Lot 322 - The Old Tom Morris Photograph Collection
25). A photograph of F.G. Tait watched by Tom Morris as Official Starter in the 1899 R&A Medal, with Edward Blackwell waiting to play, 8 by 6in., laid down on card
One of the last photographs of the leading amateur golfer Lieutenant F.G. Tait who was tragically killed in the Boer War. In this photograph, he is seen teeing up during his last year of life with Old Tom Morris standing to his right and with Edward Blackwell, another top amateur, to his left.