Golf HOF Rookies and Autograph

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 2:36AM

I wanted to share my collection of golf hall of famers rookies and autographs. My collecting goal is to collect both the rookie card(s) of all golf hall of famers and an autograph of all hall of fame members and where possible both at the same time (Autographed Rookies).

Some of the threads on here lead me to believe I'm pretty far down the totem pole in terms of golf collectors; so hopefully some of the experts can help me where I get things wrong.

My goal here is to create a master list of the hall of famers with images and to show off my collection. Glad to answer any questions about how autographs were obtained/etc.

Amy Alcott 1993 SI Kids
Peter Alliss 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Willie Anderson
Isao Aoki 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Tommy Armour
John Ball
Seve Ballesteros
Jim Barnes
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Judy Bell
Deane Beman 1991 Proset
Patty Berg
Tommy Bolt
Michael Bonallack
Julius Boros
Pat Bradley 1992 SI Kids
James Braid
Jack Burke Jr 1992 BJB Famous Golfers
George H. W. Bush
William C. Campbell
Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe
Donna Caponi
JoAnne Carner
Joe Carr
Billy Casper 1990 Proset
Hisako Chako Higuchi
Bob Charles
Frank Chirkinian
Neil Coles
Glenna Collett-Vare
Harry Cooper
Fred Corcoran
Henry Cotton
Fred Couples
Ben Crenshaw 1981 Donruss
Bing Crosby
Beth Daniel 1991 SI Kids
Bernard Darwin
Laura Davies
Jimmy Demaret
Roberto DeVicenzo
Joseph Dey
Leo Diegel
Pete Dye 1977 - 1979 Sportscaster
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ernie Els 1996 Merlin
Ernie Els 1996 Ritchie
Chick Evans
Nick Faldo 1979 Golden Press
Nick Faldo 1979 Verolandus
Nick Faldo 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Raymond Floyd 1981 Donruss
Doug Ford 1991 Proset
Herb Graffis
David Graham 1981 Donruss
Hubert Green 1981 Donruss
Ralph Guldahl
Walter Hagan
Bob Harlow
Sandra Haynie
Harold Hilton
Ben Hogan
Bob Hope
Jock Hutchison
Juli Inkster
Hale Irwin 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Hale Irwin 1981 Donruss
Tony Jacklin - 1971 Barratt
John Jacobs
Betty Jameson
Dan Jenkins
Bobby Jones
Robert Trent Jones
Betsy King
Tom Kite
Bernhard Langer 1986 Fax Pax
Lawson Little
Gene Littler 1990 Proset
Bobby Locke
Nancy Lopez 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Sandy Lyle 1986 Fax Pax
Charles B. Macdonald
Alister MacKenzie
Lloyd Mangrum
Carol Mann
Mark McCormack
Phil Mickelson
Cary Middlecoff
Johnny Miller 1981 Donruss
Colin Montgomerie 1992 Proset
Young Tom Morris
Old Tom Morris
Kel Nagle
Byron Nelson
Larry Nelson 1981 Donruss
Jack Nicklaus - 1971 Barratt
Greg Norman 1986 Fax Pax
Christy O'Connor
Mark O'Meara
Ayako Okamoto
José María Olazábal
Francis Ouimet
Masashi Jumbo Ozak
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Arnold Palmer 1965 Bancroft Tiddlers
Willie Park Jr
Willie Park Sr
Harvey Penick
Henry Picard
Gary Player - 1971 Barratt
Nick Price 1990 Proset
Judy Rankin 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Betsy Rawls
Se Ri Pak
Clifford Roberts
Allan Robertson
Chi-Chi Rodriguez
Donald Ross
Paul Runyan
Gene Sarazen 1924 Willards Chocolate (wanted)
Gene Sarazen 1928 Churchman's Signed (non-rookie)
Ken Schofield
Carol Semple Thompson
Patty Sheehan 1989 SI Kids
Dinah Shore
Denny Shute
Charlie Sifford 1991 Proset
Vijay Singh 1992 Proset
Horton Smith
Marilynn Smith
Sam Snead 1948 Kellogg's Pep (want signed)
Sam Snead 1977-1979 Sportscaster (Autographed, non-rookie)
Karsten Solheim
Annika Sörenstam
Hollis Stacy
Payne Stewart
Marlene Stewart Streit
Curtis Strange 1981 Donruss
Louise Suggs
John Henry Taylor
Peter Thomson 1959 Barratt Giants in Sport
Peter Thomson 1959 Top Flight stars
A. W. Tillinghast
Jerome Travers
Walter Travis
Lee Trevino
Richard Tufts
Harry Vardon
Ken Venturi 2001 Upperdeck
Lanny Wadkins 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Tom Watson
Karrie Webb 1996 SI Kids
Joyce Wethered
Kathy Whitworth 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Herbert Warren Wind
Craig Wood
Mickey Wright 1977-1979 Sportscaster
Babe Zaharias

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 2:49AM

First 3 of my favorites from the 1971 Barratt set. I believe all 3 to be rookies.

Tony Jacklin - Great signer TTM

Jack Nicklaus - Doesn't sign as well as he use to, can get him at golf tournaments. Bought this one from Mike Navarro:

Gary Player - Signs TTM; but limited to 1 per person per lifetime. Hopefully I picked the right card:

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 3:06AM

A lot of the LPGA golfers were featured in SI for Kids magazine. I think they are the rookies for many. Here' some of the one's I've gotten so far - all TTM:

Patty Sheehan 1989 SI Kids

Beth Daniel 1991 SI Kids

Pat Bradley 1992 SI Kids

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Amy Alcott 1993 SI Kids

Karrie Webb 1996 SI Kids

thenavarro · November 27, 2015 3:13AM

Very nice Alex, good to see you still at it!

Mike

DanBessette · November 27, 2015 3:18AM

Your tennis thread is EPIC. Looking forward to following this one too.

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 3:22AM

Arnold still signs TTM, but if you send it to him you should do it care of a tournament; even then sometimes you end up with a autopenned example. Got this one signed c/o the masters, not an autopen for sure. As for his rookie, I think this is it. I would understand the argument that this isn't a card as it's out of a book. Not sure what the next choice would be. Maybe the 1968 Mira Tuttosport.

Arnold Palmer 1965 Bancroft Tiddlers

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 3:32AM

An important set for the golf HOF rookies is the 1981 Donruss set. These were about all through the golf hall of fame

Ben Crenshaw 1981 Donruss

Raymond Floyd 1981 Donruss

David Graham 1981 Donruss

Hubert Green 1981 Donruss

Hale Irwin 1981 Donruss

Johnny Miller 1981 Donruss

Larry Nelson 1981 Donruss

Curtis Strange 1981 Donruss

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 3:47AM

Peter Thomson I believe has 2 rookie cards from 1959. He's a great signer TTM and I was able to get both signed. If you send a card to him make sure to ask him to sign on the front; he signed my top flight stars card on the back.

Peter Thomson 1959 Top Flight stars

Peter Thomson 1959 Barratt Giants in Sport

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 3:54AM

Ernie Els has 2 cards from 1996 that I'm aware of. One from Ritchie (I haven't seen this card, anyone have one to post or for sale

). The other shown below. I think he signs through tournaments but is a little spotty TTM. Since his 1996 cards aren't too easy to track down I had this one done via consignment:

Ernie Els 1996 Merlin

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 4:01AM

Gene Sarazen has unfortunately p*****ed. The number of signed items I've seen of his leads me to believe he was a pretty good signer. I think his rookie card is the 1924 Willards Chocolate card. I haven't picked up one of these yet. I did find a 1928 churchman's on ebay that was signed and scooped it up, it is encapsulated by PSA now.

Gene Sarazen 1924 Willards Chocolate
Gene Sarazen 1928 Churchman's Signed

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 4:34AM

The 1992 proset international stars has a few rookies in it - at least I think these are rookies. Anyone know of earlier cards for these?

Colin Montgomerie 1992 Proset

Vijay Singh 1992 Proset

ledsters · November 27, 2015 4:35AM

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Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 4:40AM

Originally posted by: ledsters
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Nice cards, I do think some of those are rookies. I will post about some soon.

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 4:43AM

In 1986 Fax Pax released a set of cards featuring 36 of the top golfers. Quite a bit of star power. I think several are rookies including the ones below. Bernhard Lnager is a great signer TTM, Greg Norman does sign but I think he's getting tired of signing things for resellers. When he signed my card he put a big stamp on the back to the effect of not resalable.

Bernhard Langer 1986 Fax Pax

Greg Norman 1986 Fax Pax

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 4:50AM

This TTM request was one of the easiest on the mailman. Mr Burke works at the champions golf club in houston real close to where I live. I probably should have just gone and played a round. Anyone know of an earlier card than this?

Jack Burke Jr 1992 BJB Famous Golfers

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 5:00AM

Ken Venturi p*****ed a year or two ago, I was fortunate enough to get this one signed before that happened:

Ken Venturi 2001 Upperdeck

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 5:21AM

Like tennis and other sports the 1977-1979 sportscasters contain a lot of rookies. Of course some prefer regular card sized cards. I don't mind the sportscasters, but do prefer the regular sized cards if they're from the same year. I'll take a sportscaster over a card that was issued 20 years later though. Here's some of the ones I've gotten signed. For the master list at the start I'll post other possible rookies.

Peter Alliss 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Isao Aoki 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Hale Irwin 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Nancy Lopez 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Sam Snead 1948 Kellogg's Pep (want signed)
Sam Snead 1977-1979 Sportscaster (Autographed, non-rookie)

Judy Rankin 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Lanny Wadkins 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Kathy Whitworth 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Mickey Wright 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 5:32AM

I get a little mixed up about some of the Panini years. Sandy Lyle's rookie is the 1986 Fax Pax ; and possibly the panini. I think the Panini may be later. Great Signer TTM.

Sandy Lyle 1986 Fax Pax

Sandy Lyle 1987? Panini

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 5:46AM

Proset made some pretty good sets in the 90's. Lots of rookies in those sets; though I wouldn't be surprised to find there's some foreign issues that are earlier. Here's some I have:

Billy Casper 1990 Proset

Gene Littler 1990 Proset

Nick Price 1990 Proset

Deane Beman 1991 Proset

Doug Ford 1991 Proset

Charlie Sifford 1991 Proset

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 5:53AM

Nick Faldo is featured on a few late 70's cards - Golden Press, Verolandus, and Sportscaster. My preference is the golden press, it's a nice photographed card vs a drawing and smaller sized. Here's the ones I have:

Nick Faldo 1979 Golden Press

Nick Faldo 1979 Verolandus

Nick Faldo 1977-1979 Sportscaster

Autos4Alex · November 27, 2015 6:16AM

Lots of Golf Course Architects in the hall of fame. So far as I know none are shown on cards. Anyone know of a good golf courses set or other card media to get the architect's signature's on?

I got this one of Pete Dye on a sportscaster:

Pete Dye 1977 - 1979 Sportscaster

LarkinCollector · November 29, 2015 11:45PM

Originally posted by: Autos4Alex
Lots of Golf Course Architects in the hall of fame. So far as I know none are shown on cards. Anyone know of a good golf courses set or other card media to get the architect's signature's on?

That's the best card I can think of for any of the architects. The 65 Palmer is definitely regarded his rookie card among golf collectors; it's just a pain to have to get two cards to have both the front and back. There's a golf HOF set registry you can check out to get some ideas for others, though I don't like many of the choices. If there are any players you need help identifying a rookie for, feel free to reach out.

I'm loving the progress so far and looking forward to future updates

eagles33 · December 1, 2015 12:34PM

Great collection. Your tennis rookie collection is very impressive. Looking forward to seeing this one grow. I tried asking psa to slab the 1962 Dickson Orde South Africa card as Gary Player but they refused. I guess I'll try Ttm and hopefully if he signs one and it's authentic.. I'll get his name on the slab.

LarkinCollector · December 2, 2015 6:36AM

And I forgot to say thanks for showing the 1979 Golden Wonder Faldo, I had thought the Venorlandus was his only rookie issue. I won a PSA 10 of that card today and am looking forward to having it in hand.

eagles33 · April 19, 2016 12:37PM

I mailed this card in 1/14/16. The tracking never showed it was delivered. It said it was undeliverable and forwarded but never updated as delivered. I assumed the card was lost in the mail and chalked it up as a loss. I got this in the mail today along with a letter from the Gary Plsyer group saying to enjoy your signed collectable. Thanks For the address. I hope psa slabs it. The Gary player auto in the first post looks much better than mine. Wish he used a thinner marker for this but I'll take it. Thanks again

Autos4Alex · April 19, 2016 4:15PM

Looks good to me, Gary has a great signature! Congrats!

eagles33 · August 30, 2016 2:15PM

Grades just popped and the Gary Player auto passed. The card was graded a 7. Looking forward to seeing how it's labeled. I should get the cards back Friday or Saturday.

Dboneesq · August 31, 2016 3:26AM

CONGRATS on getting it into a slab. Enjoy.

Stone193 · August 31, 2016 4:53AM

Congratulations on it passing!

I just went thru all the cards again that have been posted.

I enjoyed the journey - saw names I've totally forgotten.

Thanx all.

Golf HOF Rookies and Autograph

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