Who was the biggest one hit wonder in the golf equipment industry?

[FOOTJOY16]

Don't forget about the Spin Doctor wedges......oh.. I guess we did forget about them... :stink:

[RN4LGolfer]

Does anyone remember the name of the wedge company that said their wedge faces had ground up diamonds on them?

[Doc420]

Zevo

actually had a set of those woods

[GolfGuitarsCars]

The original Adams Tight Lies. I believe it was a 16 degree fairway wood with a 1/2" face depth. The infomercial put Adams on the map. They sold thousands of them. First range session with mine, it was beat to s*** with sky marks. Never put the POS in the bag after that.

[GolfGuitarsCars]

Does anyone remember the name of the wedge company that said their wedge faces had ground up diamonds on them?

 

Pure Spin

[LObin]

The original Adams Tight Lies. I believe it was a 16 degree fairway wood with a 1/2" face depth. The infomercial put Adams on the map. They sold thousands of them. First range session with mine, it was beat to s*** with sky marks. Never put the POS in the bag after that.

Not sure how an Adams golf product can be called a one hit wonder... They went on to sell many more hybrids, drivers, fairways and irons after that.

 

 

[BYK]

The original Adams Tight Lies. I believe it was a 16 degree fairway wood with a 1/2" face depth. The infomercial put Adams on the map. They sold thousands of them. First range session with mine, it was beat to s*** with sky marks. Never put the POS in the bag after that.

 

Umm, Adams put out a couple of good clubs after that one. Not sure I'd call them a one hit wonder?

[stage1350]

The original Adams Tight Lies. I believe it was a 16 degree fairway wood with a 1/2" face depth. The infomercial put Adams on the map. They sold thousands of them. First range session with mine, it was beat to s*** with sky marks. Never put the POS in the bag after that.

Not sure how an Adams golf product can be called a one hit wonder... They went on to sell many more hybrids, drivers, fairways and irons after that.

 

There are plenty of companies in this thread that went on to produce many winners. Obviously people are confusing "one hit wonder" with one production model that was a piece of sh!t.

[GolfGuitarsCars]

The original Adams Tight Lies. I believe it was a 16 degree fairway wood with a 1/2" face depth. The infomercial put Adams on the map. They sold thousands of them. First range session with mine, it was beat to s*** with sky marks. Never put the POS in the bag after that.

Not sure how an Adams golf product can be called a one hit wonder... They went on to sell many more hybrids, drivers, fairways and irons after that.

 

There are plenty of companies in this thread that went on to produce many winners. Obviously people are confusing "one hit wonder" with one production model that was a piece of sh!t.

 

Bingo!

[nochct1]

AJTech Shafts

 

If you enjoyed shafts that shattered and broke constantly. Good luck finding a used one that was pulled before it broke.

 

They broke, but they were very popular for a while. One of those in a 7.5 Great Big Bertha made for an awesome club.

[nochct1]

Anyone remember Nick Prices putter, "The Fat Lady Swings"?

 

 

One of several great putters made by Bobby Grace.

[LittleLeftToRight]

I can't believe we have made it this far into the thread without anyone mentioning one of the true all time one hit wonders, the Bassakwards putter. That thing was on fire back when they released it. There had never been anything like it before and it was all over the place. Then it disappeared like a hollywood starlet with herpes, and so did the company. Poof. Gone.

[golfjester]

what about the Kasco K2K woods and the Carbite Viper Bite wedges

[Tokyo105]

How about the grip less AJ Tech shafts? Palmer peerless offered em for for a year or two.

 

I had the grip less on an AJ driver.

[DGA3]

The Hammer driver.

 

"POW!"

 

:rofl:

[Divot License]

Anyone remember Nick Prices putter, "The Fat Lady Swings"?

 

 

Bobby Grace made some great putters. I occasionaly take my "Soft Lady" out for a round. Lovely putters and the HSM insert still feels great now.

[Nessism]

The original Adams Tight Lies. I believe it was a 16 degree fairway wood with a 1/2" face depth. The infomercial put Adams on the map. They sold thousands of them. First range session with mine, it was beat to s*** with sky marks. Never put the POS in the bag after that.

 

The original Tight Lies was an amazing club. So easy to hit. If there was a golf club hall of fame the Tight Lies would be a worthy entry.

[jdemocko]

The Heavy Putter

[Huskypride28]

Scratch wedges

[rcain1us]

What about the Gynti or Ginty? Something like that. It was like a pre hybrid cleek type of FW wood with a large single rail running through the bottom. I think only persimmon heads too.

 

Stan Thompson Ginty

 

 

I had a driver and a 7 wood in my first set of clubs I got from my room mates father in 1986

[pinckr865]

Carbite putter. Bagged it for many years.

[BigLeftyinAZ]

Nickent is my pick

[The Mad Bomber]

What about Founders Club? They made a pretty sweet driver, signed Lee Jansen and then... *poof* gone.

[Llortamaisey]

What's the definition of a one hit wonder? Is it someone that only had success with one model (i.e. The perfect club) or is it someone that only had success with one product but multiple lines(i.e. Scotty Cameron Putters)?

[The Pearl]

Imagine Middleclubs. 2 through 6 lofts with shortened shafts and heavier heads. The heads looked like small fairway woods, but they played like hybrids. The theory and design were actually way ahead of it's time. I had all but the 2 iron and played them with great success for years. Get the ball up in the air and were great out of the rough. Pretty visionary considering that a most of the theory is not standard in most custom set designs.

[LHGolf4]

PRGR.

 

Singlehandedly killed Corey Pavin's career.

 

Talking of Corey.........who remembers the Cleveland VAS irons. They should get a mention in this thread.

 

I had a set of VAS irons, so ugly but I actually hit them quite well. Really hate I got rid of them.

 

 

Oh and let's not forget about Pure Spin wedges.

[BIG STU]

Don't care if anyone agrees, or not... This club was a performer!

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Dang, setter... Snuck in there while I was finding the pic!

That is another one of those clubs that still has a cult like following around here with some of the older retirees

[BIG STU]

Knight wedges. Sold at Walmart. Most illegal damn wedge you could buy. Would tear the polyurethane off the ball, but would either stop on a dime or roll back off the green depending how much wrist you got into it.

Who made those wedges that had diamond chips (so they said) on the face? Illegal as those Knight wedges. Those things had the smoothness of a rasp ant talk about chewing up a cover

[BIG STU]

Solus wedges they were actually pretty decent. Sand wedge was like cheating out of a bunker

The guy who designed and owned Solus Wedges Bob Renegar started another company called Renegar Wedges he is making forged wedges and yes they have the same soles as the old Solus. Pretty good wedges I did some of the prototype testing for another golf site

[Tyus Stones]

Knight wedges. Sold at Walmart. Most illegal damn wedge you could buy. Would tear the polyurethane off the ball, but would either stop on a dime or roll back off the green depending how much wrist you got into it.

Who made those wedges that had diamond chips (so they said) on the face? Illegal as those Knight wedges. Those things had the smoothness of a rasp ant talk about chewing up a cover

 

Oh, PureSpin wedges. My parents saw a TV ad for those wedges when I was younger and thought they would make a great birthday gift....

 

Worst golf club I have used in my life. I've never burned through so many golf balls in my life!