It has been way to long since my last post.  I plan to get this blog back up and running with weekly posts later this fall.  But until then……….

There is news that Upper Deck may be bringing back a new Golf card product as early as 2010!

Bullrock7’s board is a buzz over this new revelation.  You can see the original article from Beckett.com here.  In a recent interview with Upper Deck CEO Richard McWilliam, he states:

“With Tiger Woods on board as an exclusive autograph

signer, another golf trading card product is something

we are hoping to bring to fruition as early as 2010.”

This is great news for not only the Golf card community but for collectors in general.  With the trend towards exclusive contracts throughout the hobby over the last few years who better then Tiger to bring new collectors into the fold?

Upper Deck began creating Golf cards in 2001, including what many have hailed as one of the greatest cards of all time, the 2001 SP Authentic Tiger Woods Autographed Rookie card.  Upper Deck continued to produce Golf cards through 2005, but production levels were lowered drastically by then as 2005 Golf boxes are amongst the hardest to come by.  UD gave us rookies of Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Annika Sorenstam, Paula Creamer, Lorena Ochoa and so many more.

But with UD out of the game since 2005 they have also missed out on a new crop of upcoming PGA Tour players.  How sweet would it be to rip open a pack of 2010 SP Authentic Golf and find a rookie autograph of Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas, Lucas Glover, Michelle Wie, Y.E. Yang, etc.  With five years between new golf products you can bet the 2010 edition will be jammed pack with first time rookie cards in a set that could be as epic as 2001 SP Authentic itself.  Lets just hope the speculated new golf product is not just a Tiger Woods box set of some kind.

While I would like to think my “Bring Golf Cards Back” petition was a catayst in Upper Deck’s decision to bring golf cards back, I doubt the 35 total signatures had an impact.  But if Upper Deck is reading I hope they will take into account the many suggestions made in the petition by hard core golf card collectors.  Among the many ideas for what collectors would like to see in a new golf product were:

•  Autograph Tournament Flag redemptions signed by the tournament winner for every tourny on the PGA Tour

• Patch Cards (Tiger’s Nike logo, Woody’s Tabasco logo, etc.)

• Actual Autographed Scorecards from PGA Tour tournament winners

• More Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones cut singnature cards

• Golf Club used cards (pieces of players real clubs)

• Player Ball Marker cards

• Masters Tickets (it’s worth a shot right?) 

We can only hope the speculation by Upper Deck’s CEO is true and that we will be seeing a new Golf Card product as soon as next year.  I’ll be counting down the days.

Stay tuned here for any new information on this exciting news.

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In honor of the 2009 PGA Championship

The SP Authentic Golf RC BGS Collection

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Note for July rankings: 

This is my swann song for now.  Unfortunatley I no longer have the time to manage these rankings each month so this will be the last SPA RC Top 25 rankings for the immediate future.   

July was a low volume month for SPA Golf rookies with only 260 sales, the lowest since March.  No doubt Tiger’s injury has had a small impact, but if you’re a die hard Golf Card collector you should find the summer into fall to be a great time to buy. 

I want to thank Bullrock7, Golfgasm and all the great Golf Card collectors at the Bullrock7.com message boards for their help with my site and in helping me acquire cards for my private collection. 

Avg. Price:  Average price of sales for the listed month including single and lot sales.

High Price:  Highest price sale for the listed month with eBay sale link (when available). 

Last Month:  Last month’s rank followed by position change.

$ Change:  Percentage change in the “Avg. Price” from the previous month.

#1		Avg. Price $3250.00 High Price $4000.00	Tiger Woods 2001 SP Authentic Auto /900	Last Month #2  +1 $ Change -28
#2		Avg. Price $139.74 High Price $161.38 (PSA 9)	Phil Mickelson 2002 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month N/A   $ Change -7%
#3		Avg. Price $109.83 High Price $152.00 (BGS 9)	Paula Creamer 2005 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month #5  +2 $ Change -8%
#4		Avg. Price $100.66 High Price $140.00	Sergio Garcia 2001 SP Authentic Auto /900	Last Month #6  +2 $ Change +8%
#5		Avg. Price $94.25 High Price $122.50	David Duval 2001 SP Authentic Auto /900	Last Month #10  +5 $ Change +74%
#6		Avg. Price $68.09 High Price $111.50	Jasper Parnevik 2001 SP Authentic Auto /900	Last Month N/A   $ Change +232%
#7		Avg. Price $62.66 High Price $78.89	Lorena Ochoa 2003 SP Authentic Auto /1999	Last Month #7   $ Change -29%
#8		Avg. Price $56.43 High Price $127.50	Retief Goosen 2001 SP Authentic Auto /900	Last Month #9  +1 $ Change +1%
#9		Avg. Price $50.86 High Price $58.50	Annika Sorenstam 2003 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month #11  +2 $ Change +27%
#10		Avg. Price $46.00 High Price $51.00	David Toms 2001 SP Authentic Auto /900	Last Month #8  -2 $ Change -26%
#11		Avg. Price $27.15 High Price $33.00	Grace Park 2004 SP Authentic Auto /750	Last Month N/A   $ Change +194%
#12		Avg. Price $24.91 High Price $44.18 (BGS 9.5)	Natalie Gulbis 2003 SP Authentic Auto /1999	Last Month #12   $ Change -21%
#13		Avg. Price $17.15 High Price $20.49	Christie Kerr 2003 SP Authentic Limited Auto /100	Last Month 1st Time   $ Change N/A
#14		Avg. Price $16.82 High Price $21.50 (PSA 9)	Sean O'Hair 2005 SP Authentic Auto /999	Last Month #13  -1 $ Change -18%
#15		Avg. Price $13.00 High Price $20.50	Se Ri Pak 2003 SP Authentic Auto /1999	Last Month N/A   $ Change +61%
#16		Avg. Price $12.55 High Price $14.10	Shingo Katayama 2002 SP Authentic Limited Auto /100	Last Month 1st Time   $ Change N/A
#17		Avg. Price $11.85 High Price $12.19	Suzann Pettersen 2004 SP Authentic Auto /1500	Last Month #14  -3 $ Change -22%
#18		Avg. Price $11.68 High Price $13.05	Nancy Lopez 2003 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month #20  +2 $ Change +40%
#19		Avg. Price $10.95 High Price $16.05	Christina Kim 2005 SP Authentic Auto /999	Last Month N/A   $ Change +65%
#20		Avg. Price $10.70 High Price $15.50	Stacy Prammanasudh 2005 SP Authentic Auto /999	Last Month #18   $ Change +6%
#21		Avg. Price $9.41 High Price $10.53	Laura Diaz 2003 SP Authentic Limited Auto /100	Last Month 1st Time   $ Change N/A
#22		Avg. Price $7.29 High Price $12.50	Karrie Webb 2003 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month #22   $ Change -7%
#23		Avg. Price $6.87 High Price $16.75 (BGS 9.5)	Chad Campbell 2002 SP Authentic Auto /2999	Last Month 1st Time   $ Change +45%
#24		Avg. Price $6.85 High Price $9.01	Laura Davies 2003 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month 1st Time   $ Change +50%
#25		Avg. Price $5.97 High Price $5.97 (Lot)	Ty Tryon 2002 SP Authentic Auto /799	Last Month 1st Time   $ Change -40%
			Notabale Single Sales
			Tiger Woods 2001 SP Authentic Gold Auto /100: $6100.00
			Lorena Ochoa 2003 SP Authentic Extra Limited Auto /25: $613.03
			Sergio Garcia 2001 SP Authentic Gold /100: $120.00
			Adam Scott 2001 SP Authentic Gold /100: $20.50
			Shingo Katayama 2002 SP Authentic Auto /799: $14.99
			David Gossett 2002 SP Authentic Limited /100: $11.00(Lot)
			Ty Tryon 2002 SP Authentic Limited /100: $11.00(Lot)
			Cameron Beckman 2002 SP Authentic Limited /100: $11.00(Lot)
			Zach Johnson 2004 SP Authentic Auto /1500: $10.25(Lot)
			Ken Venturi 2001 SP Authentic /2999: $10.00(BGS 9.5)