Scorecard from Bobby Jones Golf Course: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A scorecard for the Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia. The scorecard folds in half, forming a small booklet. It is printed on white paper with green text and illustrations. On the front of the scorecard is the name of the course printed near the top, right corner in block text that reads: [BOBBY JONES / GOLF COURSE / ATLANTA, GEORGIA]. In the bottom right corner is text that reads: [Carl Seldon / PGA / Gold Professional]. On the right side of the front cover is an illustration of the seal of the City of Atlanta, Bureau of Parks and Recreation, with the name of the bureau printed in a circle around an illustration of a tree with a banner stretched across the inner circle of the seal that reads: [Leisure Services]. The back of the scorecard booklet is an illustrated map of the golf course, noting the rules, hazards and boundaries of the course. Taking up both interior pages of the booklet is the scorecard laid out in a grid. The top row of the grid identifies the hole numbers. Below it are the blue and white tee boxes followed by their respective yardages, men’s par followed by the par per hole, handicap strokes, a won and lost row, ladies’ par followed by the par per hole, and the red tee box followed yardage. Below the grid are blank lines for the user to fill out the [Date], [Scorer], and [Attested]. There are no marks on the front, back or interior pages of the scorecard.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1983
• Distributed by: Bobby Jones Golf Course, American, founded 1932
• Subject of: Carl Seldon, American
• Subject of: City of Atlanta Department of Parks & Recreation, American, founded 1858
• Type: cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 × 11 in. (8.9 × 27.9 cm)
• Place used: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Golf
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2016.34.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carl Seldon
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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