Tiger Woods Signed 1997 Masters Program

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/9/2012

Domination sums up Tiger Woods performance at the 1997 Masters, as he blitzed the field by 12 strokes for his first Major triumph. The Augusta National official program (Journal) of this event has become a treasured keepsake of this event. Taking this desired collectible to the next level is the large black sharpie "10" signature which the Champion golfer of the day, the decade to follow, and our lifetime has applied to the front cover. Tiger is a historically tough autograph on items of this quality. Tiger's first win at the Augusta National will be remembered 100 years from now. This is an opportunity to obtain a significant collectible item from that moment. James Spence Authentication Letter of Authenticity to accompany this item.

This Lot is Part of the Donnie Wanstall Collection.

The Golf Auction is excited to have been selected to auction off the Donnie Wanstall collection. Donnie was a PGA Tour caddy for many years carrying the bag for such major champions as Mark O'Meara, Curtis Strange, Tom Watson, and top PGA pros such as John Cook, Tom Purtzer and others. Donnie is a member of the Professional Caddies Association and was on the bag for 14 PGA tour wins and several Ryder Cup victories. In 1994 Donnie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the Players Championship.

Here is a link to an article about Donnie:
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/101901/pat_7592533.html

His collection was amassed over many years of collecting items while on Tour as well as the kindness of many of his PGA friends and players. In 1994 there was a famous fundraising auction that netted over $150,000 for Donnie and helped to establish the formation of the Caddies Assistance Fund. At that auction PGA players such as Payne Stewart and others took the microphone to help auction off memorabilia to support the cause. Since then, Mark O'Meara has also been of assistance to Donnie in seeing that Tiger Woods autographed items from his major victories. Many of these items are up for bid, please select the Donnie Wanstall collection link on the left hand side of the page. All of these items come from Donnie directly with the items and autographs being directly obtained by him.

The Golf Auction wishes to be a part of the fight to find a cure for MS and will donate five percent (5%) of the gross sale price realized from the Wanstall collection to multiple sclerosis research.