The Club That Made the Shot Heard Around the World
by Ryan Ballengee on Apr 20, 2009 11:46 AM EDT
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PrintThe USGA Museum up in New Jersey has apparently acquired the 4 wood that The Squire Gene Sarazen used to make his double eagle two at The Masters in 1935 - the Shot Heard Around the World. But, as the USGA tells us, verifying that this club was THE club is tough to do.
Sarazen died in 1999, and on at least three separate occasions "The Squire" himself gave away a club that he claimed was the club. With Sarazen gone, how are we ever to know the truth?
In the 74 years since Sarazen’s miraculous stroke that Sunday at the Masters, and his victory in a playoff the next day, scores of news articles have contemplated the fate of the famous club and the hazy facts that have long surrounded it.
The piece is an interesting one that tries to piece together facts from the person who donated the club at the end of last year, as well as the history of the Wilson 4 wood that Sarazen used to produce the shot that made The Masters famous.
via www.usga.org
If you think that work that David Dawsey does with modern golf patents, then trying to figure out golf patents from 1934 (when it was originally filed) should be fascinating.
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How many of those 4192 hit bats
Did Pete Rose sell?
I remember Mickey Morandini trying to sell the baseball he caught that he turned into a unassisted triple play. Unfortunately the video from the ballgame in the 90’s showed him discarding the ball as he left the field.
That’s the double club from 1935 and I’m AP’s Doug Ferguson.
I wonder how many of the replicas are actually out there. I’m sure the real one still exists.
by Ryan Ballengee on Apr 20, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
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The patent illustrates that golf club designers have been thinking about aerodynamics for a long time! Check it out: http://www.patentmarvel.com/patent.pdf?patent=2041676
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