Original c.1920 Ted Ray Post-Swing Photo with Pipe George Pietzcker Photo
Edward "Ted" Ray was a great British golfer, with a career that spanned decades. This crystal clear, magnificent George Pietzcker photo, with his patented and coveted studio embossment in margin below image, depicts the mustache, hat and pipe sporting Ray post-swing circa 1920. Pietzcker is unquestionably the best of the best in golf photography - as he was to golf as Charles Conlon was to baseball. Ray won 2 Major tournaments, the 1912 Open Championship and the 1920 US Open. Ray was born in Jersey, the same island country that brought us Harry Vardon. It was in fact Vardon that Ray defeated by four strokes in 1912 to claim the Claret Jug. The following year, Ray joined Vardon on an exhibition tour in the United states that culminated at the 1913 US Open. The 20 year old Francis Ouimet stunned the Brits, who were heavily favored, Beating Ray and Vardon by 5 strokes in a playoff. Ray and Vardon's chance for redemption came at the 1920 US Open, where Ray was victorious by one stroke over Vardon, Jock Hutchison, and two others.
The camera eye in which captured this image was George Pietzcker, a remarkable photographer from St. Louis, who covered the golf seen from the early 1910's till mid 1930's. During this time period, he was the official photographer for the United States Golf Association creating a visual record of the country's national championships and champions. 5" x 7 3/4"
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