1925 US Amateur at Oakmont Contestant Badge - Bobby Jones 3rd Major Victory - Rare
One of less than only a handful of these highly prized artifacts from Bobby Jones' 3rd major championship win, conquering the storied Oakmont CC, resides in this exemplar in unimprovable condition - the only that we have offered. Standing toe to toe with 1925 US Amateur champion Bobby Jones at the club situated a 7-iron from Pittsburgh, this pin served as a badge of passage to the course for the elite few golfers who had risen to the apex of competition in The United States amateur game. Throughout the 1920's, the United States Golf Association applied a similar design for this badge. The 1925 badge presents as a circular pin featuring a scalloped edge of gold and a verso makers mark from Whitehead & Hoag Co. At the top of the pin in white enamel is the wording "CONTESTANT". Encircling the pin in bright red enamel is "NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AUG 31st - SEP 5th, 1925". The interior area of the badge has raised scripting "USGA".
Just as Bobby Jones dominated the 1925 U.S. Amateur which featured 16 qualifiers playing 36-hole matches, Jones in blow-out fashion won his first three matches 11-and-10, 6-and-5, and 7-and-6. The final was an all East Lake Country Club event, as Jones faced fellow club member Watts Gunn. It was the first and only time that two members from the same club had ended-up in the finals of the Amateur. Gunn was on a run of spectacular golf which included a never before seen and never to be equaled streak of 15 straight winning holes in an earlier match of that event. His fellow Atlanta native however was no match for Jones in the final a match that ended on the 29th hole, with Jones a 8-and-7 victor. He had defended his 1924 Amateur title won at Merion. Don't let this 1925 US Amateur Contestant badge from Jones' third major championship slip away this auction, as the next acquisition opportunity is unknown.
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