Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, WOOD, WOOD SHAFT
Date: after 1920 if made in Va. Beach
Description: Wooden club with leather grip, spliced clubhead, scored face, face insert, horn sole insert, bottom weight, back weight, maker’s mark. Natural color shaft, dark clubhead.
Maker: SKIPPER, TOM
Material: wood, leather, horn, brass
Dimension Details: Overall: 43″ grip: 13 1/4″ clubhead: 3 1/4″ x 2 1/8″ x 1 1/8″
Marks/Inscriptions: DRIVER by TOM SKIPPER, Virginia Beach, Va., PERIOD 1903 (on card attached to shaft). Illegible maker’s mark.
Additional Notes: Skipper: native of England, came to US in 1914; worked at Princess Ann Golf Club for 19 years.(St. Petersburg Times, 03/25/1952)
Object ID: GM 82
