THREE STEEL-SHAFT PUTTERS. Including Lew Worsham putter, Archie Compston putter and Perry Como Autograph Putter Estimate $200-400
One of four talented golfing brothers, Lew Worsham grew up in the Washington, DC, area and won the 1947 U.S. Open, defeating Sam Snead in the first-ever nationally televised golf tournament. The District Junior Open was renamed the Bubby Worsham Memorial in 1951 after Lew''s younger brother Bubby, who had died in a car accident while attending Wake Forest University on a golf scholarship and was a teammate of Arnold Palmer. Arnold Palmer played in and won the first Bubby Worsham Memorial in 1951. This year''s 57th Bubby Worsham Memorial is being played at the Glen Dale Golf Club in July.
