I play golf with 50 YEAR OLD clubs - SURPRISING RESULTS!
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2018
- I play with VERY RARE 50 YEAR OLD golf clubs!
These clubs are the Ping K1 Karsten 1 irons that were produced in 1969 and are very very rare in this condition!
Thanks to Clitheroe GC for allowing me to us the course for filming.
It was in great condition.
Thanks so much to Richard Travis for allowing me to use these clubs!
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Rick Shiels Golf my dads old Callaway X 60° wedge
I have SEVERAL clubs from the 20's and 30's built in Scotland and elsewhere with hickory shafts, as well as one of those smooth face spoon shaped sand wedges. As for my oldest IN THE BAG, my Dad's Ping Anser 2 putter that I am using this season in his honor. He passed away last November, so I had it re-gripped and put it into play. It's a putter I used 20-25 years ago that I gave to him around that time. It was a few years old then. It still has his magic touch in it.
That’s awesome!
R11 driver, replacing that with m4 this winter
Titleist 907 driver
every golf club manufacturing and marketing company HATES this video!
Except Ping, which now sees an opportunity to relaunch their old designs for twice the price!
Haha true, we should all be hitting 500+ yards according to driver adverts, every year they always say our longest driver or gain 15 yards 😂
Rick is full of it. Ping is paying him.
I have a set if anyone is interested just needs grips.... 2-SW
If you gamed that putter and didn't tell your playing partners - they'd all be checking their phones for text messages after you putt.
Lol so true. 😂
I can’t stop laughing
Can’t think of a better weapon in match play, opponent will go mad
Lmao! Nice.
No joke I loved that putter! If I ever see one for sale i'm going to get it. That "ping" was amazing!
I received a 2-SW Karsten 1 set for my b’day in 1970. Great clubs. Still play them today.
I absolutely love it when you see people pull up to the first tee box with the latest of everything including clothing and go straight into the shit 🤣
Yep for the high handicapper, spending a few grand on lessons would go a lot further than spending that money on the latest and greatest equipment.
Four everyone! Ed Shank Tee'ing off..
I am 63 was a golf professional in Phoenix in the 70's-80's was a Ping professional and a friend to the great trick shot artist and long drive champion Wedgy Winchester who was a Ping master fitter at the ping factory. These irons you are using even with the Balata balls of the day would really launch some fliers when you least expected it. What's funny is I was showing another Professional how the original Ping eye irons which came out after the ones your using would also hit extreme fliers. I hit a 9 iron to an up hill par 3 which was 179 yards after setting the ball up on some brushed back grass on the tee and not only flew it onto the green but holed it out for a 1... I knew the Sohlheim family when I was a kid Karsten would come to the course which was in the 60's and would bring stuff to our club pro Jim Moody and have him try them ... At the time no other Golf Pros took him seriously. Boy were they wrong. The golf course at the time which he bought years later was Moon Valley CC in Phx. He was really a fine gentlemen and never changed even when he became extremely successful. I quit playing for numerous reasons 10 years ago and started playing again in Aug of this year...Took me a month and a half to shoot even par again. With your videos which I discovered helped me decide what I pretty much new what I would get for clubs again..Ping G30 irons G30 Driver. My 1959 Wilson Staff pitching wedge as a gap wedge and an 1965 Wilson Sandwedge are still in the bag also. Enjoy you also on D2D. thanks for your work.
Agree, great story and thanks for sharing.
Keep playing great story
Nice story
Former Ping Eye owner here. I do remember they sometimes really flew on me too. :-) Great story, thanks for submitting.
Derek, excellent story. Glad you're back playing and enjoy lying your golf.
The ping off the putter is addictive
BRING BACK THE PING!
Thats the reason why I always 4 put??
Its the reason I love my old Ping Anser... that sweet music when you hit the ball.
@@jrfoleyjr What Ping putters make the sound? The 1-A, the N-Ping, Anser has sound slot?
I bought the putter for the "PING". Can't sink anything but my putter "pings".
Those are my clubs! Thanks Rick, it's soo cool seeing them on yt! I played these irons (they were my grandfathers) since my early teens, and I'm about to turn 24. I always felt i wasn't giving much to modern equipment except some forgiveness but i know it made a better player. As my best round with them was a 76 on a 6800 yard course in marine park Brooklyn.
Rick is the best! He needs his own show on the Golf Channel. I’d love to spend a day on the course with Rick learning the ropes. As a kid I always wanted to learn how to golf and never out grew that desire. Well two years ago I had the opportunity to finally go out with a friend and found golf was better than I could have ever imagined. I gotta say Rick’s videos have helped guide me along. On a side note, I recently found my biological father through DNA found that golfing is truly in my genes. My father is an excellent golfer, he has 11 hole in ones and his father and uncles were golf pro’s from way back cutting their teeth at Oak Hill. One of his uncles played Walter Hagan and Horton Smith (I have pics) Another uncle was the youngest to qualify for a PGA tournament at the time and I was told my grandfather played a round with a young Jack Nicklaus.
Oak Hill in Rochester?
Rick maybe you could do a video comparing a cheap set of clubs for around $100-200 to a set that's maybe a little more premium around $500. As someone who doesn't play a whole lot but loves to play I think it would be interesting to see if it's worth spending a little extra.
Love the videos man, always brightens my day!
in all honesty. Its a very good idea to pick up a set of used clubs. You can buy a 2yr old set of irons for 1/3 the cost of new.
I agree, it would be good to see some Donnay's against say Taylormade's
I’m with Vic if you’re an off the rack sized occasional golfer buy 2nd hand brand name clubs. Cheap clubs aren’t worth the metal that they’re made from in scrap
Buy used clubs over cheap clubs, and just have them fitted to you. The quality of the gear is not the alpha omega for golf, getting fitted is, it reduces injuries and doesn't put the same strain on your back. I play 3 times a week in the spring-summer-autum, and having fitted clubs is vital for me, otherwise i start hurting all over.
My favourite irons are old irons - e.g. Slazenger TPMs or Silver Scot "986 TOUR". I've never been able to find more of the TPMs but you can buy the Silver Scots on ebay for $100 and absolutely believe they are as good as any irons ever. Put in good shafts and good grips and you have great irons for a fraction of buying new. Woods and hybrids are a different story - as a general rule the later the better performance.
The putter sound, legendary.
Great video! Played these irons shortly after I started playing and never could get used to the lighter swingweights. When the Eye2 came out I tried Pings again and it became a favorite. I have played most of the newer offerings only to return to my Eye2’s. Sadly sold my last set this past winter after falling for advise given to me by well meaning “experts.” My 86 year old body seems to appreciate the softer graphite shafts. But am I playing any better? My advise....if you like them, play them!!
I really enjoyed that. The combination of the clubs, your upbeat attitude and the music was just nice. Charming video mate, love your stuff!
“You don’t always need new gear...” well said. OMG those are the SAME (my son who is also a big fan of yours...says mine might...be...a version slightly newer than yours, but look identical?)...Ping Irons I bought at a thrift store for $10 .....with full bag full of golf balls, tees, non-Ping putter,woods and driver for $20. Gentleman running the shop was a retired executive In His 80’s...”u got a good deal,Ping makes good irons!”....I had no idea, I had never golfed before....That was 8 years ago, and I still have them! In fact last week I buffed them to a beautiful finish, and polished, waxed, and put a coat of Turtle Wax Ceramic spray wax on them...no wax on the faces, but cleaned, already regrouped them, now want to recut/sharpen the grooves....they are in pristine condition, and I enjoy them!
First 5 years I rarely played any course but a par 3-4 , never used the irons u til last year, until watching my son use his irons well, decided to use mine....now I use them more than my woods or Rescue or hybrids...just a great set of irons to hit consistently with. Not looking to max out distance...will be using these Ping irons for a long time. I truly enjoyed this video, kind of validates many old clubs till have cachet, charm and solid feel and performance!
Haha this is great! 😂👌🏼 My dad still plays the same kind of Karsten 1 set. Still got 1,2 hcp and 62 years old. Qualified for the Swedish senior national team last year but these clubs predates all the official listings of approved clubs @St Andrews
Ping have always been underrated by the masses who are always impressed by the latest shiny things, it was great to see a set of 50 year old clubs playing so well.
Ping’s marketing focus has changed over the years, it’s sometimes hard to figure out what’s what they have such a huge range these days but they are still Ping at the core, similar to how Saab always retained something special even when GM’s accountants were making cuts and dumping GM parts into Sweden.
I don’t think I’ll ever change my G5 Irons or my 30 year old Anser, they are perfect clubs. I might possibly see could I get an old set of Dunlop Maxfli DP30 Australian Blades if I ever got to single figures, they were the nicest clubs I ever played with.
Your channel is really inspiring, I've not played often while my kids were growing up but watching you have such a great time on your channel really makes me want to pick up again and play more. Keep up the great content, cheers!
Awesome production value and content, Rick! Love those drone sweeps and colours.
Awesome video once again, Rick! Classic PING irons are still the best. I still have a “pristine” set of Beryllium Copper PING Eye 2’s that I pull out on a warm summer day. Love ‘em! 👍
Good to see you having such fun. Brought back good memories. Thanks Rick
A college roommate had a similar set back in the 1970s and I often borrowed them. The best set of irons I had played with at that time.
Rick, I own a set of these Ping Karsten I, red-dot (3~SW) irons that my wife's uncle gave me over 25 years ago. They belonged to his father inlaw who bought/played them in Maui for many many years. 3, 4 sets of grips later, now my son is playing them.
I still have a TaylorMade 360 6 iron that I "accidentally" put in my bag from when I played Wailea back in 2005. I wish I could afford to go back
50 yrs of tech and they are only 10 yards behind.................lol
That’s only really down to the weaker lofts to be honest
With an iron like this or a forged one like Rick plays, the length of the shaft and loft of the head are basically going to be all that matters for distance when you hit the sweet spot. I'd wager that this iron probably will lose distance faster on an off center strike than a more modern head.
@@RickShielsPGA what about the peak height compared to today's irons
Just shows the bullshit companys are saying about newer technology
its a little misleading because rick plays forged blades with weaker lofts. If you compared these 50 year old pings with a modern distance iron like a Rogue X or a P790 the distance difference would be MUCH greater. Probably more than 30 yards on centered hits. And the distance gap between the two would be even greater on off-center hits. I do fittings all the time where players gain 20 or so yards by going to one of these clubs and theyre switching from clubs that are 3-10 years old. Let alone 50!
Great to see a review from someone with game! A very honest review of what it's like to take these vintage clubs to the course. Really interesting to hear how much you enjoyed hitting them, and how they compare to your modern clubs. 10 yard difference is frankly nothing - and due not so much to technology as to the fact that many modern clubs have stronger lofts per club than the older ones did, Really fun watching. Thanks!
Rick, love these reviews of old equipment. Please keep them coming. I have four sets of irons and two of them are Ping i3s (love the spin) and a set of Top-Flite Tour Titanium irons, about 25 years old. Shorter by about a club compared to my G25s, but so easy to hit and pretty accurate. I rotate irons just for fun.
I still use my 1983 Hogan Radials to this day. I have had almost every brand, but these always end up in my bag. Less distance, but it doesn’t matter. Just use one more club.
I liked your video. It shows that new isn’t always needed.
Hogan Radials....one of the best designs ever....I loved those.
I have a set of Hogan Radials as well, they were given to me, free....2 iron thru Sand wedge...like you say they are short, but just go up 1 club
I still play with a set of Hogan radials from the 60s. Don’t use the persimmon woods anymore, scared I’ll break them
Awesome to watch and get your opinion. Some of us cant afford the new stuff and have to use the old. I thought it would be a little embarrassing but now I can say Rick played with older clubs and thought they were great! Thanks Rick
Living in the Phoenix area and still playing Pings, though the more modern ones. Karsten is still here as well. The factory tour is a must for any fans of golf who visit. Thanks for the great video! 😎🌵👍
When we play can you use those clubs to give me a fighting chance
I can’t get that PING out of my head now. Crazy to hear it. Great video rick!
Chris Lum i am exactly the same... ebay time 😂
Will millar I know right??? Would love to see how many heads turn after they hear that on the course.
Fantastic video Rick thanks so much for doing it
Wife has just started playing and is a leftie so I was really struggling to find her some good quality clubs without dropping a fortune (she'll probably quit after 4 or 5 lessons). Went for a set of pristine Ping Zing 2 with Karsten Aldila graphite shafts for £120! Amazing clubs and I'll be going down the classic Ping route myself. Currently playing Honma LB 280 New H&F 4star, so no stranger to how wonderful older clubs can be if you can find the right set up. My Honma cost less than £40 yet they are unused 15 year old clubs which cost around £550 per club when new! My instructor thinks they are the best irons he has ever hit and they would go straight in his bag... every lesson I have to tell him they aren't for sale as I've never hit my irons so far or had so much feedback from a shot. And these are meant to be a mid to high handicapper club!
I'll always go for old classics now
A good lesson learnt,old is gold.
I love it! I play an old set of Ping Zing 2 irons and love them. I am a LONG way from hitting like Rick does, but I feel confident with these clubs so I stay with them. I am 70 now and definitely do not hit the ball as far as I used to but I still love the game. I even have the really old Ping Anser cast bronze putter with the slot. Still a putting machine with a new superstroke grip. ;)
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Right then, no PXG's for me I'm off to the charity shops. Great vlog Rick - oldest club is an Adams Nick Faldo 60 degree.
That’s awesome! I inherited a full set of these Karsten I’s from my late grandfather. I love them. Didn’t know they were that old but that makes them that much better!
Thanks for bringing history to life Rick!! I've seen that set before
You’re awesome!!! Great influence for golf!!!
Thanks very much.
I started like many with my grandfather's clubs and I feel like it made me a better player
Great video Rick. I love an old set of irons. I happen to also have a full box of Dunlop 65's still in their wrappers. Stunning ball.
Great vid. Excellent camera work really capture the magic of golf!
'I'm hitting it 10 yards less'. Or just a club with a different number on?
200 yd 4-iron sounds alright to me!
That’s about what I got from my ping eye 2 clubs. As long as it’s consistent and the ball goes in the direction you want it to go it’s fine. You can always use a fairway wood it you need to go further.
me who averages 190 carry distance with driver
I can't believe it. When you said "you'll never guess what I found in the bag..." I said "Dunlop 65's"!!! And then...HEY PRESTO!!! Wasn't expecting a whole box though. BTW Dunlop 65's - used by James Bond. Great video.
Great video Rick. Quality and editing keeps getting better and better. Love the content too!
Thanks for the explanation and demonstration of the ping putter. I wondered where they got their name, and then it was suddenly crystal clear. Cheers from the US. I learn a lot from your videos, always enjoy them, and appreciate what you do. Thanks.
Pinseeker RB350. Still play my one and only Sand Wedge. 1976.
Right, Rick, you've got 20k likes now! We getting a review? 😂
Douglas Burns that’s what I’m saying
@@Downsouthfishing04 it didn't happen??
Yeah let’s see you hit those old balls as promised.
I just bought a set of original ping eye irons (cat eye) made between 1978-1982 before the ping eye 2. They look to be a cross between the eye 2 and Karsten’s gamed here. Can’t wait to play them.
From what I can tell Iron, wedge, and putter technology hasn’t changed much the past 50 years. It’s drivers and woods that have made the greatest leaps.
Great video, excellent camera work...keep 'em coming Rick!
you do always need new gear as it's how guys like me buy really good used gear for dirt cheap.
Gary Bloom, the best strategy is to buy newly discontinued clubs, in which case you get them for about 50% off!
I never buy new 👍
eBay is my friend
The oldest club in my bag? LOL! I game Ping Eye 2's and I play off a 7.
Great stuff as always Rick. Happy to see you on driver vs driver on golf channel as well.
LOVE the included DRONE footage! Also, I’ve used Ping irons for over 30 years and I never knew where the name came from. It was super cool to hear the putter noise. It would drive me nuts if I had to play with that putter, but it was great to experience it. Thanks for all the great videos, I really appreciate and enjoy them!
Rick your videos are class lad keep it up. Do cheap clubs against expensive clubs
I actually have a friend who still plays regularly with a set of these Ping irons. He is 64 and has playing them since he played competitively in high school!
👍👍👍
I use these irons and I'm 31. They were given to me by my dad a few months ago because they had just been gathering dust for a couple decades in the attic. I absolutely LOVE these irons!
I have played with these Karsten 1 irons... still have a 1 iron in my locker. I made two course record and won many tournaments between 1975 and 1993 with them. In July 2016 I bought the Psi tour irons dynamic S 300 after seeing a video of your friend Peter. In august of the same year one of my friends, who cannot play golf anymore, sold me his brand new 2013 Ping Anser forged Project X 5.0 for 700$ Canadian dollars. So, I play the stiff Psi tour irons in the summer and the Ping regular in spring and autumn.
The best in the west and the north for sure!
I just got a set of G400s earlier this year and love them, I have always had an eye for Ping irons and finally got my very first set at 60. Easy swinging with almost zero pain on mishits. I'm glad they got into making other clubs besides putters. Never owned a Ping putter though.
Forget the irons! I want that putter!!!
Ping is producing the putter again.
You can still buy them new. Via Hong Kong distributor. Singapore has them in every golf shop.
@@100davidcote So what web site would I go to to get one? Please and thanks.
@@samiam619 www.singaporefastcashpersonalloan.com/top-golf-equipment-shops-singapore/
I have to admit, that putter is quite Charming.
Thanks for 50 years old Pings blog. It inspired me to buy Ping Karsten 3 irons......and Taylor made driver and 3 wood bubble shaft clubs.........these were clubs I could not afford back in the day. So, thank you.
I love this video cause I can relate all my clubs are from the same era and it's always a joy to play with them
almost 300K views and no 20K likes for Dunlop ball review :(
Arguably the best iron they made, to me the eye 2 was best.
I agree I still use Eye 2 irons I am never tempted to change them I found an Eye 2 1 iron in a junk shop works a treat.
I just got new grips on the clubs my dad gave me. Ping Eye Blue Dot’s from the 80’s, can’t wait to play my first 9 holes with them tomorrow. Still in great shape and feels good to have something that my dad use to play golf with.
It's October 2021 and I am watching this video for the first time. There are 29K 'thumbs up' but why are there 205 'thumbs down'!? Great video Rick. Awesome to see a comparison with the old.
Hi Rick!
Can we killed myth irons getting better new every year?
Geez I would really like to see those old balls in action!
Sexual harassment... he's only like 30 anyways.
Thats what she said
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I have a set of these irons from wedge thru 1 iron and putter (the "Zero iron") with a KII sand wedge that I inherited from my father after he passed away. They too are in excellent shape but need new grips as well. I also have the Ping Eye Driver and 3 woods and the KI 4 and 5 woods. I'm almost 54 and played with him from about 1980 thru '85 almost every weekend, with many weekends playing 9 holes on saturday and 18 on Sunday. He went through a phase where he took all of the woods out of his bag because he struggled hitting them striaght. He would just tee up the 1 iron and hit it as far or further than most hit their driver. I remember how amazingly forgiving those irons were and how it felt like butter when you hit it well. They were very confidence inspiring clubs when I hit with them. And just as Rick noted, you take some big divots with them because of the heel shape. It was nice to see him hitting these and enjoying them. Come spring time i think I'll have to at least take them to the range because it's been over 20 years since I hit a ball with any of them. Thanks for the memories Rick!
I absolutely love the sound of that putter. I want one!
Nothing wrong with 50 year olds. I play golf every round with this 50+ old body and I can still handle myself quite well against much younger golfers!! Lol!!
Almost a year later and he still doesn't have enough likes to review those 1965 Dunlop balls lol. 5:50
Jared Sabovitch yeah lol
Oh come on! I didn’t mean it like that. Rick seems like a pretty decent dude.
I'd love to see him play these clubs with balls representative of that time. (Faithful replicas should be fine.)
He has 20k now
I have a set of Ping Eye 2's that I've had since new 1985 and played until the late 1990's. Still bust them a few times a year. Great clubs. Thanks Rick
First time I've watched this video, played with my Ping K11's last Friday, the only reason they don't go as far as modern clubs is the lofts are greater. They can be tweaked though.
Always said I would never change my irons, they are so well balanced. Must admit though I have succumbed and now play with modern Taylormade.
Keep up with your brilliant videos Rick!
pretty sure the grips are from the 80's
Those are nice enough looking to be in a museum. Still look nicer than the P760 irons lol.
I might put them in my own museum. Ha
My dad just found a set of the Wilson X31 Irons he used in high school back in 1972. The look on his face when he saw them was priceless, and his relief when he found he could still hit blades like those (after five years of no golf at all and 20 years of not being able to hit blades well) was amazing to witness.
Nice vid Rick. I played with a set of Ping I 2's for quite a few years. Loved them and probably played my hest golf with them 😊 Cheers
So I guess my thrift store clubs aren't too bad haha
ay my friend bought a full set from P-3 for .25 cents a club and they do the job.
Best irons I ever had.
What the heck is a thrift store do you mean a charity shop
Bobby Beasley yes, in America we call them thrift stores. I guess you call them charity shops
Can you buy more old golf clubs?
ping sounding like my microwave finished cooking
Rick, I must say, the quality of your videos, especially in terms of production, has increased dramatically over the years. From the shot angles, the drone usage, down to the music, it's spot on! Cheers from the home of Medinah...head on over for the BMW next year and beers are on me.
Absolutely amazing results! Love your videos!
Next time Rick, match it up with a 50 year old golf ball to really play a simulation of golf back then ;)
50 year old woods too
50 year old shoes too.. and film with a 1970's video recorder
What about the course? A 50 year old municiple course probably had fairways closer to todays second cut and greens that rolled at like an 8. Totally diffrent game these days
You gentlemen almost made me spit out my coffee on my screen this morning. Well played.
I still play ping eye 2 copper irons. 30 years old or so. I see no reason to upgrade. Still some of the finest clubs ever made. Sure, my buddies hit delofted 9 irons the distance I hit a 7. Who cares?
Exactly, the scorecard doesn't have a place for what irons you used.
I used to play with the karsten 3 irons until I upgraded. Only coz my grandad wanted them back.
I have the copper Zings, absolutely love them.
I could use anything but my irons are my 2002 Ben hogan forged cavity backs with jumbo grips. Just can't find better feel in any other iron's. Great video
awesome video rick!!! do more videos like these
When I want new clubs I get new grips on my current clubs and they feel like new clubs.
bruh
Yes at a fraction of the cost of buying new clubs there are some good budget grips around you can re-grip your clubs every Spring.
I still play with ping eye 2. They still rip
Me too.. I've also got a set of the square groove brand new in the closet.
@@johnallentexas illegal.LOL!!!
When I started playing in 1987 I bought a really shitty half set of some unknown brand. Played 18 over par on my first ever tournament and they set me from rabbit to hcp 28. Some time later I had a chance of buying a used ping eye 2 set with stiff shafts because I used to get a lot of speed in my swing. I practiced for hours every day after work and a few years later I started teaching. I got tired of teaching and took up my old IT job after 7 years. Ten years later I’m married and my wife wants to play golf… I thought her how to play with blades and then gave her a set of ping zing irons and big bertha drivers before I set her loose on tournaments. She won almost everything that year including a four day all-in golftrip to Portugal. I only played one tournament myself due to bad health, 4bbb no hcp with my wife in her first year of golfing. I still played my ping eye 2’s and Big Bertha’s. After fourteen holes we were 4 under par (my ping zing 2 putter was on fire) when my wife’s back gave out and she had to give up. Worried about her my concentration was gone and I bogeyed three of the last four holes. We finished second to a team of a scratch player and an 8 handicapper who played 2 under par… ( my wife’s handicap was 28) This is 9 years ago and neither of us are playing because of our bad backs (we both suffered broken vertebrae’s) but if we ever start again the ping clubs are still waiting in the hallway of our house. I wouldn’t even switch to another set if they gave me money on top.
I love your videos. Thanks for all the advice you give us.
Great Rick. Thanks for this.
“Ping came into the industry making pootahs
Players may not NEED the latest gear, but if you gave an 18 hdcp'r a set of 50 year old blades... Well, let's just say he wouldn't be an 18 with the blades and the newer tech certainly helps,
Ray - My first set of clubs were the Wilson Staff Tour Blades. Sweet spot about the size of a dime. They were great teaching clubs ... they taught me never to play golf with them.
@@wallacedavidg Yes, those of us at a 'certain age' learned on blades. In my case the Northwestern "Chi-Chi Rodriguez" model. I played them for 10-12 years and learned how to hit every shot... more or less. When I moved to GI clubs, All that happened was a few extra yards and less loss of distance on mishits. No 'stingers' to speak of. But i would never have a new player learn on blades exclusively. New clubs are easier to hit and make the game less intimidating. IMHO, of course...
1974 Hogan Director blades is what I learned on. I hit them occasionally and it quickly reminds me why they stay in the garage...
Best round I EVER shot 5 under par with 1972 Woollies special clubs. The whole set bag and buggy cost $70 Keith Knox 3, 5, 7 irons. (blades) Plastic (resin) head 2 wood, lefty righty putter. and I added a 1 wood, 4 wood pw, sw, 8i 9i all blades. I chucked them out when I started playing again in the 90s. Wish I hadn't ...
Rubbish
I have this same set. My pops bought em for me when I was 13... (now 22) I've upgraded my woods, driver, putter, etc. Never even had a thought about getting new irons. I love em!
Great video mate. I still have a set of the Ping Eye 2’s in my basement, if you want to see spin, these grooves are super sharp, they will chew up golf balls like you won’t believe.
Only “technology” has been stronger lofts on the irons. But prices have gone up by a million
Those Dunlop balls are from the mid-70s. Not quite 50 years old.
One of my favorite videos on your channel thus far! Let's see the Dunlops!
Got into golf very recently using my late Grandads Karsten 3s. My mates irons hit a bit further, however these irons still perform amazingly well for their age, still look great, and have kept me playing!
Let us pick a complete set up for you for a round.
Left handed?
Love the old gear vids! Love to see how those feel/perform with a professional 100
I am a 55 year old weekend warrior. I played with those classic Ping irons when I started golf at the age of 25. Now, I am using Mizuno JPX 850 irons and I already handed down to my Son my old Ping irons. One time I had a round with my son and we changed clubs. I could still score within my Handicap using that 50-year old Irons. I still believe in the famous Golf Quote...”It’s the Indian, not the Arrow.” ⛳️
The vlog is great, and the production value is phenomenal