Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1905—1910
Year Range from: 1905
Year Range to: 1910
Description: Leather grip, natural color shaft, metal clubhead. Shaft stamp, importer’s stamp, maker’s marks.
Maker: STEWART (head) A.L. JOHNSON & CO. (shaft)
Dimension Details: Overall: 40″; grip: 11 5/8″; clubhead: 5 1/2″ (hosel to toe); 3 1/2″ x 1/2″ x 1 3/8″
Marks/Inscriptions: SAMMY IRON, HEAD Y STEWART, St. Andrews, Scotland. Imported and Shafted by A.L. Johnson & Co., Boston, Mass. PERIOD 1910, Has loft of No. 4 Iron and was first club made to bridge gap between mid iron and mashie. Sometimes called mongrel iron or heavy mashie. Donated by Leonard Biles, Raritan, N.J. 18J (on card tied to shaft); 211 (on tag affixed to shaft); A.J. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON (shaft stamp); SPECIAL; HAND FORGED IN SCOTLAND; A.J. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON (reseller’s mark, inside oval); SAMMY (at toe); pipe mark, T.S. ST. A. REG. TRADEMARK (along bottom edge)
Object ID: GM 121
