599 $
Description
!920s wood shaft club set with bag. Leather grips.Marked: LADIES A M COPELAND HOUGHTON GOLF CLUB JOHANNESBURG MADE IN SCOTLAND SPECIAL WARRANTED HAND FORGED M M.Set includes: PUTTER 7 THE "GERT", NIBLICK, MASIE A 5, 3 IRON, C 2 DRIVER and LADY (Brasie). Marking on some have spelling "COPLAND". 4 irons and 2 woods.Condition: Very good. Fairly straight shafts- no cracks. Some loose spots on grips. Some loose/missing whipping. Missing stitching on bag.41" Long Driver.5" diameter bag.About A. M. Copeland:Clubmaker
A M Copland
Aberdeen/Johannesburg
Born in Fraserburgh in 1893, Anthony Morrice Copland served his apprenticeship as a clubmaker with , first at Bieldside, then at Balgownie before working in their Bridge Street shop in Aberdeen. He was a scratch golfer at the Bon Accord club.He left for South Africa in March 1914 to be an assistant to J M Nogan at the Metropolitan club. A later report puts him at the Rondebosch club in Cape Town at the start of the First World War but, in any event, he joined Botha’s army and fought in the German Southwest Africa (Namibia) campaign, twice being wounded in the legs. In 1915 he was appointed professional to the Houghton Estate Golf Course at the Orange Grove Hotel in Johannesburg. When the Houghton Club moved to its current location in 1926 he designed the new course.
A M Copland
Aberdeen/Johannesburg
Born in Fraserburgh in 1893, Anthony Morrice Copland served his apprenticeship as a clubmaker with , first at Bieldside, then at Balgownie before working in their Bridge Street shop in Aberdeen. He was a scratch golfer at the Bon Accord club.He left for South Africa in March 1914 to be an assistant to J M Nogan at the Metropolitan club. A later report puts him at the Rondebosch club in Cape Town at the start of the First World War but, in any event, he joined Botha’s army and fought in the German Southwest Africa (Namibia) campaign, twice being wounded in the legs. In 1915 he was appointed professional to the Houghton Estate Golf Course at the Orange Grove Hotel in Johannesburg. When the Houghton Club moved to its current location in 1926 he designed the new course.