Circa 1870s Charlie Hunter

Long Nose Play Club

        Though he does not entertain the current fame of Tom Morris, Willie Park or that of many of his contemporaries, Charlie Hunter was one of the most beloved figures in all of golf in the 1800s. "He is to Prestwick and the West of Scotland what his old friend Tom Morris, whom he succeeded in the custodianship of Prestwick, it to St. Andrews." Golf Illustrated, 10 July 1903 (from The Clubmaker's Art (2nd Edition) by Jeffery B. Ellis, p. 86).

        Offered here is a Circa 1870s long nose play club made by Charlie Hunter.  The club is in very good condition, and has the original owner's name "G. ADDIE" stamped perpendicularly to Hunter's name. The face of this club still boldly displays Hunter's original diagonal file marks.