2013 Exclusive 200 Lot Winter Golf Memorabilia Auction
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1935 Interlachen Women's National Champ Press Ribbon Signed by Glenna Collett-Vare
This Interlachen C.C. Women's National Championship Press Ribbon is signed by Glenna Collett-Vare. Collett-Vare was an American Hall of Fame golfing champion whom the Hall calls the greatest female golfer of her day, and who dominated American women's golf in the 1920s. At age 14 she took up the game of golf, and within two years had developed her skills to the point where she competed in the 1919 U.S. Women's Amateur, and won her first-round match. Two years later at age 18, she was the Championship medalist for shooting the lowest qualifying score. In the pre-professional era, the U.S. Women's Amateur was the most prestigious event in the country.
While setting a new single-round scoring record, in 1922 Glenna Collett claimed her first of SIX U.S. Championships! The following year she was upset in the third round, but went north to win the Canadian Women's Amateur. In 1924 Glenna Collett achieved the most remarkable record in golfing history, both female and male. Despite setting a new new single-round qualifying scoring record, Collett lost by a fluke in the semifinal of the 1924 U.S. Women's Amateur when on the 19th hole, Mary Browne's ball caromed off hers and into the cup. However, that would be her only loss in a year where she won an astonishing 59 out of 60 matches, including her second consecutive Canadian championship.
In 1965, Collett Vare was the recipient of the Bob Jones Award, the United States Golf Association 's highest honor given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. In 1975 she was part of the first class inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. At the age of 81 she still had a 15 handicap and played in her 61st consecutive Invitational event in 1984 at the Point Judith Country Club in Rhode Island. In her 1977 book, One Hundred Greatest Women in Sports, author Phyllis Hollander listed Glenna Collett Vare ahead of Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg, stating that "her career was unequaled in the annals of golf". Gene Sarazen called her "the greatest woman golfer of all time". Collett Vare died in 1989 in Gulf Stream, Florida.
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