Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, METAL SHAFT
Date: after 1916
Description: Leather grip, metal shaft with cutouts, metal clubhead. No shaft stamp. Maker’s marks. Bordered hand stamped face.
Maker: SPALDING
Dimension Details: Overall: 39″; grip 13—1/8″; clubhead: 4—3/8″ (hosel to toe); 3—1/2″ x 1—5/8″ x 1″; Shaft is 1/2″ wide.
Marks/Inscriptions: MID IRON, FIRST STEEL SHAFTED CLUB made by A.G. SPALDING & BROS. PERIOD 1912—14, Donated by Dave Ferguson, Greenville, S.C. , 18I (on card tied to shaft); Bordered hand stamped dot face; MID IRON (on heel); hammer logo on toe, PAT’D JAN. 12, 1914, PAT’D AUG. 29, 1916 (on toe), ACCURATE arrow, SPALDING GOLD MEDAL (in oval) 2 (under oval) “Spalding rose” on either side of oval.
Additional Notes: Patent on back of clubhead indicates club manufactured after 1916.
Object ID: GM 208
