This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/2/2016
1934 ICGA Intercollegiate Golf Championship Contestant Badge - Charlie Yates Winner
A 1934 Intercollegiate Golf Championship (ICGA) Contestant badge #68 is offered in this lot. Charlie Yates, who was attending Georgia Tech, won the tournament, now referred to as the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, at Cleveland Country Club in Cleveland, Tennessee. The University of Michigan was the team champion of the 1934 ICGA tournament. Yates would go on to win the 1938 British Amateur Championship and would also compete in the Masters Tournament (finished 17th) and U.S. Open (50th) in the same year. He later served as secretary of Augusta National Golf Club. The Contestant badge measures 1 1/4" x 1 3/8" and has maintained its NR-MT condition decades after it was used. A great item to add to your collection.
**THE JOHN ROTH COLLECTION**
The Ryder Cup Auction features many items from the collection of John Roth (1940-2015.) John spent 25 years amassing a collection of golf memorabilia and golf antiques that would rival most of the golf museums around the globe. John had a passion for the history and nuance of the game, its traditions and the ever-changing evolution of the manufacture of its equipment. John was a member of the Golf Collectors Society, and actively participated in many of its events around the country. John was also a long-time player in the Society of Hickory Golfers’ tournaments around the country, which honor the traditions of the game by playing with antique, wooden-shafted clubs. During his lifelong participation in the two organizations, John won or placed highly in several tournaments and made many lifelong friends with whom he found camaraderie in his pursuit of all things golf. It is his family’s wish that the items that John treasured so much find loving new homes where they can continue to be enjoyed and tell the history of the sport that meant so much to their husband and father.
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