Come and meet the golfer immortalised on the Ryder Cup trophy, Abe Mitchell.
Abe will be appearing in our Assembly Room, alongside the display celebrating the Ryder Cup's founder, Samuel Ryder, at the St Albans Museum + Gallery.
Abe will be available for a fun meet and greet and he is keen to answer your questions, so if you're a fan of the Ryder Cup, be sure to pop in to say 'hi'!
This is a free, unticketed event.
Saturday 9th September 12:00-15:00 in the Assembly Room.
More about Abe Mitchell
Abe Mitchell is the golfer represented on the top of the Ryder Cup.
Samuel Ryder was Captain of Verulam Golf Club three times during the 1920s. During that time, Samuel got to know the professional players and one of them, Abe Mitchell, he hired as his professional tutor at the princely sum of £500 per annum. Samuel also paid Abe's tournament expenses and his total payment could well have been close to £1000.
Samuel's great ambition was for Abe to win The Open Championship and by taking away any worries about travel costs Abe would be better able to focus totally on his golf. Sadly, Abe never did win The Open and for years he was known as the best player never to have won it.
In 1927 Abe was selected to be the player-captain of Great Britain's first Ryder Cup team, but he was unable to make the voyage to the United States due to appendicitis. He did play on the next three teams in 1929, 1931, and 1933, and in 1936, Mitchell was made Club Professional at the Verulam Golf Club, earning him £120 per annum!
