Lot # 125: Chieftain Salesman Sample Driver

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer Golf Auction 2019",
which ran from 7/3/2019 12:00 PM to
7/20/2019 8:00 PM



Made by MacGregor between 1927 and 1929, Chieftains woods have ivory insert in the face, an ivory insert in the crown, an ivory backweight, and a brass soleplate.  The red dots on this club are threaded Scruloc inserts made from galalith, a casein product made from goats milk. Really.

Golfers could order Chieftains with either wood or metal shafts.  In this driver the shaft is metal with a bronze-colored coating.  The shaft seam is identifiable on the back side of the shaft down near the head. 

This Chieftain salesman sample measures 18” in total length.  Everything is original, including the whipping at the base of the leather wrap grip.  The whipping at the top of the grip is not present.  Chieftains are rare to begin with.  They were the most expensive club a golfer could order out of the MacGregor catalog.  Chieftain salesmen samples are beyond rare.

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