2014 Spring Golf Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/10/2014
Phil Mickelson Signed Cherry Hills Logo Golf Ball
The difficulty factor on Tiger Woods signed golf balls has been well stated in the golf collecting community. He just has not signed them since his first year on Tour in 1996. Flying somewhat under the radar while this has gone on is the fact that the harder signed golf ball is that of his career foil, Phil Mickelson. Lefty has NEVER, yes using the word never carefully, signed a golf ball during his pro career for the general public be they at a hotel, a sponsors lunch and certainly not at a tournament site. An added part of this scarcity deals with the timing of these two top talents amateur careers. Golf autograph collecting was picking up steam in the early to mid 1990's and with this Tiger signed a number of golf balls during his standout amateur days 1994-96. Meanwhile Phil's amateur days 1989-92 came before many autograph chasers had turned to the golf course in pursuit of signatures. Combine this with the knowledge that Mickelson as an amateur was far more difficult to obtain on golf balls then Woods. Now you the collector can understand the reasons why Phil signed balls are so seldom seen. Demanding a whole new definition of difficulty not scarce, like Tiger's signed ball, but accurately stated as, RARE. If it is not enough to find a Phil Mickelson signed golf ball, of any kind, an added bonus to this offering is that this "10" signed ball from Phil is on a Cherry Hills Country Club logo ball. This Denver course was the site of Mickelson's U.S. Amateur Championship in 1990. His was a 5&4 matchplay win in the final that year as a 20 year old. In the semi final match that year he had defeated his 1989 & 91 Walker Cup teammate, David Eger. The PGA Tour would call Mickelson full time in 1992, and two things that remain absolutes since that time are first that Phil would be a fan favorite signing freely for all who asked but secondly steadfastly standing by his policy of NEVER signing a golf ball. A unique opportunity for the autograph golf ball collector, and most likely the one time chance for the U.S. Amateur logo ball collector to have a Mickelson in their collection.
James Spence Authentication(JSA) has reviewed this signature, and their FULL letter of authenticity comes with this lot.
In order to bid in extended bidding you must place a bid on the lot before 9pm on auction closing day. The Golf Auction's Spring Auction will end in two sessions on April 10th and April 13th, 2014. Session 1 (Lots 1-400) will end on April 10th, 2014 at 9:00pm EST with extended bidding to follow. Session 2 (Lots 401+) will end on April 13th, 2014 at 9:00pm EST with extended bidding to follow. Get your bids in before the session ends.
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