Talking Cult Clubs - What are your all time Favourites ???

[phizzy30]

On 1/31/2021 at 4:47 PM, azgreg said:

V-Steel fairways.

 

I gave my cousin my OG V-steel 3 metal.  Could not find a replacement for it for years.  Finally got a SIM ti 3 metal last year which is based off the v-steel.  Couldn't be happier.  Trackman numbers are fantastic.  Perhaps TM will bring back something simliar to the R11 dot head.  It was a bomber for me and very low spin.  I put a huge crack in the face.  Finally, I had two FT-9TA.  One of the most difficult Cally drivers to play because it was so unforgiving.  However, when hit on the screws, the ball speeds were amazing.  I could see why Phil and other Cally staffers loved them.  Sold one and did a trade in on the other.  Regret doing that till this day.   

Edited February 10, 2021 by phizzy30

[pingplayer]

Ping S55's one of the best irons made.

[vman]

Sonartec ss07 fairways and Adams idea pro hybrids. Also the RTG Cleveland Tour Action wedges, they were nice.

[Hogan9]

My two favorites are Hogan Apex blades and Ping Eye 2s. Obviously, these are on opposite ends of the spectrum. However, I played both "back in the day". I shot my lowest score ever (71) with the Hogans and made my only hole-in-one with the Pings. Both sets are still in my garage. 

[Rpete33]

Z745 irons, stopped into my local golf shop yesterday, found a set, with pretty mint grooves, soles a little banged up, for 299. Pulled the trigger after hearing so much about them on here, back up bag irons for sure. Put in a Nike vapor pro 3 iron I have sitting in the closet. Cult following back up bag

[03trdblack]

Orlimar Hip-Ti 420

[MSB16]

One Length irons, though not a classic... yet

[Black Bart 65]

1) 975D with Proforce 

2) Callaway Steelhead

3) SC Pro Platinum Del Mar 3.5 

4) TM Burner TP Fairway

5) TM 510 TP

[FormerDimer]

But can we get a lil love for the Orlimar TriMetal tho? You know you had one. We all did.

 

 

[llamont]

I feel like "my" cult clubs were played during my Jr. golf/college golf days in the 90's - 2004.  My list is as follows:

 

Drivers: Titleist 975D w/ EI70 or UST Laker shaft; 975J w/ Speeder; Cally Biggest Big Bertha with ProLite 35 or UST Laker shaft

 

Frwy Woods:  Titleist PT 13*/15*; Cally S2H2 (David Duval style)

 

Irons:  Mizzy MP-14,29,33; Titleist 962,962B, 990, DCI Black, Nike Blades, Nike Forged Combo, Cleveland TA3 Gunmetal, Cleveland TA1 Gunmetal

 

Wedges: OG Cleveland 588 REG.

 

Putters:  OG Ping Anser, Scotty Cameron Teryllium Series (Tiger), SC Pro Platinum, Odyssey DF Rosie, Odyssey 2-Ball

[azgreg]

9 hours ago, phizzy30 said:

I gave my cousin my OG V-steel 3 metal.  Could not find a replacement for it for years.  Finally got a SIM ti 3 metal last year which is based off the v-steel.  Couldn't be happier.  Trackman numbers are fantastic.  Perhaps TM will bring back something simliar to the R11 dot head.  It was a bomber for me and very low spin.  I put a huge crack in the face.  Finally, I had two FT-9TA.  One of the most difficult Cally drivers to play because it was so unforgiving.  However, when hit on the screws, the ball speeds were amazing.  I could see why Phil and other Cally staffers loved them.  Sold one and did a trade in on the other.  Regret doing that till this day.   

Glad your happy with the SIM ti 3 metal. However, the V-Steels are never leaving my bag. I 'll be buried with them someday.

 

[Tipsy McHooker]

Ping eye 2 wedges

Tour edge exotics cb2 fairway wood

Adams Idea pro gold hybrid Peanut model)--Watson/Langer still have them in bag, i still have the 4hybrid  in my bag(longest surviving club in bag)

TM SuperQuad 400 cc driver

Scratch 8620 wedges

 

[72alderman]

My own classic favourites are Maxfli A10 Tour limited.  Beautiful irons, still play them after nearly 20 years.  Despite buying other sets since from Nike, Cobra and Taylor Made, these are the ones I return to.  Thank the lord I didn't sling them into the water all the times I threatened to....

[rxk9fan]

My interpretation of GOAT: Bridgestone’s J15CB 

[Burke Lake Pro]

My old Lynx Parallax Boom Boom 3 wood from the early 90s was absolute money for me from both the tee and fairway for a decade. Maybe the most reliable club I've ever had, it gave me 100% confidence every time I pulled it from the bag. Runner-up also comes from the 90s--the 60 degree Carbite Check Mate II wedge. The leading edge was razor sharp--I swear it had almost 0 degrees of bounce--you could open the clubface as far as you wanted and the club still sat flat. And the face insert actually imparted a bunch of spin. I had it for several years until one day I hit a full 60 yard pitch with it--the ball travelled a little less than 60 yards, but the insert came unglued just after impact and flew about 90 yards into the deep woods behind the green, never to be seen again...

[J_Tizzle]

Oh geez, fun topic.  List off the top of my head

 

Cleveland Hibore XLs (I still have 3 in my garage)

TM V Steel

Titleist 905R

Ping I3+ blades (basically the start of Pings current iron  styling)

Ping G400 line in general

Adams Idea Pro (tour issue) hybrids

Cleveland 900 series wedges

Cobra F6 baffler

 

Those are some of the older ones that ring a bell to me.  Some more current offerings that I think could hit cult status:  TM SIM line for sure, Ping i210s, TM MG wedges, TM spider line of putters.  Plus I think some of the things coming out this year could absolutely get there, but of course, too early to tell.

[Moonlightgrm]

1989 Taylor Made Tour Burner Driver with the flex-twist graphite shaft. 
 

1999 Ping ISI irons

 

1981 Spaulding Top-Flight irons

[lazyjc4]

Mizuno T-Zoid Forged 5-wood with the blue crown.  It's the Voldemort of 5 woods for me, I've never kept another one for longer than a season since I gave it to my younger brother (after close to five years of use).  Old school S300 in it, it was the most dependable club in my bag for a long time.

[lazyjc4]

32 minutes ago, Burke Lake Pro said:

My old Lynx Parallax Boom Boom 3 wood from the early 90s was absolute money for me from both the tee and fairway for a decade. Maybe the most reliable club I've ever had, it gave me 100% confidence every time I pulled it from the bag. Runner-up also comes from the 90s--the 60 degree Carbite Check Mate II wedge. The leading edge was razor sharp--I swear it had almost 0 degrees of bounce--you could open the clubface as far as you wanted and the club still sat flat. And the face insert actually imparted a bunch of spin. I had it for several years until one day I hit a full 60 yard pitch with it--the ball travelled a little less than 60 yards, but the insert came unglued just after impact and flew about 90 yards into the deep woods behind the green, never to be seen again...

As a kid, I caddied for a gentleman that won our club's Senior Club Championship multiple times.  He had two of those wedges in the bag, and from 100 in, rarely had more than a ten foot putt.  I've looped for tour players whose short game wasn't that good.  Wore those faces out, completely.

[fred faldo]

May have missed it but has there been no mention of MX-23 irons? they had a huge following

[polarbear87]

Ping Eye 2 BeCu irons, 1-Lob with matching serial numbers.

[games]

The set that sticks out in my mind:  Tour Edge Forged Blades circa 1998-2000.

 

Adams A4 Forged

KZG ZO Blades

[PJE]

Showing my age but:

1) Callaway Great Big Bertha Driver, circa 1996 or so

2) Ping Anser 1982

3) Cleveland 588 wedges

 

[PJE]

Showing my age but:

1) Callaway Great Big Bertha Driver, circa 1996 or so

2) Ping Anser 1982

3) Cleveland 588 wedges

 

[AubFan]

How about the OG King Cobra Deep Face driver?  I think Norman and Tiger both used that one back in the 90s.  It was the first driver my dad bought me.  Loved it so much I pressured him to buy me the original King Cobra Tour irons.  I feel those are underrated also.  

As far as recent clubs the hype around the g400 max is completely real.  I used to buy a driver every year without fail.  Haven’t seriously considered another since I put an orange tensei in it.  Also those first Cally Apex hybrids are out of this world.  
 

I love reading this thread!

[Iron Count]

On 2/9/2021 at 5:44 PM, Dan Drake said:

I guess I should add the rest
of the "DD's all time cult club bag:"

r510 TP

'07 Burner TP (by exactly one tiny hair over the V Steels)

Nickent 3DX Genex (by one sentimental hair over the OG RBZ's)

731 PM's

Ping Eye 2+ Sw

Ping Eye 2 Sw

Ping Anser

 

I find it interesting that, for me, the top of the bag is so TMAG heavy and the bottom of the bag so PING heavy!

 

Whoa, tell me more about the 3DX Genex, is this why they always find a way into my bag to this day? Tech predates the Cally Fusion by a few years and despite looking anti Maltby VCOG friendly are the easiest clubs to hit I've ever played. Absolute hammers as well, though I suspect they were among the original loft jackers. Bit of a mystery set if not cult.

[bmoser9]

905T was my favorite club of all time with the Aldila NVS green shaft. Still have the driver head on my desk. 

[joostin]

Gonna build a virtual cult bag (taking "cult" as not hugely popular outside of wrx or forums in-the-know, so no V steel, Eye2, 2-Ball...):

 

D- Adams 9015D

3W- TEE CB2

5W- Cobra F6 Baffler

4-PW- Bridgestone J15 CB

GW- Adams MB2

SW, LW- Wilson PMP

P- SeeMore FGP

 

[Sean2]

I don't know if they are cult clubs, but the Callaway Tour Authentic X-Prototypes. 

[mister2cool]

Let me list of some of the irons sets I have sitting around that I think have cult followings...

1. Taylormade 2005 TP RAC CB

2. Taylormade 2004 TP RAC MB Smoky

3. Miura Tournament Blades

4. 2007 Callaway X Forged

5. Srixon Z745\545 combo

6. Nike original Forged blades

 

Edited February 13, 2021 by mister2cool