Doug Ford's Replica PGA Championship Trophy

         The PGA Championship's Wannamaker trophy has been presented to the winner of the PGA Championship each year with one caveat - if you win it, you can't keep it. Some former Champions have received a replica Wanamaker Trophy (see Lot 2, Al Geiberger's Trophy from 1966), but many of the older Champions were never presented with one at all. Doug Ford is one such PGA Champion; he was never awarded a trophy for winning the 1955 PGA Championship.

        Vjay Singh was well aware of this problem, and at the 1999 PGA Championship Champions Dinner, as reigning champion, he presented each former PGA Champion with their own replica PGA Championship Trophy. The championship that each member of this exclusive club had strived so hard to achieve was finally memorialized in a trophy to keep forever.

        Presented here is one of those replica PGA Championship trophies that Vijay Singh so graciously bestowed upon his fellow champions. This trophy was presented to 1955 PGA Championship winner Doug Ford, as is stated on the plaque adorning the front of the trophy. The entire trophy, including base, stands approximately 14" tall and 7" wide. The miniature Wannamaker Trophy stands almost 6" tall and is beautifully inscribed "Annual Championship of the Professional Golfers Association of America." The plastic case covering the miniature Wannamaker replica is cracked, but could easily be replaced for few dollars at a local hobby or trophy shop.

          As if this trophy could get any more spectacular, this exact trophy was part of Doug Ford's Hall of Fame Induction exhibit in 2011. As you can see in the photo below, it was prominently placed in Doug Ford's Hall of Fame Induction display alongside his Masters Tournament Green Jacket.

         This amazing trophy comes with a Letter of Authenticity from Doug Ford himself.