Sam Parks Jr. Signed 75th PGA Championship Station 1993 1st Day Cover JSA ALOA

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Sam Parks Jr. Signed 75th PGA Championship Station 1993 1st Day Cover

This lot features a first day cover from the 75th PGA Championship Station in 1993 signed by Sam Parks Jr in blue ink. Sam Parks Born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, used his knowledge of the nearby Oakmont Country Club to win the 1935 United States Open at age 25. Parks was the only player to negotiate Oakmont's furrowed bunkers and shaved greens in less than 300. After winning the U.S. Open, Parks played for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, matched against Alf Perry (the reigning British Open champion), the first time the U.S. Open champion would play the British Open Champion of the same year in a Ryder Cup match. During that event, at the 36th hole, Parks made a 30-foot birdie putt to win the hole and tie the match, so that both he and the British champ remained undefeated in Ryder Cup play. Parks, a University of Pittsburgh alumnus who helped found the school's golf team in the 1920s, died in 1997.

James Spence Authentication (JSA) has reviewed this signature, and their letter of authenticity comes with this lot.

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