Custom Wilson Staff Tour Blades

[rex235]

mj-

 

All I can write is....

 

Texsport was kind enough to send me photos of his LH Wood Brothers Clubs... :taunt:

[golfmj228]

Yep Rex Texsport seems like a class act. Of course all of you guys in this little corner of the inter-web seem great and very gracious to share all the knowledge , clubs you own, etc!

[Texsport]

Texsport, I'm curious if you have a mini-museum at home with all the great clubs you have in that collection? My wife omplains with just the "non-special" sticks I've collected ��

 

Luckily I'm married to a terrific woman, who allows me to have to man cave full of golf clubs, cameras, printers, guns, and exercise equipment.

 

I do have over flow in a storage location - why I can't always locate stuff quickly some time.

 

Besides that, I always tell my wife that you can never have enough golf clubs, cameras, or guns - and she always, immediately, adds her stuff to the list!

 

 

Texsport

[freddiec]

Anybody know what model Wilson Staff iron Freddie Couples played around the year 1985?

[hultis]

My set of Wilson Staff custom. Bought them a couple of years ago. According to the seller they used to belong to a PGA Tour player, can't remember the name though. Awesome clubs, 1-PW.

 

/Christian

[Swingingk]

Wow what a fantastic set of Staffs - and 1-Pw to boot. That's a great find. I'm not any kind of Wilson expert but they look like the late 80's early 90's '1971-72' Dynapower Button back reissues, but without the button hole or usual stampings. The stampings on these look late 80's to me too. Probably some special grinding as well. I put my 71's against your picture and the muscle profile looks almost identical.

 

They're so smooth and clean looking. Really a beautiful blade. Please post more pictures!

 

[freddiec]

Agree, those are some classy looking Staffs. My guess is they are from the late 80s.. I really like the clean look. Would love to know who played them...

[rex235]

Hultis-

 

The celebrated N-custom ground "Staff" irons. 1-PW. So Clean!

 

Very similar to those Wilson/Walter Hagen T-1399 custom ground irons for Ben Crenshaw. No "Fluid Feel" drill-thru hosel for these "Staffs" either.

 

"According to the seller they used to belong to a PGA Tour player, can't remember the name though." ?

 

Unfortunately, Wilson Golf closed access to their Custom Department, and those celebrated custom club records in 3 ring binders, after the 2014 Centennial season.

 

It has been speculated that Robert Mendralla Jr has these 3 ring binders due to his fathers 57 years of service to Wilson, but again, Wilson does not mention it.

 

If one had to make an educated guess-

 

These N-3880 custom series Staff irons were done between 1987 and 1989. It is likely a custom club supervised and/or ground by Robert Mendralla Sr (RIP)

 

Wilson Golf made 3,000 limited edition sets of the celebrated 1971 Wilson Staff "Buttonback" Dynapower irons in 1986. (In '93 Wilson made remakes of '69 and '71s)

 

In 1987, The new "Staff" iron stamping with the "Fluid Feel" drill-thru hosel was offered.

 

The "W/S" shield logo made an appearance then. The gold "W/S" shield logo stamp was also featured in the 1988 Staff "Gooseneck" model.

 

The "W/S" shield logo was not present on the LH Staff model, but is on a limited number of Staff Gooseneck irons.

 

Freddie-

 

These are younger than your Staff Tour Blade "B L" custom grinds for Langer, but it is quite possible to ask your Wilson contact about them.

1-PW?...Really?

[oldschoolrocker]

Always a pleasure to see some good looking Wilson’s. BZ to Freddie & Rex for giving us more historical data than we could get from Wilson.

[hultis]

Found an old email conversation with the guy I bought the from. The original owner was Gene Sauers.

 

I'll post some more pictures later today.

 

/Christian

[hultis]

Wow what a fantastic set of Staffs - and 1-Pw to boot. That's a great find. I'm not any kind of Wilson expert but they look like the late 80's early 90's '1971-72' Dynapower Button back reissues, but without the button hole or usual stampings. The stampings on these look late 80's to me too. Probably some special grinding as well. I put my 71's against your picture and the muscle profile looks almost identical.

 

They're so smooth and clean looking. Really a beautiful blade. Please post more pictures!

 

Some more pics.

[freddiec]

Found an old email conversation with the guy I bought the from. The original owner was Gene Sauers.

 

I'll post some more pictures later today.

 

/Christian

 

Gene Sauers .. thats great owning one of his sets. A great player, multiple PGA tour winner. I have a few WB Texan drivers that were his..

[rex235]

Hultis-

 

Goodness.

 

That would be 2016 US Senior Open Champion Gene Sauers, who won at Scioto CC in Columbus, OH...

 

 

*Flash*The same Gene Sauers who lost the 2014 US Senior Open to Colin Montgomerie in a 3 hole playoff at Oak Hill GC in Edmond, OK

 

Wrote the update as today the USGA announced that all of it's 2018 and future Open Championships will be decided in a 2-hole playoff.*

 

*Television $$$$$$$$ wins.

[Swingingk]

Found an old email conversation with the guy I bought the from. The original owner was Gene Sauers.

 

I'll post some more pictures later today.

 

/Christian

 

Gene Sauers .. thats great owning one of his sets. A great player, multiple PGA tour winner. I have a few WB Texan drivers that were his..

 

What a great set they would make! Well... someone had to say it.

 

[rex235]

Freddie-

 

"Anybody know what model Wilson Staff iron Freddie Couples played around the year 1985?"

 

 

Will try to find out through channels about the mysterious Wilson Staff custom set done for Fred Couples...

 

Wait a minute.....

 

Don't you already have an '85 set of Staff Tour Blade irons 1-PW done by Robert Mendralla Sr for Masters Champion Bernhard Langer?

 

Oh, you'd like to compare them....

 

ok....

 

PS- Have seen enough....

 

Wilson didn't offer a single LH set of FG Tour 100 Forged blade irons in 2014...

 

 

 

...will just have to make my own....

[teevons]

Here is an un hit custom button back set 2-PW, going to take them to collector show in Portland 3-9,10 and 11 and see if someone is interested along with lots of its friends :haha:

[baloo]

Wow! I have a custom set of 75s that are really neat. Great players too

[Swingingk]

Here is an un hit custom button back set 2-PW, going to take them to collector show in Portland 3-9,10 and 11 and see if someone is interested along with lots of its friends :haha:

 

I have a bad Buttonback addiction and this is NOT helping.

 

Absolutely beautiful set sir!

 

[freddiec]

Those are stunning Tim. My late Grandfather payed those beginning in 1973 or which ever year they came out until 1 year before he passed in 2008. His sons as well as myself , my brother and Farher used to make fun of the fact that he never changed his irons after all those years. Guy knew what he was doing. I am a Staff man at heart

[jbucher]

Tim, that is a beautiful set of BBs, almost want to drive down to PDX for the show.

Have a good time at the show, JB

[rex235]

Tim-

 

B-816....

 

A gorgeous set of custom 1971 Wilson Staff "Buttonback" Dynapower irons-

 

No drill-thru hosel, so no "Fluid Feel" stamp.

 

By any chance, is a custom '71 WSD Sand Wedge included?

[sbboudreau]

Thanks to all for your responses.

 

Rex235 in particular, thank you for the detailed information about the custom shop, and what may have become of their records. Per your interest in additional photos, I have added a few to this post. As you can see from the photos, the top line is very thin. Additionally, the leading edge seems to be a good bit more beveled than a standard set.

 

Nice to see the other examples of Wilson's custom work through the years. FreddieC, that Langer set is awfully nice looking. I am curious to hear how you managed to find them.

Very nice acquisition!

[freddiec]

Funny coincidence maybe, but I had the opportunity yesterday to acquire a 87-88 set of staffs custom made for Gene Sauers. A friend fellow GolfWRX I know been aching for a tour iron set, I tipped him off and he grabbed them. Seller is a good friend of Gene’s. I picked up Gene’s Texans from him.

[elwhippy]

Love that deeper blade.

[rex235]

Freddie-

 

Perhaps you could ask your friend which of these two Wilson Staff Custom grind N iron sets was older?

[freddiec]

Rex,

The seller thought the set that Hultis has most likely is the older set...

[rex235]

Freddie-

 

The gold "W/S" shield ('87-88) in Hultis Staffs most likely didn't show up in models before your '85 "B L" Staff Tour Blades....

[Texsport]

A Wilson Staff DynaPower, Raymond Floyd sand wedge. I've played this one some-nice club

 

 

 

 

Texsport

[rex235]

Tex-

 

So you prefer the Andy Bean Dynapower Wedge over this one?

 

Even with no drill-thru hosel, that Wilson custom Ray Floyd SW remains one great looking Dynapower.

[freddiec]

Hultis and I made a nice trade and the beautiful Staffs above arrived at my door the other day. Thanks Christian... I sent a note to Larry Bobka to see if he remembers which year they were made.