What was your first set of sticks?

[thain347]

I got a full set of 2004 Callaway Big Berthas from a older gentlemen I worked for.

[wmubronco30]

My first set was a nice set of Wilson Sam Snead Blue Ridge blades handed down from my Grandpa. It was nice starting with blades because I didn't know they were supposed to be "hard to hit" so I just played golf, I would like to think my game is better today because of it.

[bruizer]

Callaway x-12's

[Omi7000]

Tommy Armor 845's and Persimmons Ping blondies driver and 3w...

[JDCobra]

[quote name='wmubronco30' timestamp='1318642473' post='3674559']
My first set was a nice set of Wilson Sam Snead Blue Ridge blades handed down from my Grandpa. It was nice starting with blades because I didn't know they were supposed to be "hard to hit" so I just played golf, I would like to think my game is better today because of it.
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PGA Ryder Cup 2 oversize cavity backs. played them for 10 years

[Supra GTR]

Mom mom worked with a guy who golfed, he gave my mom a set to give to me. It was a set of Taylormade Burner Supersteel irons 3-9 and a Warrior golf pitching wedge. A Perfect plus 2 hybrid, 60* wedge, and a generic putter

[boulAAYYY]

mcgregor kid set (7/pw/driver/3w/putter)

[mwink822]

Top Flite Tours. Yep, those.

[sackgolf]

My first set of sticks were RAM ARIES, blades, go figure. My dad bought them for me at a driving range when i was 8 I think. It came with a bright red, shiny bag. I still have the clubs, actually, I've made it a point to keep ALL the clubs I've ever played and eventually want to put them in my basement in wall sets like you see at the stores, with lights too.




[quote name='JoeF' timestamp='1197648664' post='824237']
OK so we go back a few years. What was the first set of clubs you had. (assuming you can still remember that far back) :)I had a set of Spaulding Tee Flites. Driver and 3 wood made out of some kinda of plastic/nylon material and the 3,5,7,9 irons and putter that came with this plaid bag. Soon graduated to a set of Northwesterns with laminated woods. I am amused at how we now complain because this ball or that ball get's scuffed by the groves on our irons. Back then when we mishit the ball it would have that big ole smile on it and the ball was toast. But honestly does any ball today feel as good an an old balata ball did?
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[stixman]

I started in the UK in1954 and my first set of sticks were sticks, hickory sticks. I had a putter made by Winton of Montrose, same as Bobby Jones' Calamity Jane. Boy, I thought I was something.
I can remember my first set of 'spanners' (they're steel shafted clubs if you don't know the language). They were a set of Fred Daly autograph Master Model by John Letters, cost my father £5 ($20 then) at Windsor market. They must have been OK because I won an Auction Sweepstake tourney with my pal and made £200, $800) Did it again 2 years later. That first time I went and bought a set of Wilson Fluid Feel Dynas and 1-4 Wlison Top Notch woods.
Guess what, I'm now on my 4th set of Dynas, loved them so much.
(Everybody know what an Auction Sweepstake is?)

[DaSportsGuy]

My first set was a boxed set of Voltage Acuity's that I purchased from Dick's.

[Millhill88]

KZG CH-ll irons, with Graphite Shafts. There was a "click" when you hit them, and they went as far as anything i've played since.

Not as old as some of the posters, but I didn't start playing golf till I was 35 years old!

[sweetswingin]

My uncle gave me my first set of clubs, Wilson Fluid Feels. Wish I still had them.

[Blade Junkie]

[quote name='stixman' timestamp='1324503144' post='3972305']
(Everybody know what an Auction Sweepstake is?)
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Nope!

It was back in 1982, and a second-hand half set of John Letters Gary Player Mk IV Master Model were my first irons. I had 3,5,7,9 irons, supplied by Ken MacPherson the pro of Walton Heath, who lived next door to my grandparents. (I later added 4,6,8 that were fortuitously in the odd club bin at Rowlands Castle Golf Club). My first putter I recall was a Wilson bladed model of some type (I didn't like it and quite quickly bought a Palm Springs bullseye-style putter instead - I still use this 30 years later!). Woods were 1 and 3 Wilson laminates. I switched to a metal-headed Petron driver quite quickly. Ken later got me a John Letters PowerMaster 18/70 sand wedge, which I still own, but no longer use.

[spooky]

Interesting reading some of the older models - brings back some memories (although I don't remember Seve playing Ram - always associated them with Watson).

After a half-set of ladies clubs from my Mum for a few months my first set were Mizuno Silver Cup irons and some laminated Macgregor Nicklaus woods, probably around 1984. The putter was a knock-off of the very first Ping putter - very odd looking thing that was soon swapped for a Spalding blade putter.

[stixman]

[quote name='Blade Junkie' timestamp='1325609319' post='4021817']
[quote name='stixman' timestamp='1324503144' post='3972305']
(Everybody know what an Auction Sweepstake is?)
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Nope!

It was back in 1982, and a second-hand half set of John Letters Gary Player Mk IV Master Model were my first irons. I had 3,5,7,9 irons, supplied by Ken MacPherson the pro of Walton Heath, who lived next door to my grandparents. (I later added 4,6,8 that were fortuitously in the odd club bin at Rowlands Castle Golf Club). My first putter I recall was a Wilson bladed model of some type (I didn't like it and quite quickly bought a Palm Springs bullseye-style putter instead - I still use this 30 years later!). Woods were 1 and 3 Wilson laminates. I switched to a metal-headed Petron driver quite quickly. Ken later got me a John Letters PowerMaster 18/70 sand wedge, which I still own, but no longer use.
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An Auction Sweepstake Tournament is a Pairs better Ball format with a draw for partners.
Each pairing is auctioned off the night before the event and the cash raised goes into a kitty. The Club/ Organiser takes 10%, the balance is divided up usually down to 4th place.
Typical payouts might be 1st place - 40%, 2nd - 25%, 3rd - 15% and 4th- 10%.
Each pair is entitled to buy themselves at the Auction, or 50% of the auction price from the purchaser if not thmeselves. Thus, in the latter case an individual player would only get 25% of the winnings.
So, back in the mid 1960s I was drawn to play with Chris Plumridge (later to become a well known golf journalist and writer) and we won. However, we could only afford to buy a half share of our auction price, too bad,huh! Well, to give you some idea of the size of the kitty, I took home £200 and bought a set of Wilson Dynapower irons and Top Notch woods from a Pan Am pilot who was doing a bit on the side. Happy days! Pity the R&A banned Auction Sweepstakes as part of their anti-gambling policy, they were a lot of fun.

[Bodee]

A women's starter set of Patty Berg's. 3,5,7, and 9 irons. Given to me from my aunt. Brings back memories....sob....sob....lol

[avmech]

Jack Nicklaus signature MacGregors

[stimpmeterp]

1989 Wilson Bernhard Langer jr. Pro with matching bag

[nole149]

Dunlap " No Problem" $100 set from Walmart...Hahaha! Still hit them better than my new Nike's

[Mr22putt]

My 1st club was a very old scuffed driver cut down with black electrical tape as a grip when I was 6 in 1967.

In 1970....Dad bought me a used 7 piece jr. Powerbuilt Citation set with a black golf bag for $35 in 1970....in retrospect.....it was alot of money considering I just bought a used set of TaylorMade HT irons 5-PW for only $135 on eBay.

Still use my Dad's 1970 Ping Anser as a back-up every now and then.

There was minimal jr. equipment back then.....my 1st pair of spikes were lady's shoes.

[sackgolf]

Mine were a set of Ram Aries, blades nonetheless, for a 11 year old, lol. Plus I got a bright red leather bag. I still have the set. I keep all my sets and have my basement wall lined with them in wooden wall sets, like you see at a retailer.



[quote name='thain347' timestamp='1316573637' post='3578946']
I got a full set of 2004 Callaway Big Berthas from a older gentlemen I worked for.
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[Swingem]

These were my first full set, from my dad. Rubberized cork grips and fluted shafts. Miss the sweet spot and it would knock the fillings out of your teeth. Still have em.



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[Ricco]

1959 I was 6 years old, bought Wilson Sam Snead Young Champs with silver dollars my Grandfather had been giving me. If I remember correctly they cost 36 dollars at the local Western Auto store. I lost track of them and last Christmas my brother gave me back the driver. About 2 months ago I walk into a thrift store and find the 3,5,7,9 and 3 wood. Sweet spot on these irons the size of a BB! I wonder what the silver dollars would be worth?

[azglfr]

Spent a couple of years with an ever-changing bag of mixed, mismatched clubs. Then in 1957 got my first set of matched irons ... used 1955 Hogans. First time I ever had a NEW club was1961, a full set of Wilson X-31s.

[MrParr1Noid]

[quote name='Ricco' timestamp='1327027629' post='4121843']
1959 I was 6 years old, bought Wilson Sam Snead Young Champs with silver dollars my Grandfather had been giving me. If I remember correctly they cost 36 dollars at the local Western Auto store. I lost track of them and last Christmas my brother gave me back the driver. About 2 months ago I walk into a thrift store and find the 3,5,7,9 and 3 wood. Sweet spot on these irons the size of a BB! I wonder what the silver dollars would be worth?
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$32.1 = silver price / ounce on Jan 20, 2012, this is the estimated value of the silver in a silver dollar.

But then again, what is the fun worth that you had with that set of clubs? Priceless...

[V-twin]

i got mine at Canandian Tire Store woods were Maxifli and irons Spalding's in the 70's, I used the woods until the early 90's . I could really hit the three wood in that set but the screws kept coming loose on the woods.

[FourDogs]

Pederson 2-9. Faces punch dot. Grips shiny and thin leather. Shafts steal but laminated to look like wood.
Wilson Strata-bloc woods. Laminated 1,2,3,4.

[teejaywhy]

I started golf hitting a couple of cut down clubs at the driving range but my first "set" I received for my 12th birthday. My Dad asked me to come out to help him get something out of the car. He opened the trunk and there was a brand new Junior set of Kroydon clubs in a Scotch plaid golf bag. That would have been about 45 years ago!

Who remembers the plaid golf bag?

[MrParr1Noid]

[quote name='tjy355' timestamp='1327192273' post='4131827']
I started golf hitting a couple of cut down clubs at the driving range but my first "set" I received for my 12th birthday. My Dad asked me to come out to help him get something out of the car. He opened the trunk and there was a brand new Junior set of Kroydon clubs in a Scotch plaid golf bag. That would have been about 45 years ago!

Who remembers the plaid golf bag?
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