1942 Bing Crosby Letter to Charley Penna - Great Gambling, Golf Content

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/27/2013

This typed letter on Bing Crosby Hollywood letterhead with a secretarial signed Bing was in the summer of 1942. It has tremendous golf content throughout the text referring to the 1942 Hale American Open(Famous wartime event taking place of U.S. Open and won by Ben Hogan), also PGA pro Chick Harbert and the Silver Scot. The wording of Crosby in this letter also refers to his golf swing, "I'm hitting a long, low hook-"A working ball". A third part of this letter of great interest is the course gambling reference of Crosby, "Just scrape up some important money and you can get plenty of action". This letter between two friends was sent to Charley Penna at the Medinah Country Club. This triple folded for mailing purposes missive contains all you could ask for in a letter from legendary entertainer and Hall of Fame Golfer Bing Crosby. The Penna's had a very intimate relationship with the A-list celebrities of the 40's-60's. One of the top celebrities of the Day was Bing Crosby. The Penna's were personal friends as much as golf teacher to pupil. They would play in Bing's tournaments as well as meet him around the country to play exclusive courses like Medinah, Pebble Beach and many more.

This item comes from the Penna Family Collection. This highly successful and respected professional golfing family offers golf mementoes from the careers of brothers Toney Penna and Charley Penna, and Tommy Armour whom Toney and Charley worked under for many years as pros at Boca Raton in Florida and various courses in the Chicago area. Toney was a consistent top 20 money winner on the PGA Tour in the 1930's and 40's while his brother Charley competed in 20 U.S. Open and PGA Championships. We have it all from their storied careers in golf both on and off the course, including everything from contestant’s pins, to used sets of clubs, and prototypes for Penna's famous clubs. Toney is an icon when it comes to club making in the 20th Century, first with the MacGregor Golf Company as their chief of design and then later with his own brand of Penna clubs. Many of the designs of club heads used today were first developed by the genius of Toney. We introduce you to this extraordinary collection by offering various lots from the family’s collection in this special offering. This is an opportunity to acquire golf history, possibly for the last time.

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