Crow
Crow Person
They'd be fine with me.
Some might get a little sniffy about the irons though, being cavity back.
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They'd be fine with me.
Some might get a little sniffy about the irons though, being cavity back.
Liverbirdie
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Qwerty
Tour Winner
NWJocko
Tour Winner
Fancy a challenge?
Aye why not :thup:
Let me get a set together and we'll get a game sorted
Pedros flat cap was more bondage than vintage :rofl:
MegaSteve
Tour Winner
Remember my Eye 2 woods with fondness...
They were considered 'cutting edge' when I took up the game...
My late F-in-L had a small collection of vintage clubs including several hickory shafted clubs... Some of the family insisted they were sold when he passed away... Realised about £800 after fees... Wished I'd put my foot down and kept them as he'd said they were for me... But, nothing in the will so sold they were..
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Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Yep.
I remember when tweed jackets were all the rage on the terraces, around 1984-85, I reckon.
Probably got to Cheetham for about 1989 then. :rofl:
Come 'ed - you get a set, Junior too, and we could do our March 36 hole matchplay extravaganza with them.
Crow, I'd be interested in a meet, if on a weekend, and willing to travel an hour or two.:thup:
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
I may get the tache to go with it as well.
"Anyone got any tache wax, I could borrow, I'm getting awfully forgetful in my dotage. What, what"
winty57
Assistant Pro
Thanks for info not really into hickory stuff but would be interested in persimmon & blades, have a couple of Mizuno persimmon woods with graphite shafts in the loft that i bought new in 1984! and the Ping Eye woods
I will check out the Facebook group
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srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
If you want vintage clubs then come look in our pro shop. More scrap metal in there than a Scottish shipyard.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I recently had a family golf weekend as a kind of mini-stag, my future brother-in-law accepted the invitation despite never having played golf before. Told me he didn't need to borrow a set of clubs because he had a half set, so I said fair enough. Then he turned up with these absolute antique blades that said 'Elite' on them, and an old wooden driver. I said 'bloody hell, you'll be lucky to hit anything with them!' He went round in about 150 but he did manage one par on a par 3!
Don't know if those Elite blades mean anything to you? Literally just said 'Elite' in kind of scrolly handwriting on the back, didn't know if that was the brand or the model! I also don't know where he got them from.
Don't know if those Elite blades mean anything to you? Literally just said 'Elite' in kind of scrolly handwriting on the back, didn't know if that was the brand or the model! I also don't know where he got them from.
Crow
Crow Person
Not heard of Elite as a manufacturer, there were no other markings/names?
Elite is one of those words that gets used quite a bit, like "Special" and "Tour".
Elite is one of those words that gets used quite a bit, like "Special" and "Tour".
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I can't remember anything else but I didn't look that closely. Yeah that's why Google was particularly unhelpful. Closest I saw via Google was a Spalding set but they weren't exactly the same so not sure. I might ask him to send me a picture under the pretence that I'm getting them valued as antiques or not.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Mine need regripping, anyone know of a place?
Crow
Crow Person
Have ago yourself or take to a Pro who can do it for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNpPo2nu3E
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Hope you are going to use leather grips on your vintage clubs 👍
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
That's the problem I have yet to solve. Also the wooden heads are a mess
Love to play some of the courses around here with Hickory's. Most guys I know who have the are reluctant to lend them as they tend to be worth a bomb
Crow
Crow Person
Do you have pictures?
Leather grips for steel shafts cost a fortune, £30 plus per club.
If it's hickory you're talking about then you can do them pretty cheaply.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
The leather thing was said in jest. I didn't think they were still available.
Crow
Crow Person
Out this morning with:
"Classic" 1 wood, persimmon but no manufacturer's marking.
Uniroyal Arnold Palmer 3 & 4 laminated woods
Wilson Staff TourBlade Fluid Feel irons, 3 to 9 plus PW and SW
Greenway putter, no idea who made this, maybe a far east manufacturer
Callaway Supersoft ball
Yellow tees and pleased with 18 out 17 back for 35, just a disaster on the 16 that spoilt the card.
Struggled with the woods for some reason. Irons were very nice though, they're a rough old set and this was my first hit with them but very impressed.
What is frustrating is that I scored 28 yesterday in the qualifier with my modern clubs, okay from the white tees but still much worse than today's round.
"Classic" 1 wood, persimmon but no manufacturer's marking.
Uniroyal Arnold Palmer 3 & 4 laminated woods
Wilson Staff TourBlade Fluid Feel irons, 3 to 9 plus PW and SW
Greenway putter, no idea who made this, maybe a far east manufacturer
Callaway Supersoft ball
Yellow tees and pleased with 18 out 17 back for 35, just a disaster on the 16 that spoilt the card.
Struggled with the woods for some reason. Irons were very nice though, they're a rough old set and this was my first hit with them but very impressed.
What is frustrating is that I scored 28 yesterday in the qualifier with my modern clubs, okay from the white tees but still much worse than today's round.
