1945 PGA Contestant Badge - Won by Byron Nelson-Penna Family Collection

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2013

From 1916 to 1955 the PGA Championship was conducted through match play. This stretch was only interrupted in 1943 during World War II. The PGA Championship resumed in 1944 as the only Major to hold there tournament in 1944 and '45. The 1945 event saw Byron Nelson close out Sam Byrd 4 and 3 in the Championship match. The win for Lord Byron marked his ninth straight PGA win of 1945 on the way to his record 11 straight that year. Offered in this lot is a NR-MT condition 1 1/2 diameter Contestants badge with origin from the Penna family collection.

This item comes from the Penna Family Collection. This highly successful and respected professional golfing family offers golf mementoes from the careers of brothers Toney Penna and Charley Penna, and Tommy Armour whom Toney and Charley worked under for many years as pros at Boca Raton in Florida and various courses in the Chicago area. Toney was a consistent top 20 money winner on the PGA Tour in the 1930's and 40's while his brother Charley competed in 20 U.S. Open and PGA Championships. We have it all from their storied careers in golf both on and off the course, including everything from contestant’s pins, to used sets of clubs, and prototypes for Penna's famous clubs. Toney is an icon when it comes to club making in the 20th Century, first with the MacGregor Golf Company as their chief of design and then later with his own brand of Penna clubs. Many of the designs of club heads used today were first developed by the genius of Toney. We introduce you to this extraordinary collection by offering various lots from the family’s collection in this special British Open offering. This is an opportunity to acquire golf history, possibly for the last time.

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