Davis Love III PGA Championship Winning Clubs

[wingedfoot97]

Can anyone point me to where I can find out what was in his bag at the ‘97 PGA Championship besides the 975D driver? I have looked in the June ‘98 Golf Digest that featured him on the cover but no luck.

[sean illes]

I have the golf digest with his WITB lying around somewhere. Thankfully I think I’ve committed this one to memory. If I’m wrong, it’s not going to be by much, if at all. 
 

Titleist 975D 6.5 EI70 tour x

Titleist 970P 13 EI70 tour x

Titleist Forged Cavity Proto 1i, 3i-PW X100

Titleist Larry Bobka 54, 58

Ping Dalehead Anser

 

[OsnolaKinnard]

1 hour ago, sean illes said:

I have the golf digest with his WITB lying around somewhere. Thankfully I think I’ve committed this one to memory. If I’m wrong, it’s not going to be by much, if at all. 
 

Titleist 975D 6.5 EI70 tour x

Titleist 970P 13 EI70 tour x

Titleist Forged Cavity Proto 1i, 3i-PW X100

Titleist Larry Bobka 54, 58

Ping Dalehead Anser

 

I remember wanting those irons. 

[NRJyzr]

2 hours ago, sean illes said:

I have the golf digest with his WITB lying around somewhere. Thankfully I think I’ve committed this one to memory. If I’m wrong, it’s not going to be by much, if at all. 
 

Titleist 975D 6.5 EI70 tour x

Titleist 970P 13 EI70 tour x

Titleist Forged Cavity Proto 1i, 3i-PW X100

Titleist Larry Bobka 54, 58

Ping Dalehead Anser

 

 

43 minutes ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

I remember wanting those irons. 

 

 

There was quite a ruckus on GEA back in the day about these sticks.  Especially discussing Titleist's public statements about the impossibility of forging their iron designs, which was their defense of their casting of the 962/981 irons...  LOL

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by NRJyzr

[OsnolaKinnard]

I remember that...I always liked those and they had a prototype that had like a pyramid weight over the sweet spot that was a Japanese forged titleist.

[bladehunter]

5 hours ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

I remember wanting those irons. 

2nd swing had a set for sale all winter. $6k I think.  Appear to have sold thorough. 

[cgasucks]

His irons that he won with were definitely a mystery to me.  Before this thread I always thought he used some sort of 962 prototypes.  Boy was I wrong.

 

 

"16 Aug 1997: Davis Love III watches his shot during the USPGA Championship at Winged Foot Golf Course in New York. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Squire /Allsport"

Edited April 21, 2021 by cgasucks

[autisticlove]

 

They’re great irons, but set up far differently than 962b or any of my other Titleist irons from that era.  Far more offset and higher toe in the short irons than one would expect.   The long irons are very nice profile with great face progression into the 7 or 8 iron, then it gets a little awkward.  Very much a player driven design.  

[rsiehr]

Yea, tough to tell from that picture but it looks like a lot of offset.

[Bad9]

20 hours ago, NRJyzr said:

 

 

 

There was quite a ruckus on GEA back in the day about these sticks.  Especially discussing Titleist's public statements about the impossibility of forging their iron designs, which was their defense of their casting of the 962/981 irons...  LOL

 

That whole idiotic stance they took was one of the things that turned me off Titleist and I have never warmed up to them. Matt Pavin tried to be the good soldier for them about it but I think it hurt his credibility a bit. What happened to him I wonder?

[me05501]

That set definitely looks like a one-off doesn't it? Kind of rough around the edges!

[me05501]

35 minutes ago, Bad9 said:

That whole idiotic stance they took was one of the things that turned me off Titleist and I have never warmed up to them. Matt Pavin tried to be the good soldier for them about it but I think it hurt his credibility a bit. What happened to him I wonder?

 

I've hit several Titleist irons and they always feel super harsh to me. Never have understood the appeal, except as some kind of status symbol. 

[rsiehr]

13 minutes ago, me05501 said:

 

I've hit several Titleist irons and they always feel super harsh to me. Never have understood the appeal, except as some kind of status symbol. 

I totally agree with this as it applies to their players irons. Not a fan. They look nice though.

[NRJyzr]

1 hour ago, Bad9 said:

That whole idiotic stance they took was one of the things that turned me off Titleist and I have never warmed up to them. Matt Pavin tried to be the good soldier for them about it but I think it hurt his credibility a bit. What happened to him I wonder?

 

I felt a little badly about my distaste for Titleist because Matt was a good dude.  Not enough to start liking them, LOL.

 

Took a shot at Google, looks like he was with Titleist thru 2015, did a short stint consulting, then took a job organizing group and corporate golf events.  Was furloughed in pandemic response, doesn't appear to have gone back to work for them.

 

[bladehunter]

Middle is , well.  Sweet. 

[braincramp52]

20 hours ago, rsiehr said:

I totally agree with this as it applies to their players irons. Not a fan. They look nice though.

If you thought they were harsh you wasn't finding the sweet spot. It was tough to find on some models.

[AP76]

21 hours ago, me05501 said:

 

I've hit several Titleist irons and they always feel super harsh to me. Never have understood the appeal, except as some kind of status symbol. 

The 712 range was my favourite. Had the CB and the AP2's and they both felt great. Each to their own though. Gaming z785's now and loving them!

[OsnolaKinnard]

21 hours ago, NRJyzr said:

 

I felt a little badly about my distaste for Titleist because Matt was a good dude.  Not enough to start liking them, LOL.

 

Took a shot at Google, looks like he was with Titleist thru 2015, did a short stint consulting, then took a job organizing group and corporate golf events.  Was furloughed in pandemic response, doesn't appear to have gone back to work for them.

 

Same.  Matt was a great resource, but Titleist "behavior" cultivated my feelings that they are the Judge Smales of the golf world.

 

I still always wanted a 15* 970F fairway wood...they could have sold a million of those but they gave us the POS 975f and the unhittable 12.5* model. 

Edited April 22, 2021 by OsnolaKinnard

[rsiehr]

3 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

If you thought they were harsh you wasn't finding the sweet spot. It was tough to find on some models.

I certainly do not find the sweet spot every time but I hope I hit it once in awhile!

 

I play mizunos now and I think most would say they have a softer feel than titleist, but to each his own.

[mogc60]

2 hours ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

Same.  Matt was a great resource, but Titleist "behavior" cultivated my feelings that they are the Judge Smales of the golf world.

 

I still always wanted a 15* 970F fairway wood...they could have sold a million of those but they gave us the POS 975f and the unhittable 12.5* model. 

Exactly!! This was an era though that almost everything on tour was night and day different than what we could get at retail. Titleist was the worst in that area though. I’ve never even given their clubs a chance based on the Kmart models they brought to retail back then. 

[OsnolaKinnard]

3 hours ago, mogc60 said:

Exactly!! This was an era though that almost everything on tour was night and day different than what we could get at retail. Titleist was the worst in that area though. I’ve never even given their clubs a chance based on the Kmart models they brought to retail back then. 

I remember their motto "serious clubs for serious golfers"...I always sort of had a F off attitude towards titleist because of how they were then.  To this day I have a hard time even considering a titleist club.

[mogc60]

More like second hand junk for serious spenders.  Glad I’m not alone in the attitude it created for me. 

[Drivingrangehero]

On 4/21/2021 at 10:15 AM, me05501 said:

 

I've hit several Titleist irons and they always feel super harsh to me. Never have understood the appeal, except as some kind of status symbol. 

I have hit a few, and was never very impressed. I would not go as far as to say harsh, but my Wilson Staffs, Hogans, and Mizunos all felt better as well as my buddy’s Yonex blades. 
 

I’m far from a Titleist hater, I’ve played Titleist woods from 2005 to 2015 and recently owned a set of 716TMB, I also think the U500 is the best driving iron I’ve ever hit. 
 

I believe their best products are their  cavity backs. I’ve never been one to anticipate the next Titleist Blade coming out, but I always found their cavity backs to be better than most. 

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by Drivingrangehero
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[NRJyzr]

1 hour ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

I remember their motto "serious clubs for serious golfers"...I always sort of had a F off attitude towards titleist because of how they were then.  To this day I have a hard time even considering a titleist club.

 

I remember going into a shop, seeing a Cameron Pro Platinum.  Hit a lot of putts with it.  Yep, nice.  Grabbed a TP Mills, hit some putts with it.  Yep, feels a lot better.  OK, a bit of hype.

 

Then there's the old line about the Cameron Anser styles being with better materials and processes.  OK, give them that, Karsten Solheim was using firmer metals, and casting.  Then they started copying TP Mills and Tad Moore, who were already using carbon steels, milling their stuff.

 

Yeah, its just a lot of empty hype. 

 

The litigation-bullying of smaller DTC brands is icing on the crap cake, considering the origins of the Pro V (coughIPtheftcough).

 

Yeah.  🙄

 

[spring70]

22 minutes ago, NRJyzr said:

 

I remember going into a shop, seeing a Cameron Pro Platinum.  Hit a lot of putts with it.  Yep, nice.  Grabbed a TP Mills, hit some putts with it.  Yep, feels a lot better.  OK, a bit of hype.

 

Then there's the old line about the Cameron Anser styles being with better materials and processes.  OK, give them that, Karsten Solheim was using firmer metals, and casting.  Then they started copying TP Mills and Tad Moore, who were already using carbon steels, milling their stuff.

 

Yeah, its just a lot of empty hype. 

 

The litigation-bullying of smaller DTC brands is icing on the crap cake, considering the origins of the Pro V (coughIPtheftcough).

 

Yeah.  🙄

 

memory lane, I remember the "too complex to forge" comment about forged 990's lol.  There was also a poster who would reply with "Titleist Kool Aid" several times a day.  I was anti Titleist for a few years until my Tour Issue hate of Taylor Made took over.  I cringe a bit thinking I felt that way🤪

[NRJyzr]

41 minutes ago, spring7 said:

There was also a poster who would reply with "Titleist Kool Aid" several times a day.

 

Omeletpants?   

 

[OsnolaKinnard]

1 hour ago, spring7 said:

memory lane, I remember the "too complex to forge" comment about forged 990's lol.  There was also a poster who would reply with "Titleist Kool Aid" several times a day.  I was anti Titleist for a few years until my Tour Issue hate of Taylor Made took over.  I cringe a bit thinking I felt that way🤪

Yep...the TM300 tour "holy grail" started my hate of TM as well.

 

Come to think of it...that is when I started mocking snd ridiculing Bombsquad and BigHittter Todd or whatever his name was.

[sunbeltgolfer]

3 minutes ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

Yep...the TM300 tour "holy grail" started my hate of TM as well.

 

Come to think of it...that is when I started mocking snd ridiculing Bombsquad and BigHittter Todd or whatever his name was.

Todd Thrun

[spring70]

1 hour ago, NRJyzr said:

 

Omeletpants?   

 

Wow,good memory!!!!

[2Down]

Well that’s fun stuff to recall.

met a few and played some nice tracks with em.  Good memories.