tommy armour silver scot forged irons

I got mine on ebay for $158 shipped from proshopwarehouse.com. Apart from that it was presented nicely. Standard B. Mid-Size C. Over sized? They are a Royal Armour full set with black and yellow Royal Armour pads on the irons, and shafts say Armour Lite Mid Flex True Temper Made in USA. For a while the Eye2 irons were off limits to players and some tour players switched to the 845 with Mark Calcavecchia being the most notable. Hope the rest of the Christmas shopping went well . John is an aging, yet avid golfer, writer, 9-point-something handicapper living back home in New England after a 22-year exile in Minnesota. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. ( its a problem, I know). Thoroughly enjoyed the read, great job John. It's easy! Good read, had those irons for yearseveryone can take note about how the game of golf is played with clubs, and the business of golf is made by selling clubs.and even the best have to be updated someway to grow and keep companies going.see why there are new lines of clubs every year.If Ping still made Eye2s we would all be playing better golf but they would be going our of business.. What well written walk through equipment history. I believe they are late 50's clubs. I bought my 845c on ebay for $130 brand new and the musclebacks used for $63.00. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scot 7 Iron. Wonderful article, John. Great article. Cavity back design. Too many things did go wrong for TearDrop. The Atomic irons straddle the line between game improvement and super game improvement. The feel is closer to my PW than my 52 and 56, and the price was right. New Tommy Armour Forged Blade Silver Scot 60 Lob Wedge, New Tommy Armour Silver Scot Forged Sand Wedge, SW Club, Rare Vintage Macgregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot Sw- 915, MacGregor Tommy Armour Black Scot Double Duty Wedge, H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Modern Improvements In Fishing Takle & Fish Hook, Spalding's Official Baseball Guides (1904), Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles Volume V, Florences Standard Baseball Card Price Guide Revised 6th Edition, Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles Volume II, Field Guide To Fishing Lures Identification & Value Guide, Porter Athletic Equipment Co. I don't have a reference for you, been looking for one for years myself, just had to comment on those clubs. Its clearly an 845 promo. SN# 5B094R, You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Huffy Chairman Don Graber said, This acquisition is a significant step forward toward our strategic vision of positioning Huffy for future growth as a diversified, branded sporting goods company.. TOMMY ARMOUR SILVER Scot PGA Pitching Wedge RH TT Dynamic Regular Steel (R14) - EUR 7,92. Or maybe you just got an unlucky set. I haven't noticed the inserts getting nicked or dented, but I think you're right it's not worth messing up a nice piece of wood. Powered by Invision Community. i was just wondering if anyone plays or had palyed these irons. The USGA won the fight but Ping won the War. 2 spot in irons behind PING. Great club! He loves telling stories, writing about golf and golf travel, and enjoys classic golf equipment. I wonder how much Dicks paid MGS to write this story? It was, in every way, the perfect product with a perfect message targeted at the perfect audience at the perfect point in time. "The original forecast was 7,500 sets and I think we shipped over 30,000 in 1988", said John Hoeflich. Well see if MGS can put their money where their mouths are when it comes time to release Most Wanted lists in conjunction with how much each OEM has paid them in advertising or wine-and-dine trips to their HQs. M85's. The Clubs. And it all started with an English teacher. Classic irons. I acquired a set of Macgregor M75 Tourney irons and MT Tourney woods that have LTWA stamped on the bottoms. $140.00. Detriot Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk Adult XL JERSEY!!! Young players today like challenge of trying to hit the MT's 2 iron. MATERIAL GRAPHITE . Brand Tommy Armour; Head Weight 258 "C" Dimension 1. . . Would it surprise you to learn the man who designed the Tommy Armour 845s started out teaching high-school English? 1 iron in the game was the PING Eye2 so Hoeflich figured hed start there. They have the loft printed on them which I think is special. Weighting and such. Any issues with the clubs can be handled easier that way. That's kind of a big deal. My first really good driver was a Genex425. Great read on an iconic club that I fell in love with upon first sighting when looking for a used iron set. FOR SALE! Display as a link instead, I loved Nickent stuff. Heres hoping the 845 Re-boot is as good as some of us suspect. Well Done, John. You presented the facts and captured the spirit of the brand. Thomas, you ever notice how Tommy Armour clubs in up near the top of the club ratings in MGS? The 845s may have spent seven years at the top of the charts, but its legacy is that of a One-Hit Wonder. If you have a super high swing speed, any ball can be a problem. Just past70 years,playing Mizuno MP 57 Irons with UST 660 F3 shafts. Once Hoeflich and his team had a general idea of what they wanted, Hoeflich went to California to work with R.G. The company squeezed every last dollar out of those sticks, too, selling more than 660,000 sets over that time. This was the first good set of clubs I ever owned. In other words, a better-looking PING Eye2. Maxell Ultra Dynamic UD35-7 Reel To Reel Tape (Lot Of 8), CaddyTek One Click Folding Golf Push Cart, CaddyLite ONE-Black, Vintage (2) Pair Westinghouse 6FQ7/6CG7 NOS/NIB Tubes, Golf Cart SEAT Replacement WHITE COVERS Factory OEM '73-1994 New EZ GO M, Vintage ULTRA COOL 8 TRACK AUDIOVOX CAR STEREO IN BOX! Could you imagine a marketing guy today designing the Mavrik irons with some melted candles at his kitchen table? I still have a set of 845s that my wife purchased for me as a gift in 1990. I've heard they may not be "forged" as advertised. I happen to know more than I should about MacGregor forged irons of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Great article, on great irons. We have had some great matches over the years and his TAs still performs. Great article! Before we developed the tooling, I went to a club in Chicago Sunset Ridge, he said. I have a few pre-1920's hickory shafted Dayton Ohio stamped clubs. They really did have something going on. Not gaming them anymore but they are down in my basement. I still have my set of Nickent irons sitting in the storage locker with a bunch of other old clubs. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Nice Left Handed Ping Heppler FLOKI 34" Putter w/Cover Strong Arc #327923 at the best online prices at eBay! The Pipe Putter was a winnerquite literally. Add to Wishlist. I needed something to do, he said at the time. Newer ones didnt seem the same so ended up with Titleist DCI. Thats not surprising since the 845s long irons have been designed for power and accuracy. You can say its success ultimately led to Tommy Armours demise and youd be right. Sold by @Gear4Good. Karma or maybe the ghost of the Silver Scot himself had the last laugh as Sports Authority filed for bankruptcy in March 2016. I just like them too much. They cant afford for too many things to go wrong. I love them. . MyGolfSpy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. You need to write more of these. Its an aditorial. Being that I have not see these in person would you consider the head size: A. Get some strange looks at the range hitting those persimmons. It seems nearly every golfer has a story involving the original Tommy Armour Silver Scot 845s. Brand Tommy Armour; Head Weight 271 "C" Dimension 1.464; Basic VCOG 0.765; Moment of Inertia (MOI . FF was in good overall condition apart from two greens which were recovering from some disease and had been partially re-turfed. Everardo, May 9, 2022 Vibratory finish. I gave my TAs to my oldest son and he still games them today. $499.98. Theyre walking on a tightrope.. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------. I have a set of 845s. Tommy Armour 855s Silver Scot 5 - 19, 3 - 15 Wood-Regular 855s . Sports He was a brilliant club designer. I happen to know more than I should about MacGregor forged irons of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. They were a gift from my brother to replace an incomplete set of Ping Eye 2s I was playing. Always been partial to the copper faces. The M75s were made mid 1950s and again in the early 80s. 2 irons; 3 irons; 4 irons; 5 irons; 6 irons; 7 irons; 8 irons; 9 irons; Pitching Wedges; Gap Wedges; Sand Wedges; . Played these for ten years or more till a club pro said get in 20 century. Articles, Upper Deck Highlights Different Hockey Card Products, Re-Examining 1991 Classic Draft Football Cards, Kobe Bryants Jersey Auctioned for Over $5 Million. Aren't you concerned you might bust up the woods hitting rocky range balls? The very first Tommy Armour irons werent made by Tommy Armour at all, but by MacGregor, and for a very good reason: there was no Tommy Armour company at the time. I've heard there is a book/catalog out there showing the clubs thru the years??? I ran a GOLF Day store in the late 90s and we sold a ton of 845s irons, everything that followed from Tommy Armour couldnt come close to the 845s. iacas, January 26, 2020 Otherwise - pull the shafts - would still be value for money. I am sure Dicks, who started small, will be a superb asset. Very forgiving for a blade, too. in Tour Talk, By TORCH. C $31.28 C $267.01 . SN# M2217. We compared them. Management loves the top line but the necessary investment in production capabilities, assembly personnel, customer service, sales, marketing, warehousing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other overhead can put serious stress on the bottom line and on working capital. Mr. McNally told me if I would relinquish the name The Hooters Tour and rename it The Tommy Armour Tour, his Company would add $10,000 a year to the purse plus give all registered Tommy Armour Tour Players a tour staff bag at no cots and the 845s 1 iron through all four wedges for $190.00. ADD TO CART. In 1961, Comptometer merged with the Victor Corporation, another Chicago adding machine company. Dri-tac midsize grips than my my irons are even worth but it was totally worth it to me to make them even more playable after all these years!