Vintage Golf

[Crow]

Jack Nicklaus in his "Goldfinger" preiod.
Golf World magazine, December 1964.

 

[Crow]

Just got this Slazenger putter, 1950s I'd guess.
It looks a little weird but has a lovely weight and feel, when putting on the carpet at least!

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

A fascinating insight into one of the big American manufacturers from their glory days, takes a look at the manufacturing process and the care and pride that went into it, other sports mentioned as well.

I enjoyed that. Curious how MacGregor, Spalding, and Wilson made all sorts of sporting goods while Ping, Callaway, etc. are golf companies. Yet the old "big three" made exemplary golf gear.

 

[Crow]

Just bought these off the bay, nice pair of Footjoys for £13.50 delivered.

A more fitting look to go with my old clubs than the latest Footjoy Freestyle.

 

[Crow]

From Golf World May 1975.

At first I thought it was made by Massey Ferguson, looks like it might be steam powered.

 

[robinthehood]

Rick shiels put a video up of him using 100 year old golf balls.

 

[Crow]

Latest win on ebay, a set of Craigton "Royal Gold" irons, 3 to 10 + SW. £32 delivered is probably a bit too much but nobody else would have bid on them and they'd most likely have been skipped or charity shopped.

Craigton was created in 1966 by John Letters after he left the John Letters company and these along with the "Classic" were the first two models they produced, retailing at £5 13s & 2d per iron. I'd never seen an example of either of them before so when I spotted these I had to bid.

I thought I'd got lucky with the ferrules as I was unwrapping them (the ebay picture was just the tops of the clubs) but the 3 and 4 are damaged.

Have to say I'm pretty pleased with them now I've got them!

 

[Crow]

This guy recently uploaded a load of "Shell's Wonderful World of Golf" episodes, quite a few of which I've not seen before.

Enjoy, vintage golf fans.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiptkVvNm8VA-YjjtV_LUFw/videos

 

[Crow]

Latest ebay pick up, a set of Slazenger Seve Ballesteros woods and irons, not the best model but for £20 I'm not complaining. Also included were the bag, a weighty rocker sole putter and a pair of Barratt plastic shoes (ideal for the winter, size 8, steel spikes, with kilties if anyone is interested!)

Most of the clubs have seen very little action apart from the driver with a bit of paint wear on the sole and the 3 iron which looks like someone has been using it as a practice club, on a road for a few shots!

 

[garyinderry]

Latest ebay pick up, a set of Slazenger Seve Ballesteros woods and irons, not the best model but for £20 I'm not complaining. Also included were the bag, a weighty rocker sole putter and a pair of Barratt plastic shoes (ideal for the winter, size 8, steel spikes, with kilties if anyone is interested!)

Most of the clubs have seen very little action apart from the driver with a bit of paint wear on the sole and the 3 iron which looks like someone has been using it as a practice club, on a road for a few shots!

All that for 20quid. Great deal.

I recently paid half that for new plastic tubes which you also got in that deal.

 

[Crow]

All that for 20quid. Great deal.

I recently paid half that for new plastic tubes which you also got in that deal.

Prices for old sets of perfectly playable clubs are ridiculous, hence there's no space in my garage.

 

[ADB]

Saw an advert for some clubs being sold locally and thought it looked like a good start for a vintage set:



The clubs were much better than i thought with a full set of Macgregor woods and some nice looking irons and putter. I spent some time cleaning them up and the oldschool bag, and i've now got a new set of clubs for the price of a round of drinks at the pub!

 

[Crow]

Saw an advert for some clubs being sold locally and thought it looked like a good start for a vintage set:



The clubs were much better than i thought with a full set of Macgregor woods and some nice looking irons and putter. I spent some time cleaning them up and the oldschool bag, and i've now got a new set of clubs for the price of a round of drinks at the pub!

Great find!
The MacGregors are a fine set of persimmon woods, RT2W with firing pin face?
Can you post a picture of the top and the face?
I'm sure you could relist those on ebay for a nice little profit.

I don't recognise the irons.
The putter is a Ben Sayers Benny, produced for many years, I have one myself.
Nice vintage bag too!

Let us know how you get on with them.

 

[Crow]

I got these today, Slazenger Tournament Model 1, 2 & 3 woods, 1950s.

They will go nicely with my irons and complete the set.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I still have the set of clubs that my uncle bought upon returning from Korea in 1954 and handed down to me.

MacGregor Tourney Tommy Armour 2, 3, 4-woods
Wilson Staff DynaPowered 2-PW
Wilson R90 sand iron
Spalding Cash In putter.

Haven't played them since I was a teenager (The Dead Sea wasn't even feeling queasy yet), but the 5-iron has 32º loft if you can imagine that.
Wish modern gear could look as good, though.

 

[Crow]

I still have the set of clubs that my uncle bought upon returning from Korea in 1954 and handed down to me.

MacGregor Tourney Tommy Armour 2, 3, 4-woods
Wilson Staff DynaPowered 2-PW
Wilson R90 sand iron
Spalding Cash In putter.

Haven't played them since I was a teenager (The Dead Sea wasn't even feeling queasy yet), but the 5-iron has 32º loft if you can imagine that.
Wish modern gear could look as good, though.

Pictures needed!
Sole of the woods and back of the irons please.

All 5 irons were 32 or 33 degrees back in the sixties and seventies, my favourite era for clubs.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Pictures needed!
Sole of the woods and back of the irons please.

All 5 irons were 32 or 33 degrees back in the sixties and seventies, my favourite era for clubs.

I still use a 1990s flip phone, and my ancient SLR camera has a place for 35mm film, not a memory card.
Nevertheless, pictures are readily available in Google Image Search.

The woods are classic pear shaped and displace less volume than later models. They were available in mahogany with brick red and cream colored Eye-o-Matic inserts or black with Black and Cream Eye-O-Matic inserts. (I have the latter.) The sole plates are T shaped rather than butterfly shaped.


The pitching wedge doesn't quite match the numbered irons and was probably added onto the set.
The R-90 wouldn't match the irons anyway.
The putter image is also readily available online.

I learned how to play with these clubs. Don't know what the kids will do with them, but I'm keeping them as long as I'm still around. They decorate my office/library.

 

[Crow]

I still use a 1990s flip phone, and my ancient SLR camera has a place for 35mm film, not a memory card.
Nevertheless, pictures are readily available in Google Image Search.

The woods are classic pear shaped and displace less volume than later models. They were available in mahogany with brick red and cream colored Eye-o-Matic inserts or black with Black and Cream Eye-O-Matic inserts. (I have the latter.) The sole plates are T shaped rather than butterfly shaped.


The pitching wedge doesn't quite match the numbered irons and was probably added onto the set.
The R-90 wouldn't match the irons anyway.
The putter image is also readily available online.

I learned how to play with these clubs. Don't know what the kids will do with them, but I'm keeping them as long as I'm still around. They decorate my office/library.

There were several versions of the MacGregor Tommy Armour and the Wilson Dynapower, I was just curious as to which you had but no worries if you don't have the tech.
What letters/numbers are on the toe of the driver sole.
Using the link below, which model Dynapower do you have?
https://www.ironfinder.com/Individual-Irons/wilson/

(I know the R90 and have a Cash-In myself.)

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

There were several versions of the MacGregor Tommy Armour and the Wilson Dynapower, I was just curious as to which you had but no worries if you don't have the tech.
What letters/numbers are on the toe of the driver sole.
Using the link below, which model Dynapower do you have?
https://www.ironfinder.com/Individual-Irons/wilson/

(I know the R90 and have a Cash-In myself.)

The older ones like mine have Dyna-Powered rather than Dyna-Power which came later.
945W is the wood model. The 693T is the one collectors seem to like best.

 

[Crow]

The older ones like mine have Dyna-Powered rather than Dyna-Power which came later.
945W is the wood model. The 693T is the one collectors seem to like best.

Very nice clubs, a shame you can't play them any more.