Golf driver signed by Tiger Woods
- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Nike Golf, American, founded 1984
- Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Japanese, founded 1993
- Signed by
- Woods, Tiger, American, born 1975
- Date
- ca. 2005
- Medium
- rubber, graphite, titanium, steel, and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 46 x 4 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (116.8 x 11.7 x 11.4 cm)
- Description
- A right-handed NikeSasQuatch 460 driver signed by Tiger Woods. The driver has a black rubber grip with silver details at the top. There is a Nike "swoosh" debossed at the top of the grip and also on the front center. The letters SQ are debossed on the back center of the grip. The words [NIKE GOLF] are debossed around the top of the grip. There are also some diamond patterns on the grip.
- The shaft of the club is a grey, silver, and yellow gradient with some silver detailing. Going down the center: [SasQuatch] in black, with a gold "SQ" behind it; the Nike Golf logo in black and white; [Diamana] / the Mitsubishi logo / [MITSUBISHI RAYON] in black; [EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED FOR NIKE GOLF] in solver; and [/ R] in black. On the bottom of the shaft in the center there is a clear label that says [ASSEMBLED IN CHINA] in several languages.
- The hosel, or the part of the club where the head and the shaft are affixed, is black with two (2) silver rings around it. The one on top is 1/8'' wide and the one below it is 2/3'' wide.
- The head of the club is black, grey, silver, and yellow. It is flat on the proper left side and rounded on the proper right side. [Tiger Woods] is signed in silver marker on the top of the head. Below the signature is a silver oval label with black text: [BAK41883].
- The bottom of the head has a large plastic label in the middle: [460 10.5] in grey, [SQ] with Nike "swoosh" in grey, and [MDI - 4950] in yellow. There is an "R", indicating that it is a right-hand club. There is a silver [SQ SUMO] logo on the rounded side, along with the words [SUPER MOMENT OF INTERTIA] in white. the "SU" in "super" and "MO" in "moment" are in yellow, which is where "SUMO" comes from.
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational
- Type
- golf clubs (equipment)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.62.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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