My Dad's golf clubs

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My dad, aged 89 and who is not at all well, decided he wanted to sell some ancient, left handed, original hickory-shafted golf clubs he had since the 1920s. I didn't really know where to start looking so googled vintage golf clubs and immediately found a site which looked suitable. I sent an e mail off to them and got one back from their chairman saying that by strange coincidence he had been asked a few days earlier if he knew of anyone selling left handed, original hickory-shafted golf clubs. He put me in touch with the gentleman who had asked. After exchanges of photos etc, the man said he thought he would like to buy them but really wanted to see them first. He lives in Wiltshire and my Dad is in North Yorkshire. A week later he rang to say their music group had just been booked to play in Easingwold so he would be coming up to Yorkshire and could he call in, which he duly did. He bought my Dad's clubs. He had been looking for some for 10 years. It turns out he is the ONLY left handed player who ONLY plays using original hickory-shafted sticks AND he plays in plus fours. My Dad and I did laugh as we knew the clubs could not have gone to a better home. My Dad is a retired vicar and he and I both strongly feel that such things are far more than mere coincidences. (As a small addendum to the story, during our short chat, we discovered the man's father used to drive lorries in the desert in Egypt during the Second World War, as did my father and he has twin sons and my Dad is one of twins.)
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Date submitted:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:14 +0000Coincidence ID:5767