Some things are worth waiting for.

Even 112 years...

Yep, that’s the length of time that it took for Golf to return to the Olympic Games. But 112 years is also the length of time that it took for an original Olympic Games Golf trophy to reach the auction block. And somehow, we scored two different trophies for this auction.

For the very first time"in 112 years"we present you this sterling silver golf trophy from the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. Though the Olympics has become famous for its gold, silver, and bronze medals, some of the primary awards for Golf in the 1904 Olympics were trophies.

Don’t even bother trying to Google about these trophies or even golf in the 1904 Olympics, as we’ve uncovered more information than is currently available on the internet (yet there is still a ton that even we don’t know).

The facts: 1904 Olympic Games Golf trophies were produced in at least 3 sizes (look at the photo we found showing the table of trophies about to be presented to the winners in 1904).

Of those trophies, 6 are known to exist.

1. The "George Lyon" (Champion) trophy [size: 18"] Owned by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, Toronto

2. The "Lee Jones" trophy [10"] **Offered for sale in Lot 1 of this auction

3. The "Warren Wood" trophy [10"] Private collection

4. The "Chandler Egan" trophy [10"] Owned by LA84 (1984 Olympics) museum, Los Angeles

5. The "Newton" trophy [10"] Owned by the USGA museum

6. The Small trophy [4"] **Offered for sale in this Lot

That’s it. 6 trophies, 3 museums, and 2 (!) different ones offered for sale in our current Summer Golf Auction.

1904 Olympic Golf consisted of several different events:  Individual Match Play; 36 Hole Team Play; Special Handicap Cup; Putting Championship; and Long Drive. More research needs to be conducted to determine the event/reason for awarding the Small Olympic trophies. We presume that there were given to members of a team event (e.g. the 36 Hole Team Play), but we have not found any information to confirm this idea.

The front of the trophy is adorned with an image of Glen Echo’s clubhouse, and the reverse has raised letters that read:

GLEN ECHO COUNTRY CLUB
ST. LOUIS
USA

This sterling silver trophy stands 4" tall. It originally came mounted on a simple unconnected ebony wood stand, though like almost all of the other known trophies, that stand has been lost over the past 112 years.