A ceremonial key presented on the occasion of the opening of the club house at Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club, 1898, gilded metal, the obverse of the elaborate handle engraved with the club crest and inscribed LYTHAM AND ST. ANNES GOLF CLUB, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED TO THE MOST HONORABLE THE MARQUESS OF LORNE, KT, GCMG, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS OPENING OF THE CLUB HOUSE, MARCH 5TH 1898, 11.5cm., 4 1/2in. Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886, and the present course constructed in 1897. The present item commemorates the opening of the club house that occurred the following year. It is considered one of the premier links courses in the world and has been host to ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and a host of other major tournaments. George V gave permission for the club to be known as Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1926 shortly before the commencement of its first Open, a tournament won by the legendary American golfer Bobby Jones. John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (later 9th Duke of Argyll) (1845-1914), married Queen Victoria's fourth daughter Princess Louise and became Her Majesty's Governor General of Canada.
£1,500 - £2,000
A ceremonial key presented on the occasion of the opening of the club house at Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club, 1898, gilded metal, the obverse of the elaborate handle engraved with the club crest and inscribed LYTHAM AND ST. ANNES GOLF CLUB, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED TO THE MOST HONORABLE THE MARQUESS OF LORNE, KT, GCMG, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS OPENING OF THE CLUB HOUSE, MARCH 5TH 1898, 11.5cm., 4 1/2in. Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886, and the present course constructed in 1897. The present item commemorates the opening of the club house that occurred the following year. It is considered one of the premier links courses in the world and has been host to ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and a host of other major tournaments. George V gave permission for the club to be known as Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1926 shortly before the commencement of its first Open, a tournament won by the legendary American golfer Bobby Jones. John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (later 9th Duke of Argyll) (1845-1914), married Queen Victoria's fourth daughter Princess Louise and became Her Majesty's Governor General of Canada.