2021 March Auction Featuring The Payne Stewart Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/15/2021
Original Bobby Jones 1926 Golfing at Knox County Fair Grounds at Barbourville, Ky - July 15
There is great history between Bobby Jones and Barbourville Kentucky, and here is an original photo that helps tell a little part of it. Jones acquired his hickory shafts from the Minton Hickory Farm in Barbourville, Kentucky. T. W. Minton owned the Minton Hickory Farm, which made canes, wheel spokes, buggy whips, but they were world renowned for their Hickory golf shafts which were shipped worldwide and used by many period club makers. T.W. even invented and patented a method for grading hickory shafts. In 1926 Bobby became the first person to win “The Double”, which was both the U.S. and British Opens in the same year. The 1926 Open Championship was where Bobby won the first of his three Claret Jugs. Bobby then traveled back to the United States to compete and win the U.S. Open at Scioto Country Club. On his way back to Atlanta, Bobby stopped in Barbourville to his friends at the Minton Hickory farm and gave an exhibition that included Bill Dishman who owned a local vacation resort, Dishman Springs. This two photo is from that exhibition. It measures 3" x 4 1/2" and without any creases. Corners are sharp, and it is printed on VELOX paper. Never before seen original photos such as this one are seldom available.
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