Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1905—10
Year Range from: 1905
Year Range to: 1910
Description: Leather grip, dark varnished shaft, steel clubhead with grounding heel, hosel stamp, maker’s mark, owner’s initials.
Repositioned whipping at base of grip.
Maker: SPALDING
Dimension Details: Overall: 40:; grip: 11 1/2″; clubhead: 5 3/4″; 3 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ x 1 3/4″grounding heel: 2 7/8″ x 1 3/4″
Marks/Inscriptions: LOFTER by J.M. McDERMOTT, PERIOD 1905—10. Note grounding heel. Donated by Robert Brown, Newport News, Va. 14J (on card attached to shaft); McDERMOTT SPECIAL (in oval); H.B. (owner’s initials on toe, both sides); (hammer logo) HAND FORGED, REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE (at toe on back) A 31 (hosel stamp)
Additional Notes: Spalding trademark on toe. Made for McDermott as a SPECIAL club.
Object ID: GM 113