GOLF GEAR FROM WAY BACK WHEN!

[mancity101]

Was just reading a previous post about Swilken golf clubs, and it took me back - my first clubs were Slazengers, cant remember the models and Ryder woods, all kitted out in a Dunlop bag.
And the balls I used to use were
Dunlop Warwick, Penfold,Molitor, rejects with red or black dots, Dunlop 65s, Slazengers, and I am sure I used some Uniroyal balls....cant have been that bad I got down to 5 with it all...can anyone else remember brands/models from yesteryear????

 

[madandra]

When I was 12 (1982) I used to cherish a Slaznger B51 golf ball I found at the club I have now joined and was afraid to use it incase I lost it. It looked brand spanking and had a blue tint to it.

 

[birdieman]

I was partial to playing an Altus ball back in the late 80's.
Spalding Tour Editions were a good find, Greg Norman used to play them late 80's, one of the first balls to have a solid core but with good stopping properties too, ended the 'smiley face' balata ball.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Started off with a set of Petron Impala (well a 1//2 set) and built it up club by club. Wilson blue ridge were my original ball of choice and then progressed onto proper balls (well pinnacles). As I got better I got a set of Ben Sayers Ray Floyd blades and finally got a set of Slazenger B51 blades which were awesome. In between I acquired some maxfli australian blades but they were too temperamental. Great when hit probably but beasts if you were out. I use to like the slazenger B51 ball too until I thought titleist balata was the way to go.

I also had a drawer full of pringles (great when I was a football casual a few years later) and several pairs of top end shoes including a pair of patent black Dexters (what happened to them). I even had a matching Slazenger tour bag and practice ball bag with my name on. It looked great until I started hitting shots !!!!

 

[Dodger]

My 1st set were a set of Palm Springs....cavitys,I reckon they must have been a pretty early cavity backed iron I reckon.
Fav club was a Spalding Tour Edition Persimmon Driver which had a boron shaft in it....christ that was a wonderful tool!

 

[Imurg]

Started hacking with a 1/2 set of Slazengers in the early 90's and progressed to a full set of Howson DJ100's. Not the best ever but got me to a 12 handicap.
Then I had a set of TopFlite Tour irons as used on Tour by Peter Baker and Ronan Rafferty. A big step up for me - think Dunlop cheapys to Ping i15's!! Also got hold of some Callaway Steelhead fairways and a Great Big Bertha driver. Sheer heaven and only recently found replacements that work as well. The GBB was something special.

 

[RGDave]

When I was 12 (1982) I used to cherish a Slazenger B51 golf ball I found at the club I have now joined and was afraid to use it incase I lost it. It looked brand spanking and had a blue tint to it.

If you'd like a replacement, I'll put one aside for you....

I have quite a few old balls....

I started playing with a beastly set of Slazenger Blades from the 1970s. Awful. Not as bad as the woods though....

 

[Region3]

The only thing I can remember about my first clubs is they were blades and had Peter Thomson's name on the back.

The last set I remember buying before my current ones, was off the second-hand rack at a golf store for about £50. They were 'Petron Pure Blade', and I still have them in the shed.

 

[Tommo21]

Commando

 

[thecraw]

I dont really care about clubs from yesteryear, however!!!


I remember having a navy blue slazenger V neck jumper and I wore that with pride, thought I was Seve with that jumper on, I was a junior and I strode about the club like a cock! I probably looked like a total cock as well! Hahaha


It was a magic jumper, if they brought them out again I'd buy one!

 

[SimonS]

I've still got my first putter from the early 1970's - a Dunlop Blue Flash. I've also still got an old 1.62" Dunlop 65 ball in its original wrapper.

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

Ive got a old putter with no name or anything on it lying in my shed never tried it and probably never will just to the fact its got way too much loft on it.

 

[Tommo21]

Commando

Anyone use a commando? and, I've still got my original Lee Trevino blade putter.

 

[CliveW]

Believe it or not, the first clubs I used in the early 60s had hickory shafts! I still have these balls although I couldn't afford them when I started playing.

 

[Imurg]

Found one the other day - used it to see how far I could hit it into the adjoining field - went quite a way...

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

Ive played a bounce game with a Commando before and all i can say is that it was interesting. Less distance, quite a lot of spin and they fly at funny angles or mines did anyway.

 

[Doh]

Commando

Anyone use a commando? and, I've still got my original Lee Trevino blade putter.

Yes Harvey i have used the Commando fantastic memories. Like Homer my first set was Petron Imparla,then went on to get a set of Doug Sanders i didn't know if thet were better or not i just liked them because they were new.

 

[DCB]

My first bag was made of leather. It had a pocket for balls & tees etc and the hood folded down the side and doubled as a place to mkeep your waterproofs. The strap was leather with only a small section of padded strap for your shoulder. It must have weighed about 7-8lbs when dry and if it got soaked it took about a week to dry out. You had to give it a good coating of dubbin every so often.

Ah,......those were the days

 

[Faldo_Fan]

I still have my Wilson Staff persimmon driver, it looks smaller than a current 3 wood.....still can't believe i actually used it!
It never launched the ball much higher than 15-20 feet in the air, carry was about 200yds but the ball would then bounce and roll another 50-60 yds!!!

I bet an hour on the range with it now would sharpen your ball striking as you couldn't get away with mis-hits like the modern driver!

 

[richart]

My first clubs were a second hand set of Eric Brown's irons and Slazenger woods.When i got to single figures in the mid 70s i was treated to a set of MacGregor Tourney Custom irons,which were about the best blades around at the time

At same time i purchased a ping anser putter which i still have.Always played with Lynx woods,and still have them in the attic,and used them up until two years ago.

Started off playing with Commando's,and Warwicks,but when i got better always used Slazenger B51,s which i seem to remember came in an individual box,rather than just a wrapper.