Talk:Claret Jug (golf trophy)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golf Portal

The article on Claret Jug (golf trophy) is supported by the Golf WikiProject, which is an attempt to improve the quality and coverage of Golf related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page; if you have any questions about the project or the article ratings below, please consult the FAQ.

Stub

This article has been rated as Stub-class on the quality scale.

???

This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

Does the year's winner actually get to keep the original, 1928 trophy for sometime, only returning it — and collecting a replica — when the next year's tournament approaches? That's what we are getting from the article as it stands right now. It would be more logical that the champion would only get to hold the original trophy at the award ceremony, but then take home only a replica (as it is done with the trophies presented in the Grand Slam of tennis). I suppose that allowing a player to keep the original trophy for months would pose, at the very least, a liability for the tournament's organization, and for the preservation of its history. Regards, Redux 16:58, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't know, but the article about one of the early U.S. Champion's states that he had to pay a deposit before he was allowed to take the trophy away because he was a heavy drinker and the USGA was worried he might sell it to buy drink, which suggests that traditions may be different in golf. ReeseM 00:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)