAL AT THE WEE BURN CC NEAR DARIEN, CONNECTICUT WHERE HE REMAINED. HE WON THE CONNECTICUT OPEN CONSECUTIVELY FROM 1932-35. HE FINISHED AS SEMI FINALIST IN THREE PGA MAJORS, WON NINE PGA TOUR EVENTS DURING THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES AND THE MEXICAN AGUA CALIENTE TOURNAMENT IN 1931.
NICOLL MADE CLUBS FOR AMERICAN COURSES AND USUALLY HAD THE INFORMATION IN AN OVAL IDENTIFYING THE PRO AND THE COUNTRY CLUB. SCRIPT SIGNATURES LIKE THIS SET MAY HAVE BEEN FOR THE PROFESSIONAL'S PERSONAL USE AS WELL AS FOR RESALE AT HIS COURSE. CAN NOT KNOW FOR SURE WHO OWNED THESE. NICOLL CLUBS ARE ONE OF THE FINEST PRODUCTS OF THE HICKORY AGE. THE STIFFNESS OF SHAFTS INDICATES THAT THE OWNER WAS A POWER HITTER.GREAT SET, GREAT HISTORY. U.S. BUYER ONLY PLEASE.
THIS SET BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF JOHNNY GOLDEN, AN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL GOLFER (1896-1936). JOHNNY WAS ON THE FIRST TWO (1927 AND 29) RYDER CUP TEAMS AND WON 3 - 0 INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH WALTER HAGEN IN TWO FOURSOME MATCHES. HE WAS AN EARLY AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL GOLFER FROM 1915 ON. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE NORTH EAST, BORN IN TUXEDO, N.Y., BECAME THE HEAD PRO THERE AND LATER BECAME THE CLUB PROFESSIONAL FOR THE NORTH JERSEY C.C. IN PATTERSON, NEW JERSEY. HE THEN BECAME THE HEAD PROFESSIONAL AT THE WEE BURN CC NEAR DARIEN, CONNECTICUT WHERE HE REMAINED. HE WON THE CONNECTICUT OPEN CONSECUTIVELY FROM 1932-35. HE FINISHED AS SEMI FINALIST IN THREE PGA MAJORS, WON NINE PGA TOUR EVENTS DURING THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES AND THE MEXICAN AGUA CALIENTE TOURNAMENT IN 1931.
NICOLL MADE CLUBS FOR AMERICAN COURSES AND USUALLY HAD THE INFORMATION IN AN OVAL IDENTIFYING THE PRO AND THE COUNTRY CLUB. SCRIPT SIGNATURES LIKE THIS SET MAY HAVE BEEN FOR THE PROFESSIONAL'S PERSONAL USE AS WELL AS FOR RESALE AT HIS COURSE. CAN NOT KNOW FOR SURE WHO OWNED THESE. NICOLL CLUBS ARE ONE OF THE FINEST PRODUCTS OF THE HICKORY AGE. THE STIFFNESS OF SHAFTS INDICATES THAT THE OWNER WAS A POWER HITTER.GREAT SET, GREAT HISTORY. U.S. BUYER ONLY PLEASE.