St Andrew Golf Co Ltd

Description

A socket headed brassey made by the St Andrew (sic) Golf Co Ltd of Glasgow, with original hickory shaft, stamp to crown, horn insert, brass plate, lead, later suede grip.

This is a firm and playable hickory brassey in good condition, circa 1905.

The St Andrew Golf Co Ltd was named after the patron saint of Scotland, and has nothing to do with St Andrews the town. It was established in Glasgow before opening a brace of salerooms, in Edinburgh and Dunfermline. Their first mark was the head of a stag with large antlers, to reflect the firm’s initials St A G Co, before altering it to a leaping stag in 1910. They made a successful transition from being clubmakers to club manufacturers and survived until the 1980s.