Club: Left handed and smooth faced Approaching Iron (Jigger)

Maker: Tom Stewart, St. Andrews, Scotland

Year: c.1904

Shaft: Straigh firm shaft. New suede leather 12" grip. Swing weight C1. 

Length: 37.5"

Loft: 34 degrees

Condition: Good for age, with some pitting to head. Clear Stewart Pipe cleek makers' stamp (pre registration trademark stamp), and worn, but visible 'E. Ray Ganton' oval stamp.

Other details: A  left-handed smooth face approaching iron/Jigger with wide, flat sole made by T. Stewart, St. Andrews for Edward 'Ted' Ray , Ganton Golf Club, Yorkshire (1904-1911).

Born in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1877, Edward 'Ted' Ray was one of the leading players of the early 1900s, usually finishing in the top placings of any golf competition he entered. Noted for his long driving and skills of recovery, finally, in 1912, he was successful in winning the Open Championship at Muirfield, and was runner-up the following year to J.H. Taylor. He was again runner-up at Prestwick in 1925, behind Jim Barnes, at the age of 48. Notably, Ted tied for the US Open in 1913 with Quimet and Vardon, but lost in the play-off. After the First World War he returned to America, and successfully took the 1920 US Open title, a feat not repeated again by a British player until Tony Jacklin's win in 1970. Ray and Vardon were the only British players to win the US Open and the Open until they were joined by Jacklin 50 years later.

More photographs available on request.