Vintage Golf Club Walking Stick, Sunday Club.

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Category

Golf Clubs

Accessories Walking Sticks

Gifts/Presents

Reference

28896

Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a persimmon socket head handle with a pegged horn insert, face insert and a lead weight to the rear. It is with hickory shaft with an old brass ferrule end. head with carved leaf motif.

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 89 cm / 35 "

Width 8 cm / 3 ¹⁄₄"

Depth 4 cm / 1 ³⁄₄"

Period

1900-1949

Year

Circa 1900 - 1920

Medium

persimmon & hickory

Country

United Kingdom