2022 January Memorabilia Auction - Closing Date 02/06/2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/6/2022
Champion Hal Sutton's Signed Official 2000 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Thurs-Sunday Scorecards
Directly from champion Hal Sutton's collection is his 2000 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Winner's four round scorecards tastefully mounted on a PGA Tour plaque resulting in this premium display piece. Hal's 1st place at the millennium edition of the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic came less than a month after Sutton would defeat Tiger Woods by a stroke at The Players Championship, his second multi-win PGA Tour season in the last three. Round scores of 67-64-72-71 and Sutton's tournament total of 274 can be found handwritten at the end of the tournament day scorecards, never finishing the 18 holes above par. Hal would take the crown by a comfortable three stroke margin over Andrew Magee, the marker during the final round on Sunday April 23, 2000. Each scorecard has the day's cumulative total inked in pen just above Champion contestant Hal Sutton's pencil signature of approval. Upon close examination the observer will notice that hole #11 on the final round had been changed to a par 4 prior to submitting it. This tournament-used hole-by-hole breakdown serves as tangible evidence of excellence and Sutton's performance that week 22 years ago. Seldom do PGA Tour winning scorecards come to market, with this set of all four rounds of the 2000 Greater Greensboro Classic displayed on engraved wood board from Hal Sutton a fine example of such. James Spence Authentication (JSA) has reviewed this signature and their auction letter of authenticity comes with this lot. A signed letter of authenticity from Hal Sutton comes with this lot. 20" x 13"
The Hal Sutton Collection
Hal Sutton's golf game flourished while growing up in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. In fact the highly touted amateur golfer chose to stay closeby after high school and went to local Centenary College. It wouldn't take much time for the All American to put his school and town on the national golfing map when he received 'Golf Magazine's 1980 College Player of the Year' after 14 victories and lifting the small liberal arts school to 9th in the Nation. Unsurprisingly Hal Sutton would find great success at the professional level, notching 14 PGA Tour victories between 1982 and 2001. The 1983 season was a one for Sutton, earning PGA Tour Player of the Year honors as the leading money winner and the new accolade of 'major champion.' Sports Illustrated's golf writer Dan Jenkins' emphatically recapped his 1983 PGA Championship triumph with "There's a New Bear on the Loose - Hal Sutton Put a Death Grip on the PGA Championship To Stop a Classic Jack Nicklaus Charge." This came only months after his The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass win. Representing his country became a common role Sutton found himself in, as a 4-time Ryder Cup player in 1985, 1987, 1999, and 2002, before being chosen as the Ryder Cup Captain in 2004. He was a victorious Walker Cup team member in 1979 and 1981. <br><br>After playing two decades on the tour Hal began to shift his attention to philanthropy, with that soon becoming a main focus. This didn't go unnoticed in the golfing community and Sutton was the 2007 Payne Stewart Award recipient. He would raise more than $2 million with fellow Louisiana natives David Toms and Kelly Gibson for Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims. The Golf Auction has been very appreciative of the opportunity to offer some of Hal's Collection, including his 1998 TOUR Championship Calamity Jane Trophy, Gold Plated Scotty Cameron Putter for 2000 Players Win and all four of his 2000 Players Championship winning scorecards when it was "The Right Club."
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