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2004 Ryder Cup Ceremonial Golf Bag Signed by 10 Members - Steve Jones Collection
USA!USA! you have to feel patriotic when you hear that, and you have to feel patriotic when you see this professional Club Glove Tour bag issued to Steve Jones for play in practice rounds at the 2004 Ryder Cup contested at Oakland Hills. The patriotic design to this bag comes with red, white and blue color scheme that is accented with USA and a bald eagle, no doubt which team this bag represents. Also adorning this deluxe model golf bag is the logo of the 2004 Ryder Cup matches and the stitched names of players for the USA in those matches, along with team captain Hal Sutton. Ten members of the United States team have also boldly hand signed in silver over many areas of this prized collectible. James Spence Authentication (JSA) provides a letter with this lot for those signatures. It is seldom that the collecting world has an opportunity to pick up a personal item of this offering. Please do not miss this opportunity to add a significant piece to your Ryder Cup collection.. The following golfers were a part of the 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup team and their autographs appear on the bag:
Hal Sutton - Non-playing Captains
Phil Mickelson
Jim Furyk
Davis Love III
Kenny Perry
Chad Champbell
Chris DiMarco
Fred Funk
Chris Riley
**THE STEVE JONES COLLECTION-- 8x PGA Winner & 1996 U.S. Open Champion**
We at The Golf Auction appreciate the opportunity to partner with the highly respected PGA Touring Professional Steve Jones in the auctioning of items from his collection of player badges, clubs, championship medals and mementos assembled over a PGA career which began in 1982 and spanned over the next 30 plus seasons on the regular and Champions Tours. This great run of golf at its highest level saw Jones five times finish in the yearly Top 40 of PGA earnings. His long successful career was highlighted by eight PGA Tour wins claimed at some of the most esteemed of Tour events which included the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Canadian Open and of course his Major triumph at the 1996 United States Open. This victory which came at the famed, for its difficulty of play, Oakland Hills. This triumph saw Jones post a record setting winning score of 278. This championship winning score remains to this day the the lowest total posted at any of the six U.S. Open's and two Senior U.S. Open's held at the course Ben Hogan would call "The Monster" (with members of the champions at Oakland Hills club besides Jones including Hall of Famers Ralph Guldahl, Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus). Following the 1996 golf season, Jones also had the esteemed honor of being named the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award which is given annually by the Golf Writers Association of America to an individual who has continued to be active in golf despite a physical handicap or serious illness.
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