The lady at the antiques store in Excelsior said it was absolutely the genuine article: a Pebble Beach golf towel with the year 1919 on it. Kathleen figured it was just the thing to commemorate our 31st anniversary today. (Not that we're ready to throw in the towel or anything.) The tag says it was made in Belgium, not China, labeled Sir Christopher Hatton, so it has a good chance of being old. Pebble Beach opened in 1919. The towel? It's in great shape, like new. "People buy these things and put them away in a drawer and they're forgotten," the lady said, before closing the sale.
It's at least old enough to hang on Stan's golf bag.
