Was: AU $621.82. And there had been nothing compelling in Tommy Armours pipeline since the 845s launch. California on the Golden State Tour. Driver. Our largest event over the 10 year run was the St. Louis Open. They go far when I hit them correctly. Shafts are Rifle 6.0 and grips are Golf Pride! November 25, 2014. I did play in one Varsity match against Duke University and my famous acknowledgement was when the Varsity Coach, Howell T. Hollis, told me I was academically ineligible for the 1965 season. Absolutely, but when the competition innovates and you dont? The PGA TOUR officially adopted that name in March and both sides agreed to create a PGA-PGA TOUR Properties group to sell soft goods under the PGA label. The Pipe Putter was a winnerquite literally. $69.99. He was a brilliant club designer. Its an aditorial. Young players today like challenge of trying to hit the MT's 2 iron. They were slippy by the back nine. Taylormade R510TP - Speeder 757 Plays: Righty. Men's Right Handed. C $31.28 380 yard par four. It is still the best, most-consistently paced putter I have ever used, which reduces my 3 putts. Hoeflich is one of my golf heres as I used to bang the drum for Nickent Golf years ago when they were a true up and comer. Titleist 915H 3 Diamana, Titleist 915H 4 Diamana Could you imagine a marketing guy today designing the Mavrik irons with some melted candles at his kitchen table? NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! 2i > 9i iron set: 1956-57 MacGregor Colokrom - Tourney M85, forged blades with copper faces T. T. Tourney, regular flex shafts. These clubs have been well kept and are in great condition. Remember that stress on working capital thing we discussed earlier? (thirty one years later, she still is the love of my life!). As an experiment we once lined up a handful of the latest Big Bertha Driver, all with the Factory Cally Shaft. PS I occasionally still shoot my age or below! The look of the drivers, woods, and hybrids were pretty nice, but I didnt really care for the sound and feel. Gini and I put a business plan together and Voila! I have been using the cb's now for a few weeks. The Titleist DT Solo and the Wilson Staff Duo work quite well with wooden clubs, if the club is in decent playable condition. MacGregor introduced the Tommy Armour Silver Scot Tourney in the 1940s, predating the Tommy Armour company by nearly40 years. Driver: Nike Sasquatch 460 9* w/ ProForce V2 72gr stiff tipped 3/4", Fairway: Calloway 2017 Steelhead XR Strong 4 wood, Putter: Wilson Staff Balance Fit Kirk Currie III. If given a choice between a new TA branded club/set or a three year old from a major brand, people seemed to pick the marked down club from the major brand. My late father played MacGregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot Tourney irons (he was a 4 to 7 handicap golfer, even into his 60s, before he died). We found +57,254 Used and New deals on Iron sets in Harrisburg, PA! Golf Club at the best online prices at eBay! AT1 Golf Clubs Steel Tour Blades set irons 3-PW - $98.02. So far, despite ultra critical reviews by some as regards the current Tommy Armour Line coming out of Dicks, I have been impressed. Naming the 845 is another lesson in the way things used to be. The golf world reacted with a collective yawn. TearDrop had been a financial mess until Slucker who made so much money in the hardware business he was able to retire at age 40 came to the rescue. AU. Most of the ones for sale have rifle shafts which is nice. 845. Excellent used condition 810 39 irons 718MB PW is a 46 black sm7 vokey Nippon Mondus 3 105 X Stiff Shafts Standard length and lie Pick up Bittern 3918 or ., 1309169292. If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant Great read and I really appreciate you sharing a little history of this great game with all of us. Thats where 835 came from, so the 845 was just 10 more.. I wonder how much Dicks paid MGS to write this story? in Instruction and Playing Tips, By connor.sexton11 Lol. blades in the 80s, sucked at golf, bought Ping eye2s and stated enjoying the game with lower scores. $14.99 . as you will not be disappointed in this set. I happen to know more than I should about MacGregor forged irons of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Bob MacNally ran a great company. . I don't hit range rocks or Pinnacles with mine, but have hit the Bridgestone B330 RXS (supposedly designed for slower swing speeds). M85 forged w/ T. T. Tourney regular flex shafts. Otherwise, you either had the Eye2s or 845sI chose the Eye2s. Just past70 years,playing Mizuno MP 57 Irons with UST 660 F3 shafts. Left Handed Tommy Armour Silverscot Forged Irons Set 3-PW - Forged Backs Set is in great shape, only played a few times with them but found set I originally wanted shortly after $175. On sole: TOMMY ARMOUR. The M75s were made mid 1950s and again in the early 80s. TSI driver, 3W, and more, TSR4 Ventus Blue TR, Rogue ST LS Fairway Ventus Red, Get ventus black 7x performance with softer feel in your 3w. The Edge became the best-selling iron Hogan ever produced. Very forgiving for a blade, too. Perfectly timed just before the upcoming release of the latest latest 845. Mike. I was ready to litigate, but I had an invitation to attend the Japanese Senior PGA Tour School Qualifier and my wife did not want to Fight. Thus, that was the end of The Tommy Armout tour. $35. Stealth irons vs. P790 irons - how do you decide? His first assignment was to develop a new iron. That came from the address of PGA Golf 8350 North Lehigh Avenue in Morton Grove. Add to Wishlist. Damn it @BeastieI live in Celebration! Irons are solid and give as good a feel as my Titleist 695MB or Nike VR Pro Combo's. The Atomic irons straddle the line between game improvement and super game improvement. Thoroughly enjoyed the read, great job John. He told me he and his boss, Bob McNally would be in Florida and wanted to meet with me at the Innesbrook Golf Course. After a lot of other putters have gone through my bag and ended up in the storage locker with the Nickent irons, the Pipe putter is still in my bag at home and in my bag here in New Zealand where we spend our winters (southern hemisphere summers). Well Done, John. I think this is one of the best articles i have read. I just hope that TA and Dicks get the 845s right and more inline with the look and feel of the major OEMs. Tommy Armour. Talk about hitting a game-winning grand slam in your first at-bat. Sales dropped 16% that year and the bottom-line ink turned a deeper, darker shade of red. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Mizuno MP-59 Ti Muscle Forged Iron Set 4-PW KBS Tour 120 Stiff Steel Mp-29 PW at the best online prices at eBay! or Best Offer. Rare 1963 Macgregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot A2 Iron Set Rh, 2-11, New Grips. I got mine on ebay for $158 shipped from proshopwarehouse.com. Welcome to TST! I have studied and still use as a reference the Jim Kaplan MacGregor and Wilson golf history catalogs. Feedback 99.6% (1,788) Tommy Armour Gap Wedge 54 RH. It was a $50,000 purse and Mike Campbell was the winner.. After the sale of Tommy Armour to Odyssey and without added money to the purses, the number of players fell significantly. I believe they are late 50's clubs. Vibratory finish. Feedback. 1 iron in the game was the PING Eye2 so Hoeflich figured hed start there. tommy armour silver scot hybrid. I just like them too much. I was an English teacher and I had a friend who helped me get a job as a sales rep for MaxFli golf balls, Hoeflich told MyGolfSpy. Would like to see more of these. One of the most famous golf clubs from Tommy Armour was the 845 Silver Scot irons. Richard in UK. Next up in the ownership chorus line was the Canadian scooter and snowboard company Gen-X, which bought now-bankrupt TearDrop/Tommy Armour in early 2001. The Clubs. Ceej, March 25, 2008 Titleist SM6 58 S Grind I wish someone would pick up that design and bring it back in updated form. Obviously a lot of us. i was just wondering if anyone plays or had palyed these irons. Well Done $, I still have my set . Nov 20, 2007. eli_yates. You cannot paste images directly. I watched maybe 20 minutes a couple weeks back, and I wasn't impressed with the CW presentation. Weather permitting, they are going out for 9 this afternoon. That was the weighting concept. The only difference is the TA's have a slightly curved topline right to the 3 iron where as the Nike's stopped at the 7. MyGolfSpy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scot 9 iron w/Steel Tour Step Stiff $24.99. You presented the facts and captured the spirit of the brand. That didnt happen for several reasons. TORCH. RThat was also the time period where Callaway was living more off of their name than they were off of innovation. Ive got the muscle backs as my back-up set (primary set is X-tour) and they are great. Learn how your comment data is processed. They sure did give Ping a run for the money back then,as they were less expensive and performed as good. or 4 . Less than 18 months later, Huffy sold Gen-X minus the Tommy Armour brand back to its original owner for an undisclosed amount, but were guessing it wasnt at a profit. He had success with them. If you have a super high swing speed, any ball can be a problem. 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! Lets see how they do on the MGS Most Wanted. Probably just me. I played the MacGregor MT (1972) "flatsole" irons from 1974 to 1994. It is now 1991 and we had over 500 players join the Hooters Tour and with added money and players received 50% off the Hooters menu prices.. Probably late 50s Driver: Titleist 910 D-3; 9.5* Diamana Kai'li3-Wood: Titleist 910F; 15* Diamana Kai'liHybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'liIrons: Titleist 695cb 5-PwWedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's; 56-14 F grind and60-11 K grindPutter: Scotty CameronKombi SBall: ProV1. Swung those irons (stiff graphite shafts) for 10 years before I realized I couldnt anymore, and mostly because my swing slowed and the technology got so much better. Limited Stock to Ship. Back in 1992 it didnt get a lot cooler than Freddie and JD. But they always loved selling clubs. The 845s may have spent seven years at the top of the charts, but its legacy is that of a One-Hit Wonder. Hogan and Tommy Armour spent the next several years duking it out for the No. The Tommy Armour 845 - The fascinating back story of one of golf's most iconic irons. I put a special tri wall shaft in them when I worked at True Temper. You could also write a case study on how the 845s, quite unintentionally, led to Tommy Armours downfall. $20.00 shipping. Signing up is free, and you'll see fewer ads and can talk with fellow golf enthusiasts! Hoeflich was long gone from Tommy Armour by then. $22.32 shipping. However, now that I am in England I opted to attempt to qualify for the Sunningdale Senior PGA Open. Im still looking for a set that feels as good to play as those did back in the dayof course, Im too cheap to actually spend the equivalent money in todays dollars on a set of irons. I've asked around and heard different views. Any issues with the clubs can be handled easier that way. It won a few LPGA Tournaments the year it was introduced, which helped Nickent deepen the toe hold established by their most excellent hybrids. 7 = OK Club. Another , what night have been golf company. Upload or insert images from URL. Review Of Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scot Irons. Clear editor. Gilford Securities Analyst Casey Alexander put it bluntly to Crains Chicago Business that year. I still have a set of 845s that my wife purchased for me as a gift in 1990. Still have my eye 2s from the 80s and I still have a set of 845s heads that are screaming to be reshafted. Come on Dicks, you can do it, show us something worthy of the name/number. There is great history here in how someone gets it right from the get-go. It is without question the most consistently paced putter I have ever had, and Ive had a bunch. You are looking at a used VINTAGE SET of MENS RIGHT handed 354616939982. Used to call them quarter to nines.nice clubs, great memories. Nickent Genex 3DX 21* - Dynamic Gold SL I said, if someone doesnt buy the PING, what are they looking for? He said, something that looks like a traditional-shape short iron instead of something that looks like a propeller on a steamship.. , please correct me if I have misspoke on the price but I know they were expensive . . Driver. moreso than the mx-23? Not noticeable at address. Sign up for a new account in our community. The USGA won the fight but Ping won the War. Actually, it took two years and one teardrop, but Magerman was spot-on correct. Thats not surprising since the 845s long irons have been designed for power and accuracy. TearDrop filed for bankruptcy, having never turned a profit during its three-year stewardship, leaving behind an army of unpaid creditors. Tommy Armour VCG Forged 60* 8* Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S200 Shaft New Grip Lefty . 5 Testers Needed! Day69 - Putting practice today, going thru full pre-putt routine for each putt. USA & International; Australia; Canada; France; Germany; Italy; Spain; 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! That why I bought a set for my collection. this story should eb made into a movie. Fred Couples played the 845s and both Freddie and John Daly played Maxfli. I needed something to do, he said at the time. APPLY NOW: Cleveland Frontline Elite Putters! I cant bring myself to replace them because I know exactly how far each iron goes and that is important to me. Famous Five: Jack Nicklaus' Key Major-Winning ClubsMacGregor Tommy Armour SS1W Eye-O-Matic 60 Driver.White Fang Putter.MacGregor Tommy Armour 945W Driver.MacGregor Trending Popular Maybe form forged though. Standard B. Mid-Size C. Over sized? Maybe this will be the year I get fitted and buy some 2015 technology on closeout. Long story, even longer, I retired at age 45, started playing the Mini Tours in $399.98. Bought 1 set of new clubs Hong Kong pings told guy who made them didnt like them. Would it also surprise you to learn he was not an engineer or even an experienced club designer? Swingweights noted are for standard steel and graphite shafts with Lamkin non-slip half cord grips. tommy armour 855s irons. Upper heel area of cavity: PAT. Well I got frustrated so honey pie un boxes1985 Mac Gregor M85 copper faced irons of old and guess what, i started playing good. Cavity back design. Tommy Armour Silver Scot Cavity Back Forged TaylorMade 2023 Product Testing and Fitting Experience At The Kingdom! That's kind of a big deal. If my memory serves me right, the 845 hit the market just as Ping and the USGA started arguing over the Eye2. Loved Nickent Hybridsstill have a 3DX Iron Wood 4-hybrid. On the other hand, Tommy Armours sales had doubled to nearly $50 million since the launch of the 845s. As part of the deal, Michael Magerman Odysseys 33-year-old co-founder and president was named Tommy Armours president and CEO. 1 Iron . When they first came out, Golf or Golf Digest or some rag tested them and reported the highest percentage of putts made from 20 of any putter they ever tested. Driver: PING 410 Plus 9 degrees, Alta CB55 SFairway: Callaway Rogue 3W PX Even Flow Blue 6.0; Hybrid: Titleist 818H1 21* PX Even Flow Blue 6.0;Irons: Titleist 718 AP1 5-W2(53*) Shafts-TT AMT Red S300;WedgesVokey SM856-10DPutter: Scotty Cameron 2016 Newport 2.5Ball:Titleist AVX or 2021 ProV1. Hoeflichs track record is impressive. Very Collectible and rare. Yes, I've heard that the hard range balls may be bad for the older persimmons and maples. Magerman was an avid tennis player and oversized tennis rackets were all the craze (as was the King Cobra), hence the 855 irons and Magermans pet project, the full titanium Ti-100 irons. Maltby brought back the original mass properties of Hoeflichs design and developed an entirely new line of 845 irons. The one turn off was the small head, and aspect that has also turned me off from the Mizuno MP5. Many of the Macs from the 60's and early 70's are less than $100, and the remakes from the late 70's and 80's are often less than $50 unless absolutely mint. Arnie I still regularly game two Nickent Pipe putters, one at home from April through end of season and another here in New Zealand from mid-January through end of March (southern hemi summer). Molds, which created the tooling for most of the investment-cast clubs being made then. Irons are solid and give as good a feel as my Titleist 695MB or Nike VR Pro Combo's. These clubs have been well kept and are in great condition. I had two six irons in my set and no three iron, the service rep took care of it right away and shipped out the three iron the next day (it was after 5:00 when I called). I still have my old woods in the closet (PGA Tommy Armours from the late 70's and a set of Golfcraft Dick Mayers from the 50's) but I'd be too scared to actually hit balls with them ever again. Always been partial to the copper faces. I would probably be hesitant to hit a truly collectible club, but there aren't many that fall into that category. Sonartec NP-99 14* and 17* - NV Green 85 I would rate them an 8 on a scale of 10. The 845s stayed current in Tommy Armours catalog for seven years an inconceivable run considering todays one- to two-year product cycles. When Tommy Armour released the 855 Silver Scots in 1995 to counter the new and incredibly popular King Cobra irons, they were more than a little late to the party. Titleist 660 4-P - Dynamic Gold golfinbrad Newer ones didnt seem the same so ended up with Titleist DCI. Atomic. I played the 845s for several years and still own the set. Played all our rounds at 7am ish and both courses were pretty much full all morning. We held Two man Pro events and the likes of whos who that made it on the PGA Tour came and played with us. Tommy Armour Women's 2021 845-MAX Hybrid/Irons. Tommy armour silver Scot 48 pitching wedge Reply Sufficient_Gazelle95 13/CT/Weekend Warrior Additional comment actions . Did you read it or just skim over it? tmdj1234 Came across a 5-Gw 7 club set of these with the blue insignia that was barely played and sat for years, grips and shafts are like new, Mid Launch 6.0 rifles with all the perfect labels. Shop with Afterpay on eligible items. Probably the cheapest way to get into forged player's blades. I figured if I didn't like these irons I would at least get my money back on the shafts alone, since I was going to build a set from golfsmith before I found these. Fantastic irons, especially for the money. Fantastic article! Hell chances are I was there when you played! 845 EVO V-31: 2000: 845 EVO V-31 Reduced Offset: 2000: 845 EVO-V 25: 1999: 845 EVO V-31: 2000: 845FS SilverScot: 2003: 845u Silver Back: 2003: 845cm SilverBack: 2003: 845c SilverBack: 2003: 845m SilverBack: 2003: Back to Irons Specifications | Back to Main Page . 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. (Starters were Vinnie Giles, Jimmy Gabrielson, Billy Womak,, David Boyd, Jimmy Allen, Jack Oliver and the list goes on. I am a seven handicap. . Powered by Invision Community. iacas, December 31, 2017 I preferred Celebration, but thats maybe because I holed a shit load of putts both times. eli_yates; Nov 19, 2007; Golf Equipment Talk; Replies 4 Views 5K. As I pitched The Tommy Armour Tour to Mike and his executives I could feel the room turning into ICE! Modern Irons Comparable to Tommy Armour 855s? What a great article and history, sad to say I spent the 80s sort of affiliated with Tommy Armour and didnt know it, I was selling Victor Calculators and PCs lol. When balata went away, those guys went in the closet---. Golfsmtih Jetstream 3W UST V2 NWT!!!!! Dicks apparently understands what it has in the 845s, which is why the namesake is making a comeback next month. Display as a link instead, I played Celebration and Falcons Fire( twice each). The club itself was a labor of love for a lot of reasons and Im proud to say I took part in the development and launch of that product Ive always had a soft spot in my heart for it. Its an engineering miracle that the 845 was designed in a kitchen with new weight balancing and turned out to be a solid performer, maybe even a trendsetter! Yeah, I looked at the schedule when it first came out, I noticed OCN was on the list. Not sure if anyone can help, but I have a set of TAs and I cant seem to find where in their history they come from. Two days later the iron arrived and I boxed up the six with the prepaid return label. SidelineSwap is where athletes buy and sell their gear. Get some strange looks at the range hitting those persimmons. Was told this by "Armour Customer Service." i went back to old faithful s. Tommy Armour 855s Silver Scot 5 - 19, 3 - 15 Wood-Regular 855s . Whats worth considering, however, is the fact an iconic, industry-changing and truly classic iron such as the Tommy Armour 845s could not possibly be made today. Bought a brand new set of 845s EVO when they were first released and loved them. Never know when one day you hit it for the last time. And cutting price to move volume left them with no margin to fund new R&D and marketing efforts. The driver in my sig is persimmon; the fairways are laminated maple. . And that iconic font on the back that put a ribbon and bow on the iconic look of the 845s? #4. I have a few pre-1920's hickory shafted Dayton Ohio stamped clubs. I realise this a bit of a thread resurrection, but I have just returned from a trip to Orlando with the wife and kids and another family. Brand Tommy Armour; Head Weight 271 "C" Dimension 1.464; Basic VCOG 0.765; Moment of Inertia (MOI . Make Request.
Minty TaylorMade Sim2 Max-D 9.0* Driver Head Only Sim 2 MaxD 9.0* Driver Head. Convenient. So Im guessing they are an entry level set from 90s, but cant find any other photos of a similar set online. Same Modelsame Stated Regular FLex. They were a gift from my brother to replace an incomplete set of Ping Eye 2s I was playing. Thanks for the article ! We continued to run the Tour, but when I got a call from Rudy Zucker threatening to sue us If we continued using the Tommy Armour Tour name.
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