Golf Urns

Golf is often defined by the quiet repetition of the season, stretching from April through October. It is found in the collection of scorecards gathered over many years and the ritual of a standing tee time with the same three companions. This collection is for the person who lived for the rhythm of those seasons and the steady company of their foursome.

The game is primarily a challenge against oneself, where the course remains the same for everyone but the struggle is entirely personal. It requires patience and an honest accounting of the score, as well as the ability to recover from a bad lie without complaint. They approached life with that same steady composure, meeting challenges with honesty and finding a way to move forward from setbacks.

The designs are a golf ball, a golfer mid-swing, and clubs and a ball together. These can be rendered on aluminum with painted finishes or hand-applied enamel with silver bands. For those who prefer wood, we offer handcrafted pieces made in the USA, including the Signature line in solid alder or walnut and the Prestige line featuring printed artwork on walnut or oak. These pieces reflect the textures and details of the game they held close.

The collection comes in full-size, sharing, and keepsake sizes, so a family can choose one piece or several.

The aluminum and Signature wood urns can be engraved by us with a name and dates. On the aluminum pieces, this appears as a two-tone effect. This allows their identity to be cut directly into the surface, making their name and the years they lived a permanent part of the piece.

The game is old enough to have been banned. In 1457 James II of Scotland outlawed golf because young men were playing it instead of practicing archery. In 1552 Archbishop John Hamilton gave the townspeople of St Andrews the right to play on the links, and the Old Course there is considered the oldest golf course in the world. In 1764 the course had 22 holes. The members judged the first four and last four too short, combined them, and the result was 18 holes, the standard the game has kept since.

To your family, the design on the urn is the walk the person took a thousand times, and the people they took it with.

Source: Wikipedia, Old Course at St Andrews

If the person you remember was the one who met every setback with patience and faced the scorecard with absolute honesty, the design will serve as an emblem for those who shared the game with them. To a longtime friend, these shapes recall a life most authentically lived on the course, where the foursome still holds a tee time in their honor.

The choice of which piece to keep is yours, guided by your own memories. The seasons keep their rhythm, and the stories are still retold at the nineteenth hole.

Our guide to selecting the right size urn