This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/22/2013
The National Golf Day was instituted in 1952 by the PGA of America to promote the game and serve as a fund raiser for its charitable wing. Each of the PGA's 4,300 pros were encouraged to play that day in return for a contribution from their playing partner. This event also featured a beat the top professional of the days posted score. Golfers that were able to best the pros score received a commemorative medal. The later day medals were 1" diameter for the three (59,62,63) these featured a competition between the reigning PGA and U.S. Open champion from the proceeding year. In the earliest years it was best the score of the U.S. Open champ with 1 1/4" diameter medal as the prize presented for the achievement.
Here is a rundown of the professional(s) that were part of this program on offered medals: 1955 Ed Furgol, 1959 Dow Finsterwald and Tommy Bolt, 1962 Jerry Barber and Gene Litler and in 1963 both in their first appearances in the program were Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus.
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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