Property of the Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club The P.F.G. Lord Trophy: an oak & electroplate trophy shield dated 1896, the elaborately carved shield with a hollowed centre containing an electroplate figure of a gentleman golfer set on a naturalistic base, beneath gilt-metal swags and bags of golf clubs and between silver shields one engraved with a gentleman golfer, the other inscribed with details of its use as a trophy in modern times, all above a metal 'ribbon' inscibed PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL WORLINGTON & NEWMARKET GOLF CLUB BY P.F.G. LORD, 1896, the reverse fitted with an easel support, height 42cm., 16 1/2in. Royal Worlington was described by Herbert Warren Wind as 'the best nine-hole course in the world'. The great Bernard Darwin was once asked to name the greatest 18 inland holes in Britain. Two of his choices were Worlington's 3rd & 5th holes. The club is steeped in history and the home course of Cambridge University.
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Enquire nowProperty of the Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club The P.F.G. Lord Trophy: an oak & electroplate trophy shield dated 1896, the elaborately carved shield with a hollowed centre containing an electroplate figure of a gentleman golfer set on a naturalistic base, beneath gilt-metal swags and bags of golf clubs and between silver shields one engraved with a gentleman golfer, the other inscribed with details of its use as a trophy in modern times, all above a metal 'ribbon' inscibed PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL WORLINGTON & NEWMARKET GOLF CLUB BY P.F.G. LORD, 1896, the reverse fitted with an easel support, height 42cm., 16 1/2in. Royal Worlington was described by Herbert Warren Wind as 'the best nine-hole course in the world'. The great Bernard Darwin was once asked to name the greatest 18 inland holes in Britain. Two of his choices were Worlington's 3rd & 5th holes. The club is steeped in history and the home course of Cambridge University.