Vintage Golf Club, Walter Hagen Sand Wedge.
Vintage Golf Club, Walter Hagen Sand Wedge.
Walter Hagen Sand Wedge.
An excellent and rare Walter Hagen golf club iron, Sand Wedge. The club has a large heavy flanged sole with a Walter Hagen signature stamped on to it with the L.A. Young Company cleek mark and the Patent No. 1695598. The hosel with chevron nicking around the top. The club is attached to a hickory shaft with leather grip. The L.A. Young Company of Detroit manufactured the Walter Hagen line of golf clubs, including this rare and very collectable sand wedge.
The concave faced sand club is in great original condition, it eventually became illegal.
The measurements shown are the length of the shaft with hosel and the width and depth of the face.
Founded by Leonard Young in the late 1920's, the L.A. Young Company capitalized on the fame of Walter Hagen by exclusively manufacturing lines of Hagen clubs. The best known and most collectible Hagen club is the concave faced sand wedge, popularised by Hagen in 1929 and subsequently banned in 1931. L.A. Young Company was later purchased by Wilson Sporting Goods.
Taken from an advert for the 'Walter Hagen Sand Wedge'
For experts - for novices - this club is a welcome addition to the golfer's bag. Sand traps, bunkers, thick rough - these are the bug-bears on any golf course, and the golfer who can overcome these difficulties with the least trouble is one who is hard to beat. Many clubs have been designed and improved to aid your game, but in the Walter Hagen Sand Wedge we find the first really perfect trouble club. With the sand wedge the difficult explosion shot from bunkers becomes amazingly simplified. The sole helps the club go through instead of stopping at the impact with deep or hard sand - and the 20 ounces of weight aids in slashing through all manner of trouble. A marvellous club in bunkers and sand traps - an excellent aid in approaching from mud or tall grass - the Walter Hagen Sand Wedge has been enthusiastically received by the country's outstanding golfers. For anyone who plays golf - for anyone who is going to play golf - the Walter Hagen Sand Wedge is an ideal gift.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
Late 1920's
steel and hickory
United States
George Scoble
Very Good.
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