Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick

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Category

Golf Clubs

Accessories Walking Sticks

Reference

28374

Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
A good walking cane with the handle in the shape of a golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a brass club head handle stamped 'PUTTER' mounted on a hickory shaft and finished with a brass ferrule end. This may have started life out as a child's golf club.

The ban on golfing on the Sabbath, Sunday, had the effect of the club makers producing walking sticks for canny golfers. They fashioned the canes with a golf club head as a handle and they became known as 'Sunday Clubs' or 'Sabbath sticks'. It is said that on the Sabbath a Sunday Club owner, when nobody was looking, could still enjoy a crafty putt or swing.

Dimensions:

Height 80 cm / 31 "

Width 7.5 cm / 3 "

Depth 1.5 cm / "

Period

1900-1949

Year

1920's

Medium

Hickory & brass

Condition

May have been a child's golf club!