Vintage Golf Club, Gruvsol Benny Putter
Vintage Golf Club, Gruvsol Benny Putter
Hickory Shafted Golf Club, Benny Putter, 'Gruvsol', Ben Sayers.
A good original example of the famous offset 'Gruvsol' Benny putter made by Ben Sayers, North Berwick. The club with original square hickory shaft stamped 'B. SAYERS' with a later polished leather grip. It is an unusual shaft with the bottom half being round and then terminating into a square shape up to and including the handle (matching the square edges of the grip to the blade to make for greater accuracy). The head is offset and smooth faced with a grooved or ribbed sole. The rear of the club head is stamped with Ben Sayers 'Robin' cleek mark, GRUVSOL, RUSTLESS, Reg No. 527751, Hand Forged in Scotland, Ben Sayers, North Berwick, BENNY PUTTER'.
The grooved sole is a feature designed to help reduce the club's friction with the turf. Sayers received a British patent (No. 244,925) dated January 7th 1925 that covered a 'Gruvsol' wooden golf club, although prior to receiving this patent Sayers had already produced the 'Gruvsol' putter.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
Circa 1920
Hickory
Scotland
The shaft has been professionally repaired, spliced.
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