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Jackdaws flock to Worksop GC.

 Eleven members of the BMCC met up at  the gc home of Lee Westwood to enjoy 18 holes,  an excellent Breakfast, delightful roast dinner and importantly a chance to BUY SELL and SWAP some markers amongst themselves.



The staff, facilities and course were a credit to Alan Mansbridge and the Worksop gc team. All participants at the Spring Meeting thoroughly enjoyed the day and would love to return one day soon. That is if our desire to 'talk markers' with anyone that took the slightest interest and having markers strewn across 3 tables in the lounge didn't cause distress or annoyance to Worksop gc members. Hopefully, they were just intriqued by our behavior when faced with the sight of scores of different markers being examined individually and on many occasions being highly coveted.

I certainly acquired another 80+ for my own collection and that's without being a winner of the marker sweep!

The day is about meeting fellow members/ collectors- rather than serious golf competition. BUT, for the record the accolades  were shared amongst:



Winning group  David M,  Arthur, Geoff




Runner Up group  David B,  Peter, Alan


This group  Martin, Dennis, Mick A and Carl,
got a prize for having the best photo
but sadly no winners except Mick A best Par 3 scores

 Our next meeting will be in the Autumn, further south, possibly close to the Cotswolds, maybe Oxfordshire or Wiltshire. email:   kinghamphil@aol.com for details if you would like to meet some collectors, play some team golf and BUY SELL SWAP some markers.

A few exclusive branded items

First seen at our Worksop meeting branded hats, towels, markers, pencils, golf tees all supplied via Golferscave see TRADE LINKS page.


Other items will be made available soon- ask for what you would like to see.


REWARD Spot one of these at a golf course near you and receive 50% discount off your membership fees. Just tell me what you saw and who the owner was!

 Kinghamphil@aol.com 
 
 

Some years ago, I was fortunate enough to play some golf at what is often called 'The golf Capital of the World', Myrtle Beach SC in the US. That has prompted me to attempt to collect markers from all the courses in that area. The ones above are the courses I played, the ones below are from other courses in the immediate area that I have managed to acquire. However, there are many more courses that I would like to add to complete that particular part of my collection. If you are able to help out, please contact kinghamphil@aol.com

Six more added thanks to Rob 104 Worcs  on his last  trip to Myrtle Beach SC (October 2010). Loads more still needed, but every one is much appreciated.

A dozen added by Jim from Maryland in the US, with hopefully some more to come. See how your collection could grow with the contacts that the ball marker collectors club can provide.

The markers shown below are a repeat of those shown in the carousel, top left of this page. Sales and seller details are shown above the carousel

Markers above are from around the 'fair city' of Dublin. If you have or can obtain markers from clubs that are not shown here, we would be delighted to hear from you. Only markers that originate from golf clubs are of interest. No ebay £1 jobs!

Whilst most of our members are based in the UK. We do have a few  that because of their location can acquire markers that are a little bit different for example:

Gavin 901 SA  collects  markers from the four majors and lives in Cape Town. He is willing to pick up markers from South African clubs for fellow members. Just drop him a line and take it from there.

Whereas

Larry 903  NS CA  is a keen collector of markers from all GB & I clubs and regularly lists his spares on our monthly duplicates/wanted lists. He is,  as you may be able to tell from his membership number a resident of Nova Scotia and can help with some markers as seen below, if you so desire. If you collect Nova Scotia markers, or would like some, Larry is your man!

Members will find email contact details for Gavin & Larry on the latest membership listing. New members are always welcome, please contact Kinghamphil@aol.com for information on how easy it is to join this unique club of enthusiasts.

The Caesarea Israel Golf Cub was established in the 1960's by the wealthy Rothschild family. It was refurbished in 2009 by influential course designer Peter Dye. Hence the marker image provided by Colin209 Kent. Markers from countries not always thought of as golf destinations, is something he is very interested in.  He would like to hear from you if share a similar fascination for this category of marker. He may even have a spare if you wanted one?

 Poms can be helpful!   Ross an Australian visitor to the site emailed the BMCC to say that he had been trying to locate a Royal Burgess Golfing Society marker for two years. So Ross, you can look at these two pictured left,  until yours arrives  from the BMCC thanks to the cooperation of two of our members.

Auction latest

Welcome to a new column, which will feature news of ball  marker prices generated at recent on line auctions, that we feel might be news worthy for one reason or another. 

 The marker shown is a 25mm double sided coin, given away at Wentworth for the BMW by Boss as a 'limited edition'. They appeared very soon after on ebay and fetched up to a remarkable £18.26, though an average sale price was around £10!

UPDATE: 12.10.2011 one went for £25.01, seller balatalove.

SCOTTY CAMERON: A 2011 M & G Musuem & Gallery issue featuring a double sided ballmarker with Tour Rat on one side and Scotty dog on other went for US$ 113.61 seller sjsbirds on 20.10.2011.  Another one at US $ 111.11, same seller on 22.10.2011. Other SC markers went for strong prices 30-75 US $ . This is a field to collecting that I'm not really into. So if there's an enthusiast out there that would like to get in touch and enlighten us, I would be delighted to publish their thoughts on this site- for the benefit of others. contact Kinghamphil@aol.com 

Other than that not much to write home about. One end of the spectrum sees 1980's and 1990's 25 mm flat markers with Augusta Masters (debatable origin)  on them selling for anything up to £35, along with similar 25mm flat markers featuring 19th Century Open  dates and venues going for £20-£30. Amazing to think they had pitch mark repairers and hat clips for the markers to be attached to pre 1900! I haven't seen any in old photographs have you? Whilst at the other end of the spectrum markers,  by the score for a host of clubs that either haven't ever issued markers, or did and produced something quite a lot different!  Our advice if you are tempted don't pay more than £1.

Other auction lots to be wary of/avoid are those that feature a number, all with identical looking surroundings/mounts into which labels have been stuck!  How likely is it that all those clubs went for the same cheap looking markers using the same mounts and all just happen to be for sale at this particular time from the one seller? Very suspicious indeed!

25/8/2011  A Royal Hong Kong marker sold for £19.75, no doubt helped by the 'Royal' prefix which was dropped in 1996, seller carlosjoiner.

3/11/2011 A Roundwood GC marker from S Yorkshire as shown in left hand column, sold for £12.73, seller carlosjoiner

4/1/2012 A distinctive and very different stemmed marker from St Andrews (The Dukes course), as pictured in left hand column sold for £11.05. If you missed that check out two from The Dukes on the SPECIALS page

Manic ebay bidding 16/3/2012 with collectors eagerly anticipating the tournament. A few paid seller  '1860 Open' a remarkable £15.90 for a Red undated version and £11.00 for the Yellow undated. If you would like some undated versions: Red, Yellow or White will be available from the BMCC to all collectors after the event at less than that- much less than that if you are members. Makes you think?

16/3/2012 Seller bsoifa must have been delighted to make £11.50 for this classy 2011 Open marker from Royal St George's. To see how pleased he must have been check out the range of markers for 2011 Open (including this one) on the SPECIALS  page

......ouch!

25/3/2012 Genuine Tralee Centenary marker from 1996 sold for £11.40 was one of many older original markers offered by seller 1860Open in recent weeks, other noteable sales from this seller included:

29/3/2012 Royal & Ancient GC StAndrews £12.40
31/3/2012 Royal Belfast  circa 1980's ( incorrectly described as Royal Blackheath) £11.90
3/4/2012 Royal Sydney smart double sided version £12.40
5/4/2012 Rarish Aberdeen Ladies circa 1990 £12.05                                                                                                                                      
11/4/2012 Crazy a 'Royal Swazi' hotel marker reached £12.70. Carlos must have been delighted!  
15/4/2012 Royal Cape Centenary Wynberg Links 1906-2006 sold for £13.95
28/4/2012 Masters 2012 in box, seller 19louisa71 £16.00
29/4/2012 1995 Ryder cup stemmed original/ genuine item seller golfshed£15.01   

1/5/2012 Oakmont winners set item 1953 Ben Hogan, seller ballmarkerman $102.25
1/5/2012   Oakmont winners set item 1962 Jack Nicklaus, same seller $98.26