A Collection of Golf Medals

Great Britain, London: Tooting Bec Golf Club, a bronze award medal by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, male golfer preparing to play a shot, trees in background, reverse club insignia of crossed clubs and balls, hole flag and pin, named (W.T. Hubbard, 88 – 11 = 77, June 1899), 60mm. Obverse good very fine, reverse fine, rare; in a modern case (£100-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Golf Medals.

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Tooting Bec Golf Club, founded c.1890, was dissolved after the First World War. The defunct club’s name is perpetuated today by the annual award of the Tooting Bec Cup to the British professional golfer who scores the lowest round in the Open Championship. For another medal to this club, see Baldwin FPL 1995, 206