"Older" Irons you've always wanted to get your hands on?

[Poor Mans Ty Webb]

Wanted to start a thread for people to lament the iron sets that they've always wanted to play, but have never been able to get their hands on.  Would love to hear from others about irons that they've always wanted to try/buy, and would love to hear feedback on the ones I've got my eye on (worth it?)

 

I'll be the first to admit I'm not the oldest out there and I haven't been playing as long as others who are gonna chime in, but my list is my list.  These may not be the "best of all time" type sets, but they're ones that have just caught my eye/interest for one reason or another.   With that said, here are my definitive rankings of the irons I hope to one day find a great deal on...

 

1. Taylormade RAC TP ('05/06) - I'd love to build a combo set with the CB/MBs

2. Taylormade 300 series forged irons - tough to find in good shape

3. Ping Eye 2+ BeCu - just so expensive on the secondary market

4. Hogan Apexes (want to build a "legacy set", where each iron is from a different year/model)

5. Mizunos (I'd love to play the T Zoid Pros or do a combo MX-MP set)

6. Lynx Liberty 76s, just for the heck of it

 

 

So, what's on your list?

 

 

[scomac2002]

I don't have a list, but after selling a set of Hogan Apex Plus that I had good success with and then later sold following a back injury, I now have a set of Apex Edge Pros to try with the same Apex 3 shafts.  I'm looking forward to playing an early 2000 period bag this season.  Not exactly vintage, but getting closer every year...😏

[Poor Mans Ty Webb]

2 minutes ago, scomac2002 said:

I don't have a list, but after selling a set of Hogan Apex Plus that I had good success with and then later sold following a back injury, I now have a set of Apex Edge Pros to try with the same Apex 3 shafts.  I'm looking forward to playing an early 2000 period bag this season.  Not exactly vintage, but getting closer every year...😏

Hah.  Those are the irons that I mainly use, as well.  I have nothing but nice things to say about them.  Hope they bring you your most enjoyable season yet!

[OnTheBag]

6 hours ago, Poor Mans Ty Webb said:

Wanted to start a thread for people to lament the iron sets that they've always wanted to play, but have never been able to get their hands on.  Would love to hear from others about irons that they've always wanted to try/buy, and would love to hear feedback on the ones I've got my eye on (worth it?)

 

I'll be the first to admit I'm not the oldest out there and I haven't been playing as long as others who are gonna chime in, but my list is my list.  These may not be the "best of all time" type sets, but they're ones that have just caught my eye/interest for one reason or another.   With that said, here are my definitive rankings of the irons I hope to one day find a great deal on...

 

1. Taylormade RAC TP ('05/06) - I'd love to build a combo set with the CB/MBs

2. Taylormade 300 series forged irons - tough to find in good shape

3. Ping Eye 2+ BeCu - just so expensive on the secondary market

4. Hogan Apexes (want to build a "legacy set", where each iron is from a different year/model)

5. Mizunos (I'd love to play the T Zoid Pros or do a combo MX-MP set)

6. Lynx Liberty 76s, just for the heck of it

 

 

So, what's on your list?

 

 

Since most people consider me a relic.......all the irons I've owned and played probably fall into this category.  🤣

[Woodridge]

I'm not really on the hunt, but either of the two irons sets below wouldn't be kicked out of my bag. One old and one new...

 

 

[vandyfan]

Cleveland Tour Action 1 Irons in Gunmetal finish. Just super clean looking. Also Bridgestone Tour B200 MBs. Of course, I would have to up my strike location a *bit* to utilize those. 

 

6 hours ago, Poor Mans Ty Webb said:

Taylormade RAC TP ('05/06) - I'd love to build a combo set with the CB/MBs

 

Hell yes. I love the RAC TPs. Those were great.

[Poor Mans Ty Webb]

4 minutes ago, blackbdmillsaps said:

Cleveland Tour Action 1 Irons in Gunmetal finish. Just super clean looking. Also Bridgestone Tour B200 MBs. Of course, I would have to up my strike location a *bit* to utilize those. 

 

 

Hell yes. I love the RAC TPs. Those were great.

 

Those B200s look really slick, but boy do they run at a premium price.

[WilliePPQ]

Ram forgings from the early to mid 90's. Had a set and didn't realize what a super quality product Ram stuff really was. Now I look at stuff on the ebay for 4-5X what I think they should be worth. Oh well........

[Swingingk]

Crenshaw grind Hagens, Hogan Precisions, '58 Staff Dyna-Powered's, Ram Tour Grinds, Maxfli Australian Blades, and the Mac's shown by Woodridge above.  That's a start anyway.  

 

Kinda always wanted the original Callaway X-Prototypes too...

[jonsnow]

Titleist 962Bs. Irony is I had a couple of sets & played them for close to 15 years. But I reached a point where I needed more forgiveness than they were built to give. I just wish I hadn't gotten rid of them, I'd love to take them out & remember when I played better than I do today.

[Shilgy]

Never hit them but for some reason I always wanted these.

Cobra S3 Pro

 

[DoughBack18]

I’ll lament! Quite a few I never got a chance to try, too young and no money! Such is life...

 

Yonex Super ADX Tour Forged

Taylormade RAC MB’s

Cobra Pro CB/MB

Taylormade 300 series forged

Titleist 731PM

Titleist DCI 990

Ben Hogan Apex Plus

Late 90’s and early 2000’s did have some irons that were 🔥🔥🔥

[Llefty]

2 hours ago, Shilgy said:

Never hit them but for some reason I always wanted these.

Cobra S3 Pro

 

I owned three sets of these irons in the past. They were excellent. Soft at impact, workable,forgiving for there size, and strangely longer than some GI irons. Mostly overlooked because they were made by Cobra. As a lefty,its hard to do better than MP 68s, 588CBs, 690.MBs,and S3 Pros.

[TommyRam]

A set of Golden Ram irons from the 80s. Specifically the vibration matched.

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

Mizuno TP 11s. 

[Wardonation]

RAC coin forged

[nitram]

Bridgestone J40 Blades.

There were a few sets made for their Tour Pros and having seen them in person, I'd love a chance to see how they'd work for me.

 

Miura MB-001

The best feeling and performing Miura blades offered to the public. If I could find some NOS 001's, they'd go in the bag immediately.

 

Tourstage Z-101

My favorite irons and best combination of feel and performance ever. I still have a set on hand but would buy a NOS set in a heartbeat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[elwhippy]

Ping Eye 2+ BeCu. Ram TW276. Nike Miura Split Cavity. Early 80s Aussie Blades. Mizuno MS1, MS3 and Pro Originals from 1982/3. 

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

On 3/27/2022 at 1:22 AM, elwhippy said:

Ping Eye 2+ BeCu. Ram TW276. Nike Miura Split Cavity. Early 80s Aussie Blades. Mizuno MS1, MS3 and Pro Originals from 1982/3. 

 

I've got a set (3i-PW) of the Pro Originals in the bag right now. Got them late last year and they're already among my favourites. 

I've got the MS-1s as well (very easy to find where I am), and they're pretty good too, though the shafts are on the short side for me and the SW doesn't work at all for me in the bunkers.

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

I've been feverishly searching thrift shops and secondhand stores for a set of late-90s Callaway Big Berthas.  Those are the first irons that I was aware of as a brand name or a product.

 

Secondarily?

Ping Zing 2's (had a set from a WRX'er that I passed along to another golfer who was getting back into it), Taylor Made Firesoles, Nike Slingshots.

[AdamMH]

My first "Oh I want those" was a set of Ping Zing 2s. I had just spent some time striping one of my buddies 1 irons from that set and wanted the rest to replace the crappy cast blades I had picked up as a first set.

Then the big one was Accuform PTMs - I somehow ended up with 3 sets of them.

Now I'm on the hunt for a cheap-ish set of Bird-on-ball Spaldings, there's various models but I did have my eyes on the Shark blades. This was sparked by a set of custom built Spalding Professionals that I picked up for 10$... minus the 9 iron 😒

[NRJyzr]

I'm not chasing any of these any longer, but I have a fair list...

 

Muirfield 20ths...  I could have had a set about 20 years ago, in decent shape, for $69.  There was a 2 iron in the single irons rack, also, was maybe $5.  Passed for another time, they were gone.  <sigh>

 

MP-14s.  these were the set that got me started on my blade journey, because I hit them far better than my two iron sets I owned at the time.  

 

Founders Club 200 blades.  Always loved these, when seeing sets at 2nd Swing, just never got around to scoring a set.  

 

Wilson Staff Turfriders from 62-63.  Another one of those "saw a set at 2nd Swing, I'll hold off for now," only to see them vanish by next visit. 

 

And, the 1999 Australian Blades.  These are THE softest irons I've ever hit.  And I've hit virtually everything, during my countless visits to 2nd Swing.  Add a wound ball and it's like hitting a marshmallow with a feather pillow.

 

A lot of "oh well" reactions here.  LOL

 

[thepunch_out]

Classic irons, I'd love to get my hands on a set of 50's MacGregor TP Colokrom's. A more contemporary set I'd like to have in my arsenal would be Nike VR Pro TW. Very differing, but equally beautiful iron designs imo.

[cold_war_era_golfer]

Any of the early to mid 60s Macgregor Toney Penna VIPS.  

[mocokid]

I had a set of tourney custom 985s in the late 70s, but always wanted the tommy armour 985s, the last edition mid late 60s.  Not that I could hit either........Hogan directors or producer also comes to mind.  Clubs I saw as a kid caddy.  And H&b citations from that era, stainless steel.  

Edited March 28, 2022 by mocokid

[Poor Mans Ty Webb]

On 3/25/2022 at 11:04 PM, DoughBack18 said:

I’ll lament! Quite a few I never got a chance to try, too young and no money! Such is life...

 

Yonex Super ADX Tour Forged

Taylormade RAC MB’s

Cobra Pro CB/MB

Taylormade 300 series forged

Titleist 731PM

Titleist DCI 990

Ben Hogan Apex Plus

Late 90’s and early 2000’s did have some irons that were 🔥🔥🔥

 

Right?  Why do I need to drop $2000 on a new set when all these great forged irons of yesteryear are just lying around?

[Binson]

I'm really enjoying the Macgregor JNP's.  Being forged though, I don't want to wear them out so I play them less often than I would like.

 

Big fan of the Eye 2's obviously.  Love the durability, the shape (I'm the rare one who prefers the 2 to the 2+) and still game the W as a 50 degree regardless of what other iron set I have in the bag.  

 

I'm curious about how stiff Graphite shafts play in the Eye 2 heads. So, that's what I'm keeping an eye on.

 

 

[Is Golf Fun or Work]

If I knew then.....why did I sell these?

 

Yonex ADX Forged

Mizzy T-Zoid Pro

TM Forged 300

Apex PC

MacGregor JNP

 

Live and learn...

[Nard_S]

Actually own a lot of the sets I always wanted, my wife thinks I'm nuts,  lol.

 

I would still take Titleist T "red stamp". The made for JDM version by Miura.

Hogan Precisions, or the Sunburst's.

Would love Maxfli Revolution Black

OG Nike blades,. saw a brand new set for $700 a few years back, ugh.

Founders 200 too.

OnOff 247MB

 

[SteveNZ]

On 3/28/2022 at 2:09 PM, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

 

I've got a set (3i-PW) of the Pro Originals in the bag right now. Got them late last year and they're already among my favourites. 

I've got the MS-1s as well (very easy to find where I am), and they're pretty good too, though the shafts are on the short side for me and the SW doesn't work at all for me in the bunkers.

 

🙂