Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, WOOD, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1895
Description: Hornbeam wood clubhead, natural color shaft and clubhead, horn insert, scared neck, maker’s mark and shaft stamp. Leather grip.
Maker: FORGAN, ROBERT
Dimension Details: Overall: 44 5/8″; grip: 11 7/8″; clubhead: 3 3/4′ x 2″ x 1 1/4″
Marks/Inscriptions: DRIVER, FIRST BULGER by ROBERT FORGAN, St. Andrews, Scotland, PERIOD 1895, Shown in 1911 Glasgow Exhibition 17E (on card tied to shaft); R.FORGAN AND SON, ST. ANDREWS (shaft stamp); R. FORGAN AND PLUME MARK (MAKER’S MARKS)
Additional Notes: Club loaned by Andrew Forgan for display at 1911 Glasgow Exhibition. One of a grouping of clubs by Robert Forgan and other makers exhibited. Robert Forgan had died the previous year. First Bulger Driver style manufactured——no evidence to suggest this was very first Bulger made by Forgan.
Object ID: GM 148
