Undated Caddie Badge from Tam O'Shanter Country Club

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Undated Caddie Badge from Tam O'Shanter Country Club

This lot features a caddie badge from Tam O'Shanter Country Club. The 160-acre tract of rolling wooded land was leased in 1925 by a group of wealthy Detroit Industrialists. They organized a Stag Country Club: “Tam-O-Shanter.” They brought here from England Captain C. A. Allison, considered by many to be the world’s foremost golf architect, who designed this superb championship course. Their clubhouse was designed by Architect H. Augustus O’Dell. At the time of the bank failure in 1933, the original Tam-O-Shanter club was dissolved, since most of the members belonged to other clubs and used Tam-O-Shanter as a stag club. The badge shows signs of wear and aging but the pin is intact.

**THE JOHN ROTH COLLECTION**
The November Memorabilia Auction features many items from the collection of John Roth (1940-2015.) John spent 25 years amassing a collection of golf memorabilia and golf antiques that would rival most of the golf museums around the globe. John had a passion for the history and nuance of the game, its traditions and the ever-changing evolution of the manufacture of its equipment. John was a member of the Golf Collectors Society, and actively participated in many of its events around the country. John was also a long-time player in the Society of Hickory Golfers’ tournaments around the country, which honor the traditions of the game by playing with antique, wooden-shafted clubs. During his lifelong participation in the two organizations, John won or placed highly in several tournaments and made many lifelong friends with whom he found camaraderie in his pursuit of all things golf. It is his family’s wish that the items that John treasured so much find loving new homes where they can continue to be enjoyed and tell the history of the sport that meant so much to their husband and father.

Please note: This auction will end at 7:00pm EST on Sunday, November 20th with EXTENDED BIDDING to follow. All items in the auction will remain open until no items have received a bid within a 15 minute time period. All lots are free to be bid on until extended bidding has ended