2024 May Golf Memorabilia Auction - Closing Date - 5/20/24
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2024
Frank Ragano's Personal Golf Clubs In Palma Ceia Full Size Bag
From The Babe Zaharias' Golf Foundation Founder Hal Shaw comes Frank Ragano's Personal Golf Clubs In Palma Ceia Full Size Bag. The provenance story is best and can only be told by Shaw, as he tells it.
"Without a doubt, my bold and bizarre relationship with the Ragano family will never be
forgotten. As one of the teaching golf professionals at this widely known prestigious golf club in
Tampa Florida where I was introduced to Betty Jo Ragano (Frank Ragano’s first wife). She had
signed up for golf lessons and that is where our path’s crossed, at first she asked me to call her
Betty, not Betty Jo or Mrs. Ragano and we became good friends. She felt that she could trust
me and she shared the highs and lows of marriage, friends and family. My involvement with
Frank, came about when he would stop by the golf shop to inquire about Betty’s progress.
During one of those visits, Frank signed up for lessons and payed in advance by dropping a “C
Note” on the counter but he never cashed in for the lesson. When Dinah and Burt showed up as
special guests for golf and party with Betty, for Tampa’s high society event. Franks wants to
play the role and trades in his present set of Hogans for a set of the head pro’s sponsored
Wilson golf clubs. I wasted no time and purchased these from Henry Castillo, my boss. These
clubs were owned by ‘Mob Lawyer’ Frank Ragano." A signed letter of provenance by Hal Shaw comes with this lot. 35" - 42 1/2"
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