Golf Shoes worn by Ken Venturi during the 1964 US Open Championship
date: label: date made
content: ca 1964
name: label: maker
content: Aristocraft
label: maker
content: Aristocraft
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black leather golf shoes with black laces and soles. There are 12 metal cleats on the bottom of each shoe. These were worn by Ken Venturi during his 1964 win at the US Open Golf Tournament after nearly collapsing in 100 degree heat and humidity of the 36 hole final. He wore these shoes in all of the tournaments he won that year and they have not been worn since. Venturi began his career in 1956 but after suffering injuries in an automobile accident his swing was never the same. In 1964 he staged a comeback and won he US Open along with the Sports Illustrated, Sportsman of the Year that year. Despite a severe stutter early in life, Venturi worked for 35 years working as a color commentator and lead analyst for CBS Sports.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Ken Venturi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0538.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0538
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0538.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of w/ Box
label: Object Name
content: golf shoes
label: Object Name
content: shoes, golf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 4 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 10.795 cm