2020 August Golf Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/9/2020
1898 League of American Wheelmen Member Ticket #115135 Issued to USGA President Herbert Jacques
3 7/8" x 2 3/8" Founded in Newport, Rhode Island, on May 30, 1880 as the League of American Wheelmen by Kirk Munroe and E. Charles Pratt, it soon became the leading national membership organization for cyclists in the United States.The League was also the governing body for amateur bicycle racing in the U.S. during the late 19th century. Membership badge remains in excellent condition on both sides.
THE HERBERT JACQUES COLLECTION - USGA PRESIDENT 1909 & 1910
Noteworthy in the fact that this material is "fresh" to the golf collecting hobby, having recently been located on the upper East Coast. It's original owner was Hebert Jacques a renowned New England industrialist, architect and golf enthusiast. He was a member at The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts known as the first 'country club' in the United States which also had the acclaim as being among the first five founding members of the U.S. Golf Association. Jacques ascended to the 1907-08 Executive Committee of the U.S.G.A and became the eighth President of the organization in 1909-10. He remained ingrained in the administrative side of the game as the President of the Massachusetts Golf Association when Brookline hosted the 1913 U.S. Open. Long after his death in 1916, Jacques family was still highly involved in golf with his son Herbert Jacques serving as President of the U.S.G.A in the term 1933-34.
Click above for larger image.