Nice looking irons. I remember watching a Masters coverage where Raymond Floyd nearly won later in his career. Maybe late 80's, not sure. Your sense of humour cracks me up too.🙂
Great looking irons, Ray "The Stare" Floyd a force to be reckoned with. There's so much nostalgia associated with old clubs, and still very playable. Thanks for sharing your course adventures and knowledge on these classics.
Great video Nick and the clubs look great. Maybe these irons were a start of muscle back irons? the putter is another unusual design - what is the 'sail' there for? You are quickly learning that a comment soon becomes something that can come back to bite you. Keep up the good work!
Cheers Mark, the irons are great. They're similar to an earlier MacGregor design, 1961 VFQ I think? Muscle backs began appearing around the 1920s or 1930s, I might discuss those in a future video as I think they should be called mussel backs! The putter is just someone's flight of fancy! And despite my demonstration, it's actually a good putter.
A bit late but i just found this video and top knotch again , thankyou . My first full set of irons were 'Ray Floyd' which was probably 40 years ago at least . Obviously a fine set for a beginner!!! " 2 points about these clubs as a starter set {?} i have never been able to play with big cavity backed ' improvement' clubs ' . i just do not like looking at them. Point 2 is that i watch the quiz programme 'Pointless' ' and if a 'Golf Major Winners' catagory comes up , i always get a pointless answer with Raymond Floyd!
They're great irons, I had them in the bag yesterday for a Stableford competition and scored 34 points, but for a couple of missed short putts and one disaster hole I'd have scored much better. Raymond Floyd is definitely an underappreciated golfer.
@@ClassicGolfClubs I shall look out for some , {amonst everything else!} I remember watching him play in the Masters but at the time i was rooting for any Brit rather than appreciating the golf . I was young! . I got a 'Johnny Revolta' SI last week and he is another 'Pointless answer for me . I thought it was a joke name until i see he won the PGA in 1935 or something! . 34 points in winter is a very good result really,
Well done Nick, enjoyed the video. Nice clubs and interesting content about Ben Sayers and Ray Floyd. Another forgotten or overlooked great was Billy Casper, arguably the most consistent player ever. He outplayed at least one of the "Big 3" every year for over a decade and had 5 Vardon trophies in the '60's but didn't have IMG behind him (parted company) so never got the coverage. Glad to watch real golf on UA-cam - we all hit drives like yours on the second!
I'm a fan of Floyd too. He staunchly held on to his persimmon clubs long after everyone went metal. I appreciate your honest vlogs. So many youtubers edit their bad shots.
The first tee shot was a very nice strike, you can clearly hear a "click" sound oppose to a "clack sound that a poor strike produce. Like your content a lot, showing all the shots, good and bad, very unlike some other "mega" channels. Thanks.
Wow, that is a great looking club. Nick, have you watched Lee Trevino narrating a story about how he beat Floyd. Lee was a "Golf Hustler" when he was young and Ray found Lee down in Texas...great story. I caddied in Ray Floyd's group @ Sherwood Country Club in 1995 in the Franklin Templeton shootout. Steve Williams was caddying for Ray then. Some people told me he was kind of a jerk, but I found him to be a good guy. I commented how awesome it was to see him win at Shinnecock Hills for his last major, and he really appreciated that.
Great story Steve! It was while looking into Ray's career that my view of him changed, until then I'd not been a fan for no particular reason at all, but reading about him gave me a fuller insight into his qualities and I now see him as a steely competitor and one of the great characters of his time.
@@ClassicGolfClubs When I used to watch him on TV as a youngster I didn't like his swing. It didn't look powerful. However, it was a very powerful move. I saw some monster shots with my own eyes. But, he is Hogan like, I would say, Nick, in that he keeps to himself and seems "coldly determined".
Very cool stuff! Thanks
Nice looking irons. I remember watching a Masters coverage where Raymond Floyd nearly won later in his career. Maybe late 80's, not sure.
Your sense of humour cracks me up too.🙂
Ray Floyd ,Freddie couples ,Gary player and Tom kite are my favorites to watch
Nice set you just need to keep using the old school clubs more often I'm using old school ping clubs very nice to use
Great looking irons, Ray "The Stare" Floyd a force to be reckoned with. There's so much nostalgia associated with old clubs, and still very playable. Thanks for sharing your course adventures and knowledge on these classics.
Great video Nick and the clubs look great. Maybe these irons were a start of muscle back irons? the putter is another unusual design - what is the 'sail' there for?
You are quickly learning that a comment soon becomes something that can come back to bite you. Keep up the good work!
Cheers Mark, the irons are great. They're similar to an earlier MacGregor design, 1961 VFQ I think?
Muscle backs began appearing around the 1920s or 1930s, I might discuss those in a future video as I think they should be called mussel backs!
The putter is just someone's flight of fancy! And despite my demonstration, it's actually a good putter.
@@ClassicGolfClubs Thanks Nick -just shows that ideas have been about for longer than we think.
Real golf played with classic clubs. Thank you.
Thanks!
A bit late but i just found this video and top knotch again , thankyou . My first full set of irons were 'Ray Floyd' which was probably 40 years ago at least . Obviously a fine set for a beginner!!! " 2 points about these clubs as a starter set {?} i have never been able to play with big cavity backed ' improvement' clubs ' . i just do not like looking at them. Point 2 is that i watch the quiz programme 'Pointless' ' and if a 'Golf Major Winners' catagory comes up , i always get a pointless answer with Raymond Floyd!
They're great irons, I had them in the bag yesterday for a Stableford competition and scored 34 points, but for a couple of missed short putts and one disaster hole I'd have scored much better. Raymond Floyd is definitely an underappreciated golfer.
@@ClassicGolfClubs I shall look out for some , {amonst everything else!} I remember watching him play in the Masters but at the time i was rooting for any Brit rather than appreciating the golf . I was young! . I got a 'Johnny Revolta' SI last week and he is another 'Pointless answer for me . I thought it was a joke name until i see he won the PGA in 1935 or something! . 34 points in winter is a very good result really,
Well done Nick, enjoyed the video. Nice clubs and interesting content about Ben Sayers and Ray Floyd. Another forgotten or overlooked great was Billy Casper, arguably the most consistent player ever. He outplayed at least one of the "Big 3" every year for over a decade and had 5 Vardon trophies in the '60's but didn't have IMG behind him (parted company) so never got the coverage. Glad to watch real golf on UA-cam - we all hit drives like yours on the second!
Thanks Graeme.
Good call on Billy Casper, he appeared in a few of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf programmes too so he can be watched on UA-cam.
I'm a fan of Floyd too. He staunchly held on to his persimmon clubs long after everyone went metal. I appreciate your honest vlogs. So many youtubers edit their bad shots.
Thanks Al, if I didn't show the bad shots there'd be nothing left to see. 😉
The first tee shot was a very nice strike, you can clearly hear a "click" sound oppose to a "clack sound that a poor strike produce. Like your content a lot, showing all the shots, good and bad, very unlike some other "mega" channels. Thanks.
Well done Nick, a true reflection on my golf game 🤣 That rough rnd the greens could do with a trim! Those irons looked really nice 👍🏼
Thanks Matt, good days and bad days!
@@ClassicGolfClubs I would just say good holes and bad holes matey! 😊👍🏼
Wow, that is a great looking club. Nick, have you watched Lee Trevino narrating a story about how he beat Floyd. Lee was a "Golf Hustler" when he was young and Ray found Lee down in Texas...great story. I caddied in Ray Floyd's group @ Sherwood Country Club in 1995 in the Franklin Templeton shootout. Steve Williams was caddying for Ray then. Some people told me he was kind of a jerk, but I found him to be a good guy. I commented how awesome it was to see him win at Shinnecock Hills for his last major, and he really appreciated that.
Great story Steve! It was while looking into Ray's career that my view of him changed, until then I'd not been a fan for no particular reason at all, but reading about him gave me a fuller insight into his qualities and I now see him as a steely competitor and one of the great characters of his time.
@@ClassicGolfClubs When I used to watch him on TV as a youngster I didn't like his swing. It didn't look powerful. However, it was a very powerful move. I saw some monster shots with my own eyes. But, he is Hogan like, I would say, Nick, in that he keeps to himself and seems "coldly determined".