Frank Stranahan's 1947 Houston Country Club Invitat. Champions Serving Dish

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Frank Stranahan's 1947 Houston Country Club Invitat. Champions Serving Dish

In 1947 the 29th Annual Invitational was staged at the Houston C.C. Frank Stranahan playing some of the finest golf of his career,as evidenced by second place overall finishes in both the '47 Masters and British Open, was the medalist at Houston with a 4 under 67 in qualifying. He rolled through his early matches to set up a Sunday, February 23 final against Gus Moreland, who was a four time past champ of the Houston Invitational. It was truly Stranahan's week as he dispatched Moreland 6 & 5 for the Championship. It was a week in which Frankie gave par a beating with a 4 under score for the 31 holes against Moreland bringing the Toledo long hitter to a score of 15 under par for the entire event. For his dominance in this event Stranahan received the award offered in this lot which is inscribed:

Houston Country Club Invitational
1947
Championship Flight Winner

12" x 9 1/4" x 6" (with lid on). Lid is 11" x 8 1/4" x 4 1/4"

A portion of the Frank Stranahan collection proceeds will be donated to The First Tee of Lake Erie.

For nearly 20 years Frank Stranahan dominated the landscapes of golf, weightlifting, women, and even the heads of the Masters Tournament. Winning over 70 amateur tournaments wasn’t enough for this ‘Toledo Strongman’; on regular basis he would compete against and beat the day’s professionals including Hogan, Nelson and Snead. As a finalist in over a dozen national championships he won an astounding seven! Frankie was runner-up in five other major championships, including the British Amateur, the Masters Tournament, The Open Championship, and the U.S. Amateur. He won two major championships in the 1948 and 1950 British Amateurs. Throw in 3 Walker Cup Team Victories and this man was untouchable, the greatest amateur anyone had seen since Bobby Jones made his way around the fairways. This world traveling playboy and son of the founder of Champion Sparkplugs competed in over 200 tournaments across multiple continents, leaving his mark wherever he went.

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