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« on: March 25, 2008, 07:15:08 AM » |
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There is still a lot of love and romance about some of the classic irons of yesteryear.
I thought it might be helpful for all the guys who are interested in classics, if we made a list of iron sets that are worthy of continued play, or at least are collectable,.
I'll start with sets that ,from my personal experience were particularly playable .
Wilson-FG17
Ram-Golden Rams
MacGregor- Muirfields 20th
HoganApex -1999 model
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2008, 07:35:40 AM » |
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Australian blades need to be added to that list.
My all time favorite is the MacGregor Muirfields.
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2008, 07:46:09 AM » |
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Early 70's Wilson Staff irons
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2008, 08:00:19 AM » |
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Early 70's Wilson Staff irons
This set I reshafted are suprisingly smooth now that I put a set of S300 (softstepped) pulls in them along with prosoft inserts. Their weak lofts make the 3-PW set play like 4-GW.   |
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2008, 10:12:02 AM » |
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My first set was '73 Staff's (half set) great clubs! I still have and a set of '58 Staff's 2-SW. My vote would be for the Golden Ram Tour Grind already mentioned  I got to play with afriend recently who plays MacGregor Murfields he had refinished with a copper face...they are gorgeous! Early 70's Wilson Staff irons
This set I reshafted are suprisingly smooth now that I put a set of S300 (softstepped) pulls in them along with prosoft inserts. Their weak lofts make the 3-PW set play like 4-GW. [/quote] |
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2008, 02:41:53 PM » |
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I bought a set of those Staffs in 1973 or 4. Brand new I paid $165 for them- a small fortune. Great clubs. Bought a set of woods- 1, 3 and 5 laminated Staffs for $135. Great woods. I couldn't hit those clubs today if I tried!
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2008, 03:32:24 PM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2008, 04:45:50 PM » |
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Does the Ping Eye2 fit as a classic? Certainly still worthy of play. I played once a set of beryllium(?) Eye2's and they were great.
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2008, 06:47:48 PM » |
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Wow, those are all great clubs. Old Staffs- I drooled over them back in the day. I couldn't afford them, so I got Titleist Tour Model blades, which were essentially a copy for about $50-60 less, when $50 was a lot of money- at least to me! Man back in those days, I bought an "Acushnet" Bulls-Eye putter over a Ping I liked better, because the Bulls Eye was $18.00 and the Ping was an obscene $30.00! Can you believe that?
I had a full bag of the Muirfields. I still have the driver and the 3 wood. They are still beautiful.
Ping Eye2 I'd consider a classic. Beyond the classic moniker, they were a paradigm shift. Much like Taylor Made's metalwoods, they created an inflection point in golf and there was no going back after that.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2008, 10:57:15 PM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
Wasnt FG-17 a Staff Tour Blade Model? |
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2008, 10:30:32 AM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
Wasnt FG-17 a Staff Tour Blade Model? Yes! The most collectable is the 1969 bullet back blades by Staff! The best seller was the FG-17....the reason: Most shops (off-course) were selling them for $259.00 (and as low as $229.00!!..that was cost!!!) in late 70's as a lost leader item...and Boy did they fly off the rack! It was not unusual to see a golf course or off-course shop with a floor display of 50 sets of FG-17's!!! Best model Golden Ram was the 81' to 85 model...THE PERFECT BLADE! |
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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2008, 11:03:28 AM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
Wasnt FG-17 a Staff Tour Blade Model? Yes! The most collectable is the 1969 bullet back blades by Staff! The best seller was the FG-17....the reason: Most shops (off-course) were selling them for $259.00 (and as low as $229.00!!..that was cost!!!) in late 70's as a lost leader item...and Boy did they fly off the rack! It was not unusual to see a golf course or off-course shop with a floor display of 50 sets of FG-17's!!! Best model Golden Ram was the 81' to 85 model...THE PERFECT BLADE! Awesome! That's what I have and play! Stacks up to anything imo. I'll play them 'till they're flat! |
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« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2008, 05:39:47 PM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
Wasnt FG-17 a Staff Tour Blade Model? Yes! The most collectable is the 1969 bullet back blades by Staff! The best seller was the FG-17....the reason: Most shops (off-course) were selling them for $259.00 (and as low as $229.00!!..that was cost!!!) in late 70's as a lost leader item...and Boy did they fly off the rack! It was not unusual to see a golf course or off-course shop with a floor display of 50 sets of FG-17's!!! Best model Golden Ram was the 81' to 85 model...THE PERFECT BLADE! Awesome! That's what I have and play! Stacks up to anything imo. I'll play them 'till they're flat! C.. you will be happy to know I work for Ram for 5 years and let me tell you..........the quality was the BEST...the only one(s) that really rivaled Ram (in quality) was 3 companies...#1 Ping #2 Arnold Palmer's The Gold Standard and The Standard#3..........believe it or not............SOUNDER...Maybe the best quality of any company during that time! Just incredible quality...on all 3 irons that they made! Just beautiful...hard sell though as the price was quite high for the times! |
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« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2008, 05:55:24 PM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
Wasnt FG-17 a Staff Tour Blade Model? Yes! The most collectable is the 1969 bullet back blades by Staff! The best seller was the FG-17....the reason: Most shops (off-course) were selling them for $259.00 (and as low as $229.00!!..that was cost!!!) in late 70's as a lost leader item...and Boy did they fly off the rack! It was not unusual to see a golf course or off-course shop with a floor display of 50 sets of FG-17's!!! Best model Golden Ram was the 81' to 85 model...THE PERFECT BLADE! Awesome! That's what I have and play! Stacks up to anything imo. I'll play them 'till they're flat! C.. you will be happy to know I work for Ram for 5 years and let me tell you..........the quality was the BEST...the only one(s) that really rivaled Ram (in quality) was 3 companies...#1 Ping #2 Arnold Palmer's The Gold Standard and The Standard#3..........believe it or not............SOUNDER...Maybe the best quality of any company during that time! Just incredible quality...on all 3 irons that they made! Just beautiful...hard sell though as the price was quite high for the times! The Sounder Ballesteros blade was beautiful Steve!!! The 276 or the 282 blade Watson heads were perfect. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2008, 06:55:54 PM » |
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I'd go with the Wilson Staff Tour Blades over the FG-17s. Both can be had for similar pricing on EBay.
Wasnt FG-17 a Staff Tour Blade Model? Yes! The most collectable is the 1969 bullet back blades by Staff! The best seller was the FG-17....the reason: Most shops (off-course) were selling them for $259.00 (and as low as $229.00!!..that was cost!!!) in late 70's as a lost leader item...and Boy did they fly off the rack! It was not unusual to see a golf course or off-course shop with a floor display of 50 sets of FG-17's!!! Best model Golden Ram was the 81' to 85 model...THE PERFECT BLADE! Awesome! That's what I have and play! Stacks up to anything imo. I'll play them 'till they're flat! C.. you will be happy to know I work for Ram for 5 years and let me tell you..........the quality was the BEST...the only one(s) that really rivaled Ram (in quality) was 3 companies...#1 Ping #2 Arnold Palmer's The Gold Standard and The Standard#3..........believe it or not............SOUNDER...Maybe the best quality of any company during that time! Just incredible quality...on all 3 irons that they made! Just beautiful...hard sell though as the price was quite high for the times! Nice! I like to learn as much about them as possible. Mine look like 80-82 on the ironfinders website but I was told '77. |
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« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2008, 08:18:40 PM » |
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Nice! I like to learn as much about them as possible. Mine look like 80-82 on the ironfinders website but I was told '77. According to the Maltby Guide (going from memory here, so bear with me), the models you have were also made in 1979, but the sole was a touch flatter than the later years; think it was 81 when they added a bit of camber. The Ram custom shop was VERY busy, so it's tough to really say for absolute certain with some models. I happen to have a model of Rams I've never seen described anywhere; they're Frequency Matched, the toe is squared more than any other Rams I've seen, stamped with "TW Custom Grind." I have a set of TW276 and have seen TW282, these look different yet. Such as I remember them, they might be similar to the 1980ish Watson Grinds. <shrug> Fun stuff, in any event. |
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« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2008, 05:23:32 AM » |
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I believe Hogan Radials need to be on the list. I had a set for many years. My father still has a set and I play them once in a while.
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« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2008, 06:55:22 AM » |
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I was at the golf show here in MI recently and there was a sweet set of W/S button backs I was drooling over.  If I had the extra $$ I would have snagged them. |
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« Reply #19 on: March 27, 2008, 08:56:20 AM » |
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Nice! I like to learn as much about them as possible. Mine look like 80-82 on the ironfinders website but I was told '77. According to the Maltby Guide (going from memory here, so bear with me), the models you have were also made in 1979, but the sole was a touch flatter than the later years; think it was 81 when they added a bit of camber. The Ram custom shop was VERY busy, so it's tough to really say for absolute certain with some models. I happen to have a model of Rams I've never seen described anywhere; they're Frequency Matched, the toe is squared more than any other Rams I've seen, stamped with "TW Custom Grind." I have a set of TW276 and have seen TW282, these look different yet. Such as I remember them, they might be similar to the 1980ish Watson Grinds. <shrug> Fun stuff, in any event. Thanks NR great info! I'll see if I can take some pics. of them and try to figure out how to post them. To try to describe, there seems to be some camber (a little), aren't old MacGregor flat especially in the trailing edge. "RAM" + no. or pitching wedge on sole. "Golden Ram" on the muscle. "Tour Grind" on toe. True Temper Dynamic (silver and black) shaft bands with a circled s on them. |
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« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2008, 11:19:17 AM » |
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I sent my gamers off to be reshafted. In the meanwhile I pulled some Hogans out and have bagged them. I have played three rounds with them and I cannot say enough about these irons  ! I've actually considered playing them through the summer. It's a great feeling getting back to the basics. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 27, 2008, 01:38:46 PM » |
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I sent my gamers off to be reshafted. In the meanwhile I pulled some Hogans out and have bagged them. I have played three rounds with them and I cannot say enough about these irons ! I've actually considered playing them through the summer. It's a great feeling getting back to the basics. I played some of the best golf in my life when I was using those irons. |
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« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2008, 11:23:24 AM » |
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Nice! I like to learn as much about them as possible. Mine look like 80-82 on the ironfinders website but I was told '77. According to the Maltby Guide (going from memory here, so bear with me), the models you have were also made in 1979, but the sole was a touch flatter than the later years; think it was 81 when they added a bit of camber. The Ram custom shop was VERY busy, so it's tough to really say for absolute certain with some models. I happen to have a model of Rams I've never seen described anywhere; they're Frequency Matched, the toe is squared more than any other Rams I've seen, stamped with "TW Custom Grind." I have a set of TW276 and have seen TW282, these look different yet. Such as I remember them, they might be similar to the 1980ish Watson Grinds. <shrug> Fun stuff, in any event. The Watson grind was the Bee Knees |
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« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2008, 11:27:55 AM » |
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The Watson grind was the Bee Knees
It's really sad, I had a chance to get a set of Watson Grinds (not the 276s or 282s) at 2nd Swing a few years ago for $50 and didn't do it. I still kick myself for that. |
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