Lot # 26: 1926 US Open Contestants Badge (Bobby Jones win)

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Item was in Auction "Spring 2012 Auction",
which ran from 3/21/2012 2:00 PM to
4/8/2012 1:00 PM



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1926 US Open Contestants Badge

(Bobby Jones win)

            Perhaps the greatest golfer to ever live, Bobby Jones won 13 Major Championships before retiring at the age of 28. In 1926, the yet-to-be legendary Bobby Jones won his 4th Major Championship - the 1926 U.S. Open at Scioto Country Club. Presented here is an actual contestant's badge from the 1926 U.S. Open. Memorabilia from Bobby Jones' major championship victories are scarce and routinely sell for thousands of dollars. Less than 200 of these contestant's badges existed in 1926; how many are still around? Surely only a handful.