Charley Penna's 1963 Frank Sinatra Invitational Contestant Badge along with Guest Badge

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

Using the template of the Bing Crosby National PGA event held yearly at Pebble Beach. The Frank Sinatra Invitational held at Palm Springs was intended to be a yearly PGA event drawing top professional golfers and A-list Hollywood stars together. This event only lasted the one year of 1963. The four day tournament was followed by a Sinatra gala on the fifth day. Offered here are Charley Penna's contestants badge and a second badge for his guest at the event. Both measure in at 2 1/2" diameter and both in NR-MT condition. For the Sinatra collectors, I bet this is an item that is on many wish lists but few have ever been seen.

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 British Open offering. This is an opportunity to acquire golf history, possibly for the last time.

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