2014 Fall Golf Memorabilia Auction - Featuring Jack Fleck Items
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/16/2014
Rut/Track Iron - 1800's
Before the 1900's, golf courses were sharing their fairways with the wagons, carts, people, and animals of the day. Horse drawn wagons would carve through the land leaving tracks and ruts that proved extremely difficult to advance the ball out of. Enter the rut iron. The Rut Iron, with its narrow face and taller topline, was used to play a ball out of depressions left by the cartwheels or holes and trenches caused by other fair use. The Rut Iron is a true classic and a great choice for the classic club enthusiast. The Rut Iron features a hickory shaft, hand-wrapped leather grip with vertical stitching, as well as a hand-finished carbon steel head. Head measures 3" across the face from the back of hosel. with the face extended 1 7/8" at it's maximum height point. Original leather grip with vertical stitching and shaft stamp reading niblick. Length is 38 1/2". Club is nice and is a great example of a Rut iron from the late 1800's.
Please note: This auction will end at 7:00pm EST on November 16th 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.
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