A rare photograph of eleven early professional golfers at the Perth Tournament, North Inch, 1867, including Willie Park Snr., Young Tom Morris, J.F. J
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£1,900
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£2,000 - £3,000
A rare photograph of eleven early professional golfers at the Perth Tournament, North Inch, 1867, including Willie Park Snr., Young Tom Morris, J.F. Johnston, Old Tom Morris, Andrew Strath, George Brown, David Park, William Dow, Charlie Hunter & Robert Andrew, published by Henderson of Marshall Place, Perth, label to mount inscribed THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL PERTH GOLFING SOCIETY BY MR R HAY ROBERTSON, OCTOBER 1925, the backboard with an old paper label bearing a manuscript legend identifying the professionals reading W. PARKS [sic], YOUNG MORRIS, JOHNSTONE [sic], MORRIS, STRATH, BROWN, MACDONALD, D. PARK, DOW, HUNTER, ANDREWS [sic]