2017 February-March Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/12/2017
The US Open Complete Set of 20 Rolex Annuals from 1988-2006 and 2012
This lot is any US Open Collector's dream! 20 annuals are featured here from the US Open presented by Rolex. The books include exciting recaps, statistics, as well as color photos of the course layout in addition to the golfers. These annuals are in excellent condition and memorialize the following champions:
1988 & 1989 - Curtis Strange
1990 - Hale Irwin
1991 - Payne Stewart
1992 - Tom Kite
1993 - Lee Janzen
1994 - Ernie Els
1995 - Corey Pavin
1996 - Steve Jones
1997 - Ernie Els
1998 - Lee Janzen
1999 - Payne Stewart
2000 - Tiger Woods
2001 - Retief Goosen
2002 - Tiger Woods
2003 - Jim Furyk
2004 - Retief Goosen
2005 - Michael Campbell
2006 - Geoff Ogilvy
2012 - Webb Simpson
**THE ESTATE OF HELEN AND ROBERT SOMMERS COLLECTION (U.S.G.A OFFICIAL)**
Robert Sommers served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the final stages of World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He returned to spend four years at the University of Maryland, then caught on as a sportswriter for the Baltimore Evening Sun, where he remained for 12 years. In 1962, he switched to the now-defunct Washington Star, and in the winter of 1965-66, he joined the United States Golf Association as managing editor of Golf Journal and public information manager. That was the start of a 26 year career with the U.S.G.A with numerous notable accomplishments including the 1987 publication of his book "The U.S. Open: Golf's Ultimate Challenge", which is also the ultimate source for information about golf's premier championship. With the success of this work, Sommers followed up with a second edition in 1996. Both of these writings are dedicated to wife Helen as Sommers wrote, "who saw me trough this one". Helen Sommers was a librarian by trade who would be invaluable to the maintenance of Robert's golf book and memorabilia collections over the years. A collection which was acquired in both the United States and Europe, with Sommers' first visit to Scotland for the 1979 Walker Cup match at Muirfield. From that assignment he quickly maintained his reputation as the U.S.G.A.'s "foreign correspondent for overseas golf events". All that time assembling the wonderful golf collection which The Golf Auction is privileged to offer here to the collecting world.
Please note: This auction will end at 7:00pm EST on Sunday, March 12th 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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