Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: after 1916
Description: Cork grip, natural color varnish on wood shaft, metal blade, shaft stamp, dot—dash face, sole marks, cleek marks, brown plastic cap on end of grip.
Replaced whipping at base of grip.
Replaced whipping at base of grip.
Maker: HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO.
Material: metal, cork, wood
Dimension Details: Overall:38″; grip: 13 1/8″; blade: 5 1/2″ (toe to hosel); 3 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ x 1/8″
Marks/Inscriptions: “BOBBY” (sic) IRON, CORK GRIP by HILLERICK (sic) & BRADSBY CO., Louisville, Kentucky, PERIOD 1910—15, 1K (on tag attached to shaft); MADE BY HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO, LOUISVILLE, KY (shaft stamp) CORK GRIP PAT. SEPT. 15, 1914 (patent stamp on shaft) 1BI BOBBIE IRON (sole stamp) arm and hammer HAND MADE mark (at toe on back); PAR—X—L (along sole edge on back); circle containing HB (at heel on back); 1BI BOBBIE IRON (along top edge on back); partial maker’s mark inside oval at center of blade on back side)
Object ID: GM 103
