What was your first set of irons?

[Voyager EMH]

Dunlop Blue Flash Juniors 3, 5, 7, 9. I think that was 1973.

Before that I had cut-down hickory shafted mashie and mashie-niblick with wound leather grips. I still have the mashie-niblick.

 

[Canary Kid]

A Wilson starter set from AG when I started aged 57 in 2008.

 

[spongebob59]

Set of Lynx iron, back when they were a premium brand.

 

[patricks148]

A Dunlop starter set from sport and soccer. Full bag, irons and woods. Once I'd played a bit and knew I would be taking it more seriously, got some Mizuno mx17 and never had anything but mizuno irons since.

 

[IanM]

Dunlop Blueflash... classic old stuff. Woods made out of wood too

 

[shane3003]

Ping G irons for me but I only took up golf in 2015, still using the same irons.

 

[Billysboots]

Wilson Sam Snead irons, driver and 4-wood. Loved them.

 

[Crow]

MacGregor Jack Nicklaus from Argos, a few clubs at a time until I had the set.

 

[Crow]

So it looks like most of you started with blades, but now you don't think you're good enough to play them?

 

[phillarrow]

So it looks like most of you started with blades, but now you don't think you're good enough to play them?

That's exactly what happened to me!
Went from the Johnny Millers to a set of Maxfli Revolution, which I adored and which I was using when my handicap went from 24 to 11. They coincided with me getting obsessed though so maybe I'd have got better anyway?

Changed the Maxflis six years ago to Ping G irons but am now really tempted to go back to more bladed irons because the Pings are just a bit meh.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

As a junior I had a half set of Ben Sayers blades.
My first adult sized clubs were Howson derbys.

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Spalding excellence, still got them. 3i to sand wedge and 1, 3 & 5 woods too.

Saved all my pocket money and bought them from makro of all places. Bought the evens first, then the odds - I was so happy with myself. How time flies eh!

 

[IanM]

So it looks like most of you started with blades, but now you don't think you're good enough to play them?

Well you eventually learn to take all the help available!

 

[Dando]

My first bats were Ben Sayers “ray Floyd” blades and they were lovely

 

[Dando]

So it looks like most of you started with blades, but now you don't think you're good enough to play them?

Nick, I certainly think I’m good enough to play blades, but my actual ability says otherwise

 

[timd77]

Sadly it was a loooooong time ago and I gave up golf for a good 15 years in between, but they were petron something or other. I seem to recall the 1 wood being a Mitsubishi, would that be right?

 

[Crow]

Sadly it was a loooooong time ago and I gave up golf for a good 15 years in between, but they were petron something or other. I seem to recall the 1 wood being a Mitsubishi, would that be right?

Irons were probably Petron Impala and the 1 wood would be by Mitsushiba.

 

[wjemather]

Started with a cheap no-name half set of cast blades out of the classifieds. Had to strike the ball well with those. Replaced them with a second hand set of Yasuda SP-1800s after a couple of years.

 

[fenwayrich]

Half set of 'Pinseeker' bought by my mum from a catalogue. They sought, but very rarely found.

 

[timd77]

Irons were probably Petron Impala and the 1 wood would be by Mitsushiba.

Mitsushiba, of course! I did think Impala but wasn’t sure, it’s been a long time. Thanks for the info.