Sam Snead's Masters Tournament Wedgwood Plates

for Recording an Eagle

    
    We're all familiar with the Masters "Crystal", which is awarded to players at the Masters Tournament for such accomplishments as an Eagle, Day's Low Round, etc. But even before Augusta National began awarding crystal (in approximately the early 1960s), Augusta National awarded players for their accomplishments in another way.

    To commemorate those accomplishments, The Masters Tournament awarded the rare Masters Champions' Dinner Plates. Not to be confused with the more common Lenox Augusta National plates that were issued to members from 1992 to 1997, these gorgeous Wedgwood plates were produced in approximately the late 1950's. They were used as awards for players recording an Eagle during the Masters Tournament, as Par 3 Contest Prizes, and even as the actual plates used for dinner at the famed Masters Champions' Dinner each year (see photo of the 1968 Champions' Dinner, from page 34 of the 1973 book The Masters: Profile of a Tournament by Dawson Taylor). In previous sales, even single plates from little-known players have fetched $3,000-$4,000 at auction.

    Offered here are a pair of those original plates that were awarded to the great Sam Snead - plate numbers 666 and 667. This pair of plates were awarded to Snead for recording an Eagle in The Masters Tournament. These plates come from Sam Snead's estate.

    Letter from Authenticity from Sam Snead's son Jack Snead.