Title: Thirty-eighth National Open [Golf] Championship, USGA, Played on the East Course of the Merion Cricket Club...June 7-9, 1934. Official Souvenir Book and Program Author: Jaques, Herbert, USGA President Place: Ardmore, PA Publisher: USGA / Merion Cricket Club Date: 1934 Description: 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs, drawings, course maps (one for each hole and a full-page of the entire course) and ads, including a double page “Former National Open Champions” with photos of Bobby Jones Gene Sarazen, Francis Ouimet, Walter Hagen, etc. 11x8½, original saddle stitched color pictorial wrappers. Won by Olin Dutra (1901–1983). Born in Monterey, Dutra jointed the pro tour in 1924, leaving a job at a hardware store to do so. He won 19 tournaments in all including this 1934 Open and the 1932 PGA Championship, and played on the 1933 and 1935 Ryder Cup teams. Shows pairings and starting times for the first two days of competition (Ben Hogan’s appearance has ink marks and a code); page with official score cord left blank. Articles include: The Open Championship at Merion by Grantland Rice, Merion’s First Open Championship by O.B. Keeler, Merion Leads Way in World of Sports by Robert W. Lesley, etc. Lot Amendments Condition: Light soiling, top corner creased, short ink mark to bottom front cover, tiny old residue with nicks to middle rear cover; two leaves with a ½" marginal tear, contents clean and nice, else very good or better. Seldom seen in better condition. Item number: 176300
Title: Thirty-eighth National Open [Golf] Championship, USGA, Played on the East Course of the Merion Cricket Club...June 7-9, 1934. Official Souvenir Book and Program Author: Jaques, Herbert, USGA President Place: Ardmore, PA Publisher: USGA / Merion Cricket Club Date: 1934 Description: 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs, drawings, course maps (one for each hole and a full-page of the entire course) and ads, including a double page “Former National Open Champions” with photos of Bobby Jones Gene Sarazen, Francis Ouimet, Walter Hagen, etc. 11x8½, original saddle stitched color pictorial wrappers. Won by Olin Dutra (1901–1983). Born in Monterey, Dutra jointed the pro tour in 1924, leaving a job at a hardware store to do so. He won 19 tournaments in all including this 1934 Open and the 1932 PGA Championship, and played on the 1933 and 1935 Ryder Cup teams. Shows pairings and starting times for the first two days of competition (Ben Hogan’s appearance has ink marks and a code); page with official score cord left blank. Articles include: The Open Championship at Merion by Grantland Rice, Merion’s First Open Championship by O.B. Keeler, Merion Leads Way in World of Sports by Robert W. Lesley, etc. Lot Amendments Condition: Light soiling, top corner creased, short ink mark to bottom front cover, tiny old residue with nicks to middle rear cover; two leaves with a ½" marginal tear, contents clean and nice, else very good or better. Seldom seen in better condition. Item number: 176300
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