Lot # 26: Scarce Merion Golf Club Course-Used Pin Flag

Category: Golf Flags

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 32 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "2013 Summer Auction",
which ran from 8/21/2013 3:00 PM to
9/8/2013 3:30 AM



Ben Hogan

 

 

Scarce Merion Golf Club

Course-Used Pin Flag

        Let me guess - you thought Merion Golf Club only uses wicker baskets, not pin flags, right? Well, you'd be wrong.

        Offered here is one of the rarest course-used flags in existence - a course-used pin flag from famed Merion Golf Club. Because of all the attention Merion gets with its wicker basket standards, most everyone overlooks the fact that those wicker baskets are only used on 18 of Merion's 36 holes. Indeed, Merion's West course uses rather traditional pin flags. Offered here is one of those rare course-used Merion flags. While we've known about these Merion flags for years, and have seen photos of the flags on a few occasions, this is the first such example that we are aware of that has ever come up for sale at public auction.