Golf HOF Rookies and Autograph

Autos4Alex

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

Autos4Alex

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

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

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

Mike

DanBessette

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

Autos4Alex

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Autos4Alex

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

eagles33

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

CONGRATS on getting it into a slab. Enjoy.

Stone193

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.