Vintage Golf Club Walking Stick With Silver Band

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Category

Golf Clubs

Golf General

Reference

29696

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. It is with hickory shaft with a silver band and bone ferrule end.

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 86.5 cm / 34 ¹⁄₄"

Width 6.5 cm / 2 ³⁄₄"

Depth 3.3 cm / 1 ¹⁄₂"

Period

1900-1949

Year

Circa 1930's

Medium

Hickory

Country

United Kingdom