Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1905
Description: Brown leather grip, natural unvarnished shaft, no shaft stamp. Steel clubhead, offset with maker’s marks.
Possible grip replacement.
Maker: STEWART, T.S. FOR ADAMS OF GLASGOW
Dimension Details: Overall: 35 3/4; grip: 12 1/8″; clubhead: 6 1/2″ (hosel to toe)
Marks/Inscriptions: (* incorrect maker on card) PUTTER by D. ADAMS, Glasgow, Scotland, PERIOD 1905, Used for 29 years by John Campbell, first curator of the Golf Museum. Donated by Mrs. Rose Campbell, Newport News, Va. 2K (on card attached to shaft); 228 (on tag affixed to shaft); SPECIAL, (partial D. Adams Glasgow stamp), (Steward pipe cleek mark), T.S. ST. A. REG. TRADE MARK (all on back of clubhead)
Additional Notes: Grip does not show sufficient wear to have been used “for 29 years”. Upper end of grip does not extend all the way to the end of the shaft.
Object ID: GM 111