Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Well it’s the first round tomorrow and due to an injury my first swing will be on the first tee…. Wish me luck!
Vintage Golf
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Crow
Crow Person
Good luck!
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Have been advised by a close friend and ex club builder that the shafts in the pin seekers are not the nicest on a thin shot, I think his exact words were “ if you think that 2i it’s going to break your elbow “
Crow
Crow Person
I'd be surprised if HB&S clubs had anything other than regular shafts in them, admittedly regular from yesteryear seems stiffer than today's regular but I don't think you'll have any issues with the shafts. Do they have a shaft band/label saying what they are?
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
One for crow
Built a mate a set of clubs out of some I had knocking about
Irons MITSUSHIBA VERDICT IRONS
Couple of slazenger woods .. the 5 wood is steel head lol
Any good the irons?
Built a mate a set of clubs out of some I had knocking about
Irons MITSUSHIBA VERDICT IRONS
Couple of slazenger woods .. the 5 wood is steel head lol
Any good the irons?
Crow
Crow Person
Mitsushiba are a bit too modern for me to comment other than to say that they're a straightforward brand with nothing fancy, that will get the job done.
They won't be as forgiving as the latest GI clubs but in my view that's a good thing.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Crow
Crow Person
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
What an enjoyable walk, started scruffy but 29points. All of us had a great time.
Crow
Crow Person
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
The bit in bold is the main thing.
29 is pretty good for a first showing.
Cheers crow, everyone just had such a giggle with another two wanting to join in at round 2, thinned that 2iron and my hands are still bloody stinging.
Crow
Crow Person
Browsing ebay and I came across this bad boy from Regal!
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
What great fun this Vintage Golf is...
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Not that I’ve been looking, just asking for a friend……. At what age does something become vintage?
I have “ a friend “ looking to build an iconic bag from 79/80 era but not sure how some would take playing with clubs of this age. For example taylormade KVD irons and Pittsburgh persimmon woods…. Apparently. ?
I have “ a friend “ looking to build an iconic bag from 79/80 era but not sure how some would take playing with clubs of this age. For example taylormade KVD irons and Pittsburgh persimmon woods…. Apparently. ?
Crow
Crow Person
There are no strict definitions for vintage.
Some hickory societies have cut-off dates, for example pre-1935 for general hickories or pre-1900 for guttie hickory, but vintage and classic as a whole are much looser in their "rules", probably because it's still in its infancy with regards to organised competition.
Classic/vintage meets I've been to are under the broad brush of "wooden woods (persimmon or laminated) and blade style irons and putters of simple design".
My own view is, play what you enjoy playing.
Personally I focus on UK made clubs covering a wide range of dates, my oldest are hickory but they go right up to the late 1980s.
I have no qualms about steel headed woods and indeed have a set of late 1980s Titleist steel head woods and some Petron steel/polymer woods of similar vintage (these are used when conditions are wet and not good for proper woods).
I'd be happy to play a game with you if you had such an iconic bag and would enjoy selecting clubs of a similar vintage.
There are lots of wooden woods from 1979/80 right up until the late 1980s and beyond, in fact a few companies and individuals still make very good wooden clubs.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
I’ve looked down other routes, but as a kid caddying I had fond memories of ping eye and taylormade equipment .. just enjoying the current stuff at the moment, I just wasn’t sure if there’s a stigma around it.
Crow
Crow Person
Early Ping stuff is very collected, there's a facebook group dedicated to it, one of the mods is in the UK.
facebook.com/groups/224999788715463/about
facebook.com/groups/224999788715463/about
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
"Pittsburgh Persimmon" was a derogatory nickname at first - the town being associated with mining and steel production. Due to these early metal woods being a success, the company made the name official. Quick copy and paste coming up...
Gary Adams started TaylorMade in the late 1970s out of his home in Illinois with an idea that the two-piece golf ball wasn't a fad. Adams recognized the way irons interacted with the new balls and believed steel drivers would outperform the persimmon drivers of the day.
Founding TaylorMade
Adams approached PGA touring pro Ron Streck in 1978 with three metal woods. Adams' metal woods out-drove some of the longest hitters on tour, and at that year's PGA Merchandise Show he received close to $50,000 in orders.
Pittsburgh Persimmon
Ron Streck won the 1981 Houston Open using the first TaylorMade driver. The company's drivers earned the nickname "Pittsburgh Persimmon" as TaylorMade used steel rather than persimmon to construct their drivers. Adams and Streck started stamping it on the toe of all their drivers, and it developed into one of their strongest lines throughout the 1980s. In the process, golf adapted to the popular “metal-woods" seen today.
Gary Adams started TaylorMade in the late 1970s out of his home in Illinois with an idea that the two-piece golf ball wasn't a fad. Adams recognized the way irons interacted with the new balls and believed steel drivers would outperform the persimmon drivers of the day.
Founding TaylorMade
Adams approached PGA touring pro Ron Streck in 1978 with three metal woods. Adams' metal woods out-drove some of the longest hitters on tour, and at that year's PGA Merchandise Show he received close to $50,000 in orders.
Pittsburgh Persimmon
Ron Streck won the 1981 Houston Open using the first TaylorMade driver. The company's drivers earned the nickname "Pittsburgh Persimmon" as TaylorMade used steel rather than persimmon to construct their drivers. Adams and Streck started stamping it on the toe of all their drivers, and it developed into one of their strongest lines throughout the 1980s. In the process, golf adapted to the popular “metal-woods" seen today.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Takes me back. I had a set of Maxfli Australian blades. Loved them at the time. Think I went from those to a set of Ben Sayers "Ray Floyd" irons
Crow
Crow Person
Nice irons those Ray Floyds, yours were most likely the 1983 release, as opposed to the Ray Floyd "Power Ridged" which were 1970.
Oh, and talking of the Ray Floyd "Power Ridged", let me make a shameless plug.
