Scotty Cameron Putters by Bill Vogeney
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SCOTTY CAMERON PUTTERS
Before there was "SCOTTY" there was "SCOTT"
From Winter 2023 of The Golf
SCOTTY CAMERON PUTTERS
Cameron Mizuno Putters
From Spring 2024 of The Golf
Cameron Mizuno putters make a great place to start a collection…
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Titleist - The Early Years
From Winter 2024 of The Golf
In a matter of a few months, Scotty Cameron transitioned from a young, thriving putter maker and entrepreneur who made close to 10,000 putters in 1994, to part of a huge golf company in Titleist…
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Masters Tickets & Badges
One of the most popular examples of tournament ticket collecting is for the Masters. Many who have done so, began by saving the ticket from their first or only visit. An added challenge is to get the winner that year to sign them at some point, sometimes during a future visit. Of course, auctions are a major source for additions.
From the inaugural event in 1934 to the present day, paper tickets have been produced for daily entrance. (Sunday tickets are more highly sought than a Tuesday practice round). From 1934 through 1960, those weeklong passes were all paper tickets, but beginning in 1961, plasticized pin-backed “Badges” became available for full week entry, in addition to the daily paper tickets. The competition amongst collectors for the early tickets/badges is fierce.
Enjoy this collection which includes examples from all past years, many signed by that year’s winner.
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Harry Vardon's 1900 US Tour
Harry Vardon was enticed by the Spalding company to tour America in 1900 and promote their new Vardon clubs and Vardon Flyer golf ball. While on that trip he won the 1900 US Open and nearly all of his numerous exhibitions matches between February 12th and December 10th, often against the better ball of two top players.
One of those exhibition matches was in Poland Springs, Maine on August 25th, where Vardon defeated the pair of Alex Findlay and Arthur Fenn, 4 and 2. Newspaper Articles recounted Vardon’s warm reception there saying that after the match, “Vardon entered the great hall to cheers, followed by speeches and then the singing of “God save the Queen” and the “Star-Spangled Banner” to the delight of the guests of the hotel”, who then awarded him this American styled copper/silver trophy with deer antler handles. This appears to be the only trophy awarded to Vardon on his American tour. It is obvious from the photo taken years later in Vardon’s own home, how much that reception meant to him, as he displays it prominently amongst his other awards.
The book “The Vardon Invasion- Harry’s Triumphant 1900 American Tour” by Bob Labbance with Brian Siplo, is a wonderful account of the tour that sparked even greater interest and advanced the growth of golf in America.
Other items on the display shelf include: a letter on Vardon’s famous stationary, a Vardon Flyer ball, a “Vardon Trophy” medal (featuring Vardon’s famous grip) for the PGA Tour’s leader in scoring average for the year, and a “Harry Vardon Trophy” statue (by Hal Ludlow for Elkington & Co.) for the European Tour’s low scorer.
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Super-Giant
Niblick & Mashie
The usual “giants” produced intermittently by several different makers between about 1905 and into the 1920’s were only moderately larger than regular irons and were playable. They are not uncommon but have wonderful appeal.
Club expert Jeff Ellis proposes that a true “giant niblick” has between 3 1/4″ and 3 7/8″ of face depth at its deepest point, while a Dreadnought niblick or Junior Mammoth Niblick is usually between 2 1/2″ and 3″ tall. In person, super-giants look more and more massive with even small incremental increases in size. Giant Niblicks are more common than giant irons and putters.
Pictured here, flanking Titleist’s newest Vokey SM10 wedge, are a super-giant niblick made by J. P. Cochrane which measures over 4 1/2″ tall and 5 3/4″ long, and a super-giant mashie of extreme weight, made by W.L. Ritchie measuring 3 3/4″ tall and 5 1/2″ long.
Some believe that such rare, true giants, are so unwieldy that they may have been for sales display or to demonstrate a maker’s craftsmanship.
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Eras of Golf Ball Collecting
1940s-Current Era
Collectors of balls for this period have many choices should they wish to focus on a particular niche, as these include balls with logos of from anything to universities to sports clubs and everything in between; corporate brands (logos); images of any number of things from animals to birds; joke balls, balls with the names of professional golfers, sometimes in script; autographed balls, itself a category as collectors often like to build a display of balls that the golfer him or herself has signed.