750 $
Description
Nice, antique club, shows great use and age, original shaft and grip. The Dunn family was very prominent in early golf manufacture, this club is stamped John D. Dunn and Ardsley-On-Hudson, which was an over $1,000,000 dollar (in 1895 $$$) golf course and clubhouse built in New York in 1895. With the support of some of the most notable and successful men in the United States, including Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. Pierpont Morgan, William Rockefeller and Amzi Lorenzo Barber, the establishment of The Ardsley Casino Golf Clubhouse was a nationally noted event. John Dunn's uncle, Willie Dunn was the course designer and 1st Pro there. The original course was described as the " Longest and finest in the world". Very rich early US golf history.
This club came from an old estate and was with a Tom Morris Patent Niblick, both clubs were inscribed with the owners name "M.M.S." I included a picture of the Morris club for comparison. John Dunn is said to have made a patent concave face lofter in 1893, but at that time he was living in Scotland, before he came to the US in 1896. This club could be the same, or very similar, design, adn you wouldn't likely put a British patent # on a US made club. Club is sturdy, robust in construction. Anyway, take care, Ron.
This club came from an old estate and was with a Tom Morris Patent Niblick, both clubs were inscribed with the owners name "M.M.S." I included a picture of the Morris club for comparison. John Dunn is said to have made a patent concave face lofter in 1893, but at that time he was living in Scotland, before he came to the US in 1896. This club could be the same, or very similar, design, adn you wouldn't likely put a British patent # on a US made club. Club is sturdy, robust in construction. Anyway, take care, Ron.