This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/22/2013
This 1 3/4" diameter Contestants Badge for the 1937 Tournament of the Gardens PGA Tour stop in Charleston S.C. was way ahead of its time for the detailed visually attractive graphics shown on the badge front. The event had a short history running only five years from 1933-37, but what a history with Golf Hall of Famers winning each year-Walter Hagen in 1933, Paul Runyan 1934 and Henry Picard 1935-37. Picard had quite a home court advantage on the Country Club of Charleston course serving as Pro there from 1925-34.
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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