What was in your bag 30 years ago.

[BIG STU]

1985 huuummm
Driver Power Bilt blonde persimmon
4 wood Hogan Speed slot
1 iron 985 Tourney Custom
irons 3 thru 9 1966 Power Bilt Citation thin soles with the horseshoe on the back
PW- Spalding Elite 333 Custom 10 Iron
SW - Wilson R-90 remake
Putter- Ping Anser
Bag(s) Spalding Staff red and white---- Hogan Sun Jet- for when I drove my Vette to the course

[joeshmo]

Palmer Peerless Driver and 5 wood
MacGregor DX irons 3-PW
Wilson SW of some sort.
Zebra putter
Any Maxfli ball that was not wound.

[HoganApexBlades]

'74 Hogan Apex woods (1, 3 & 4 laminated)
'74 Hogan Apex irons (2-E)
'75 Walter Hagen TPW sand wedge
'75 Walter Hagen Cascade putter
Any Titleist ball I could find or buy

[nitram]

Wilson A-2000 Driver, 3, 4WD
Hogan Apex II 3-E
PING Eye 2 BC SW, LW
Ping Scottsdale Anser

[RSinSG]

Ping Eye 2's, Yonex Carbonex II driver, several different putters, cant remember which fairway woods.

BTW - I recently put a "vintage" bag together built around my Eye 2's that I still have. The irons are still great clubs; the laminated woods not so great.

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[BicknellCC]

In 1985 I think I had graduated from a mismatched partial set to my dad's old set of Wilson Gene Sarazens 2 through 9 iron. I had a secondhand Ken Smith driver, and a Wilson Harmonized 3 wood. My putter was a brass Spaulding Cash In, and I mostly hit Top Flites. I remember hitting Club specials, but that may've been pre 85, too many years ago to say for sure.

[LittleLeftToRight]

30 years ago I was 16, and here is what I had-

I started playing golf in 82 and back then Watson was the man, as you can tell by my clubs.....

Golden Ram Tom Watson Persimmon TW801
I think I still had some crappy laminated fairway woods that were replaced around that time by a Watson persimmon 3 wood with a graphite insert and a Hagen Crenshaw 4 wood with X100s
Golden Ram Tour Grind VMs 2-PW with X100 tipped (after college I put S-500s in them)
Ram Axial SW, or as it was called, the magic stick. I was deadly with that club!
I would switch between the two putters I owned. Either a PING Anser 2 or an Old Master W802.

I don't know what happened to my original TW801, but when I started playing again two years ago after not touching the clubs for 20 years I found a [b]brand new[/b] one on ebay for $20! Couldn't believe it. Kismet! I still have everything else, except for the PING. I lost that somewhere along the line. I refinished the Old Master last year and now it looks perfect. Love that putter, but I am afraid to take it anywhere. I have had it since I was 12. I would be heartbroken if I ever lost it.

[jbucher]

In 85 I was playing with my dad's clubs which were Ram Tom Shaw blades. The woods were also Rams. Putter was a Kroydon small mallet style.Over last weekend I did rescue the putter from the bag at my sister's place. Couldn't grab the whole bag because we had the wife's van and she thinks I have to many sets at our place:-( here is a shot of the 2 iron I have here.
Great thread!
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[dlygrisse]

1st set
Wilson custom 3,5,7,9 putter laminate driver and 3w
Northwestern punch dot faced SW
Faux red leather Hogan bag

Broke 90 with those weapons.

Then bought later in the year

TM Burner driver 9.5
Used the same 3w for several years.
Tour Model II irons 1-SW. Bought from Golfsmith and built myself
Ping Anser 3 putter.
Sun Mountain carry bag.

[scruffynick]

Ping eye 2 irons, ping eye 2 5&7 wood & John Riley driver......still use the irons and 7 wood today!

[Ironmaster Oddities]

1967/8 MacGregor VIP by Nicklaus 2-W. 1970 Titleist SW. Tommy Armour IMG putter
MacGregor M-09 driver. Titleist 3-4 woods. Most of it is still in my vintage bag today.
Traded out the SW for a 1968 Golfcraft Continental, because I wore out the Titleist.
Added a Mac M-06 6-wood.
I played only 6 or 7 times this year. Sadly, I never got the vintage kit out of the basement.

[Prut]

Same set up I had been using since 1977 -- Powerbilt Citation irons 2-SW, Scotch Blade 1 iron, Persimmon Powerbilt Citation Driver and 3 wood, Wilson 8802 putter.

[Shallowface]

Powerbilt Citation Persimmon Driver
Powerbilt Citation Laminated 4 Wood
Wilson Staff FG-17 1-PW
Wilson Staff JP Sand Wedge, one of the first with JP in block letters.
Wilson 8802 80s remake putter, among others.

I recently picked up a Citation laminated 5 Wood with a loose brass backweight. I removed the backweight and weighed it and it was 51 grams. Pretty significant compared to the 10 gram or less interchangeable weights of today that are alleged to make a difference.

[scruffynick]

[quote name='scruffynick' timestamp='1449082694' post='12672282']
Ping eye 2 irons, ping eye 2 5&7 wood & John Riley driver......still use the irons and 7 wood today!
[/quote]
Forgot to mention my putter, ping anser 4 and boy I miss that putter! Can't remember what happened to it, got a feeling it's in me dad's loft somewhere

[Forged4ever]

1986 Bag(also my First Club Championship):

Driver...........1978 Toney Penna
FW woods...1978 Powerbilt Citation
Irons............Staff 1978 Tour Blades
Wedges........Staff Tour Blades JP
Putter.............8802(circa 1976, actual one pictured which was in my bag in the end of '12, my last year in the game, though in '86 I still had the original wrap grip with Staff shield cap)

Damn, those were some sweet a** arrows, lol


Fairways & Greens Gents & Kathy Marie

Always,
RP

[Haig79]

Walter Hagen The HAIG Laminated Woods 1, 3, 4 and 5
Walter Hagen The HAIG Irons 2 thru SW
Ram Wizard 600 Tour Grind Putter
Jones Bag
Hogan Golf Ballls

Driver, 5 Wood or 2 Iron stayed in car for the 14 club limit depending on course.

[Pepperturbo]

I only go back 25+ years in golf. My first set was off the shelve, and was 3-PW Pings for 6-8 months, then switched to 1 & 2 and 3-PW Mizuno blades and Balata or Professional 100 ball.

[farmer]

I think a TM Tour Burner, 9.5, Ti shaft, Tour Spoon, 13*, DG steel, either Hogan Directors from '74 or Ping Eye. Maybe a Zebra, Anser, 8802, or something. I tended to run through putters, and I loaned a couple that never came back. A Wilson JP something SW. The Zebra and Anser disappeared, sold the Pings, bought Eye 2's, and I still have all this stuff. And a bunch of newer stuff. Which my wife mentions from time to time.

[Forged4ever]

[quote name='oldschoolrocker' timestamp='1448967715' post='12666324']
Putter - Wilson Augusta
[/quote]HaHa, I picked up an Augusta at the RW&Blue store a few weeks ago for $1.99, lol

It's in pristine condition considering how few if any had covers back in the day.

Have a great weekend Bro

My Best,
RP

[dbuck47]

Let's see, 1985.

1979 Wilson Staff Tour Blade irons
Wilson Staff JP Custom Grind PW
Wilson Geo Low Original 600 putter

The above clubs are still in the regular rotation. The putter is my main putter regardless of the style of clubs I am using.

Driver-Bert Dargie Persimmon, Taylormade Burner 7*, Powerbilt Citation
(actually, I think I had the Powerbilt about '83, traded it for the Taylormade, then sold the Taylor and bought the Dargie about '86.)
I still have the Dargie, but don't play with it much. I do have another recently acquired Dargie that I play a lot.
Wilson Staff JP Persimmon 3 wood. I still have it and play it once in a while.
Hogan Persimmon 5 wood. It cracked around 1986 and I replaced it with a 16* Taylor Raylor which I still have and use in my "modern" bag.

[deadsolid...shank]

Wow, 30 years ago. I would have been 22 and in college. Like another poster my bag would have been softball equipment.

But when we did make the course it was a set of MacGregor Golden Bears. 3-PW and 1,3,&5 woods. I got them as a birthday present when I turned 13. I still have the irons.

Incidentally, it was the next year when I started "hoing". A set of Maxfli 357 irons was the first set I purchased. Man did I catch hell from the wife (think we might have been married for three or four months). Our first golf fight!

[scomac2002]

[quote name='deadsolid...shank' timestamp='1449245622' post='12679932']
Incidentally, it was the next year when I started "hoing". A set of Maxfli 357 irons was the first set I purchased. Man did I catch hell from the wife (think we might have been married for three or four months). Our first golf fight!
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Your story brought back a vivid memory; the first time I really caught sh*t from my wife for a personal purchase. It wasn't golf related though, it was a set of skis, boots and bindings that cost me about $1200 on sale! I had just gotten back into alpine skiing that winter. She absolutely flipped and I was in the doghouse for what seemed like months! We had been married over twenty years at that point so I guess I was overdue!

[Shallowface]

[quote name='Forged4ever' timestamp='1449239977' post='12679536']
[quote name='oldschoolrocker' timestamp='1448967715' post='12666324']
Putter - Wilson Augusta
[/quote]HaHa, I picked up an Augusta at the RW&Blue store a few weeks ago for $1.99, lol

It's in pristine condition considering how few if any had covers back in the day.

Have a great weekend Bro

My Best,
RP
[/quote]

Believe it or not they are still making that putter!

http://www.wilson.com/en-us/golf/putters/recreational/harmonized-augusta-putter/

[Eidolon]

[quote name='Forged4ever' timestamp='1449185040' post='12677376']
1986 Bag(also my First Club Championship):

Driver...........1978 Toney Penna
FW woods...1978 Powerbilt Citation
Irons............Staff 1978 Tour Blades
Wedges........Staff Tour Blades
Putter.............8802(circa 1976, actual one pictured which was in my bag in the end of '12, my last year in the game, though in '86 I still had the original wrap grip with Staff shield cap)

Damn, those were some sweet a** arrows, lol


Fairways & Greens Gents & Kathy Marie

Always,
RP
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[Eidolon]

If your not in politics you missed your calling. I have seen you all over wrx and if anyone toots their own horn more than you, i've not found them.

[scruffynick]

[quote name='Haig79' timestamp='1449190572' post='12677704']
Walter Hagen The HAIG Laminated Woods 1, 3, 4 and 5
Walter Hagen The HAIG Irons 2 thru SW
Ram Wizard 600 Tour Grind Putter
Jones Bag
Hogan Golf Ballls

Driver, 5 Wood or 2 Iron stayed in car for the 14 club limit depending on course.
[/quote]
Boy that driver looks sweet......loved a large black headed driver back in the day, maybe because woosie used one for years

[Sean2]

30 years ago the thought of playing golf would not have occurred to me. :-)

[majic]

MacGregor 653 T driver redone by Santa Barbara Custom with an Apex 3 tipped an inch by me, Penna 3 & 5 woods.
Custom Art Emerson made MacGregor muscle back irons, Wilson Joe Phillips wedges 52 & 56 and Tad Moore TM2 type prototype
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[Langlands]

A half set of HB & S Pinseeker irons.

[BMC]

Wilson Sam Snead Blue Ridge: Driver, 3 wood, 3,5,7,& 9 irons. Purchased from Best Products in Fairfax, VA for 79.95. Putter was a Bullseye knockoff. Vinyl Burton golf bag with tubes. I was a total hack.