Maninblack4612
Tour Winner
I started playing golf aged 11, possibly younger, in the mid 50s. For my first clubs my father went to the local auction house & brought home a selection of rusty, hickory shafted clubs. The leather grips were removed, shafts cut down & the grips were rewound, nailed to the shaft at the end. The grips had to be soaked in a combination of castor oil & methylated spirit to keep them tacky.
The shafts would snap frequently but that wasn't a problem because there was a plentiful supply of replacements from people changing over to steel. In those days the steel shafts were painted brown to make them look like hickory.
In addition to hickory, I played briefly with aluminium shafts, anyone remember them?
And then came graphite. My first graphite driver was a Taylormade, and what a difference it made. A few of my friends were persuaded to buy one when they saw how I was hitting mine.
I also lived through the transition from the small ball to the current size. The first large balls were difficult to hit any distance at all & impractical for the average golfer until technology improved their performance.
How many othe members have witnessed this much history? I'm starting to feel really old.
The shafts would snap frequently but that wasn't a problem because there was a plentiful supply of replacements from people changing over to steel. In those days the steel shafts were painted brown to make them look like hickory.
In addition to hickory, I played briefly with aluminium shafts, anyone remember them?
And then came graphite. My first graphite driver was a Taylormade, and what a difference it made. A few of my friends were persuaded to buy one when they saw how I was hitting mine.
I also lived through the transition from the small ball to the current size. The first large balls were difficult to hit any distance at all & impractical for the average golfer until technology improved their performance.
How many othe members have witnessed this much history? I'm starting to feel really old.