Alex Patrick c1870 dark stained beechwood mid-spoon with rams horn sole insert, head measures 5 ½" x 2" x 1 ¼" - 40" shaft length - fitted with original full length tan hide grip with under listing - Part of The MacKenzie Ross Collection. Alexander MacKenzie Ross was perhaps the most exceptional golfer to emerge from the Society during its Bruntsfield, Musselburgh, and early Barnton days. A member for thirty-eight years until his death in April 1915, his achievements remain unmatched. He claimed the Society's Gold Medal thirteen times - most recently in 1908 at the age of 58 - and won the Autumn Gold Medal an extraordinary eighteen times. At 57, he delivered one of his finest performances by setting a new Barnton course record with a score of 75. He was Chairman of the Forth Rubber Company. His legacy continued through his son, Philip MacKenzie Ross, a prominent figure in Scottish golf. The owner of Edinburgh's Café Royal Hotel and a member of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society, Philip was a frequent medallist at prestigious courses such as Gullane, Luffness, and North Berwick. He later became a founding member of the International Society of Golf Architects and established his own practice in the 1930s. As a golf course architect, Philip was held in equal regard to legendary contemporaries such as Herbert Fowler, Harry Colt, and Tom Simpson.