Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, WOOD, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1893—1894
Year Range from: 1893
Year Range to: 1894
Description: Hide grip, natural hickory shaft, scared neck, dark stained clubhead with backweight, horn insert and smooth face. No distinct shaft stamp. Maker’s mark on top of clubhead.
Maker: KILRYMONT COMPANY
Dimension Details: Overall: 43 1/4″; grip: 10 1/2″; clubhead: 3″ x 2 7/8″ x 1 1/4″
Marks/Inscriptions: DRIVER by KILRYMONT St. Andrews, Scotland, PERIOD 1895—1900, Donated by Miss Jean Campbell, St. Albans, England, 20E (on card attached to shaft); KILRYMONT, ST. ANDREWS (maker’s mark)
Additional Notes: Rare club. The Kilrymont company was active for only a couple of years (1893—4) in St Andrews and seems to have been set up by a group of ex—Forgan employees, initially as “The Golf Company”. Jamie Anderson, multiple Open Champion, was involved and their work apparently won a golf medal at the 1893 Chicago exhibition. (http://www.antiquegolfscotland.com/antiquegolf/maker.php3?makerid=406)
Object ID: GM 140
