Lot # 118: Schenectady Putter Pat. Date 1903

Category: Golf Clubs

Starting Bid: $75.00

Bids: 9 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Inaugural Auction",
which ran from 3/6/2019 12:00 PM to
3/23/2019 8:00 PM



Made famous by Walter Travis when he won the British Amateur in 1904, the Schenectady putter was patented by Arthur Knight of Schenectady, New York, in 1903.  The R&A banned the club in 1910, but the USGA did not. The R$A's ban lasted over 40 years before it was reversed. Read about the great uproar around this club during the early 1900s in The Clubmakers Art Vol 1: 225-228.

This is an outstanding all-original example, showing very little use, of one of the most historic putters in golf. Sole is stamped "Golf Licensees Harry C. Lee & Co. New York, Medium".

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