2020 June Auction Highlighted by Caddies For A Cause Benefit
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2020
Claude Harmon Signed Winged Foot Golf Club Letterhead
For one lucky bidder, I'm sure what has been a long quest can come to an end with this lot. The quest for the very elusive autograph of the 1948 Masters Champion, Claude Harmon. In the days when it was hard for a professional golfer to feed his family, Harmon paid the bills as one of the top teaching club pros anywhere. He was also the head pro at two of the more prestigious clubs in the US, Winged Foot and the ultra exclusive Seminole Golf Club. While heading out of the South from the Winter season of 1948, Harmon (the ever precise iron player) stopped off at Augusta on his way North and won the Masters. The glory of the victory did not change him or tempt him to leave his two lucrative country club positions. The combination of these two contributing factors have led to a very difficult autograph: first Harmon spending little time on the regular PGA Tour and secondly his early passing before Masters champion autographs became in vogue. Harmon signed this 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of Winged Foot letterhead (head pro 1945-1978) in blue ink along with the notation "To Bill, Best of Luck - Claude Harmon." His signature comes with a full letter of authenticity from JSA #BB29304. Over the 11 years The Golf Auction has been in business we have had a scant 13 examples of the prized Harmon signature. They have been on various items and with any number of different writing tools. Taking into consideration that this autograph is signed big, bold and in blue ink on lilly white Winged Foot letterhead it is easy to make the assessment that this is the finest Harmon signature we have offered. A significant addition to any Masters or golf autograph collection.
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