(Early) 1894 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Ladies Morton Cup Sterling Silver Trophy Bowl
Here we have the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club “Morton Cup”
won by Marie L. Harrison.
The background on the trophy is as follows:
Per a July 22 1894, newspaper article in the New York Times on
the Shinnecock Hills golf club, two competition cups were
discussed . The Mead Cup was to be competed for by the
gentlemen members of the club, and for the ladies, Mr. A. L.
Morton offered a silver dish to be known as the Morton
Trophy.
In the February 23, 1896 New York Tribune there appeared an
extensive article on women golf players in conjunction with the
first USGA Women’s Amateur championship that had just been
played in 1895. Among the woman golfers profiled was Marie
Harrison. Within her profile it stated the following “
Shinnecock Hills certainly has the lion’s share of the first rank
players, for, besides Mrs Brown and Mrs. Turnure, it claims
another in the sister of the latter, Miss Marie Harrison. In the
summer of 1894 Miss Harrison defeated all rivals and, while she
was not as successful last year in the tournaments, she has
become known as a golfer of exceptional endurance.”
Thus although the Morton Cup trophy offered here has her
name on it, it is not specifically dated but the article quoted
above states she defeated all rivals in the 1894 ladies
tournament at Shinnecock and thus we believe this is in fact
the 1894 trophy.
Note: a year later In the 1895 USGA Women’s Amateur
Championship Marie Harrison would shoot an 80/70 150 total
over the 18 holes to finish in 5 th place.
The trophy itself was finely crafted by Black Starr and Frost of
New York. It features a beautiful repousse floral design to the
sides and measures 6 ½ “ in diameter and 2 ¼ “ high. Marked
sterling on the bottom it weighs a substantive 10.4 ounces.
The underside of the bowl is inscribed Shinnecock Hills Golf
Club. Morton Cup, won by, Marie Harrison
This is an historically significant and museum worthy women’s
golf trophy. Issued in the same year the USGA was founded, it
is likely the first women’s golf trophy issued at Shinnecock and
certainly it is amongst the earliest US women’s golf trophies in
all of golf in the United States.
Don’t miss this opportunity to add it to you collection.
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