A 19th century Sunday stick walking cane by Forgan of St And...

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£220

A 19th century Sunday stick walking cane by Forgan of St Andrews, lead weighted, hardwood handle, mahogany shaft and brass tip, 90cm long Forgan of St Andrews is the oldest golf club factory in the world, dating back to the earliest years of what would later become the Royal and Ancient golf club, the sport’s traditional custodians. In 1819, its forerunner, the Society of St Andrews Golfers, appointed Allan Robertson as a ball-maker and Hugh Philip, a local carpenter, as its club-maker. Using thorn, apple and pear woods for heads and ash for the shafts, Philip mastered his craft, revolutionising play with shapes that, literally, broke the mould.