Bobby Jones began putting with his original Calamity Jane™ after a friendly round at the Nassau CC on Long Island before competing in the 1923 U.S. Open.
The brother of Stewart Maiden (Jones’ teacher) heard Jones complain about his putting, and handed him a putter he had named for the famous female sharpshooter from the Old West. Jones holed a 30-foot putt on his first try and kept the putter in his bag to win the U.S. Open days later.
Being an explosive personality, Jones’ Calamity Jane putter almost split several times. He applied three whipping applications around the Hickory shaft to firm it up. Our Calamity Jane™ replica is exact, including the three whipping points.
Specifications:
Head Material: 304 Stainless Steel
Loft: 3.5*
Lie: 70*
Solid USA hickory shaft
Hand wrapped leather grip
Choose 33, 34, 35, 36” length
Made in USA
SoHG Approved
Brown Vardon
Regular price
$225.00
Harry Vardon, winner of 7 major titles, including six Open Championships, remains one of golf’s luminaries, in no small part due to the success of Mark Frost’s book (and subsequent movie from Disney), The Greatest Game Ever Played.
The book and movie tell the powerful story of underdog Francis Ouimet’s unlikely win over Vardon in the 1913 U.S. Open. Vardon’s search for the perfect putter led him to Arthur Brown; Vardon used this BV putter made by Brown to win two of his six Open Championships.
Specifications:
Head Material: 304 Stainless Steel
Loft: 3.5*
Lie: 70*
Solid USA hickory shaft
Hand wrapped leather grip
Choose 33, 34, 35, 36” length
Made in USA
SoHG Approved
Hollow Back Spalding HB Putter
Regular price
$225.00
The HB putter has a wide-flanged sole and dot-punched face framed by vertical lines along with nicking on the hosel. It has a duo-flange head design, with a thick top-line gently curving inward.
This putter is a replica of the classic Spalding HB putter. The original Spalding HB (standing for Hollow Back) was offered in 1919 by A.G. Spalding & Bros. and ushered in an era of blade-style putter designs that are used to this very day.
Specifications:
Head Material: 304 Stainless Steel
Loft: 3.5*
Lie: 70*
Solid USA hickory shaft
Hand wrapped leather grip
Choose 33, 34, 35, 36” length
Made in USA
SoHG Approved
Willie Dunn
Regular price
$225.00
This putter replicates the Willie Dunn Pyralin putter that was patented in 1903. The sides of the head “are parallel and substantially at right angles to the face for a short distance, so as to aid in fixing the direction of the shot.” It is one of the first center-shafted putters ever produced and is face-balanced.
Hand wrapped leather grip
Solid hickory shaft
Choose 33, 34, 35, 36 inch length
Call for custom lengths.
Amby-Dex Putter
Regular price
$235.00
The Amby-Dex putter was first offered in the Wilson catalog in 1925. It was described as “an ingenious center-shafted wood head club, made with dual faces of brass. Its peculiar construction gives it exceptional balance.” It can be played either right or left-handed.
Black Kempshall Mallet Putter
Regular price
$255.00
In 1903 Willie Dunn Jr. received a patent for one of the first center shafted putters. This putter was not only unique because it was center shafted, but the material it was made from was one of the first thermoplastics – Pyralin. According to the patent the “pyralin cushions the shock will adding power to the shot.
The original Kempshall putters are rare and collectible. A black one sold at Sotheby’s auction for $1625. The white one, which Sotheby’s says only around 5 are known to exist, sold for $2000.
The replica Kempshall putter is made from a more modern thermoplastic since pyraline is no longer available. You will see in the Louisville Golf Kempshall that we paid every attention to detail to replicate the original Kempshall as close as possible: the cross hatch scoring on the brass face, the contrasting alignment mark, the weight plugs in the back of the head, the solid hickory shaft and the hand wrapped leather grip.
Like all Louisville Golf putters the Kempshall is completely playable. This center shafted, face balanced putter can complete with any modern putter.