Nick Faldo's Equipment

[TBAYBOY]

A good friend of mine was with Faldo a few weeks ago in Saskatchewan for a Tournament and Taylor Made day.

He said his stories of back in the day were fantastic. He also did a wicked bunker clinic with stories of Seve and Luke Donald at the Open with a 3 iron!!!

I have great pics guys I will try to get them up, they are quite good.

I am glad to know he is a really nice guy and he really is a legend!! Miss the old days of the tour kinda.

P.s.

Love the info from you guys great job.

SQ

[hockey 1933]

I actually have the custom bag TaylorMade did for him that has the patches on the belly panel, 6 Time Major on the cuff, and a few other custom features. I will post pics later.

[TBAYBOY]

[quote name='hockey 1933' timestamp='1319820627' post='3731727']
I actually have the custom bag TaylorMade did for him that has the patches on the belly panel, 6 Time Major on the cuff, and a few other custom features. I will post pics later.
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Thats sweet as my buddy sent me the Open staff bag from 2011..and asked if I wanted him to sign it!! I said No you will be busy!!

I am an IDiot!!DOOHHH.

[The Gachet]

 

 

 

 

[InspiredTP]

New favorite thread. Awesome stuff guys. My instructor talks about Sir Nick constantly and I soak up every bit. I especially liked the interview because I could just read his responses and hear his voice in my head. Really good stuff here. Keep it coming.

[BigPete]

"I'm disgusted that the pw on the TP originals is 48*!! What a joke!! That's more like a 9 iron. I remember when all pitching wedges were 51*" etc etc

[Cwebb]

From those specs from the Mizuno catalog, it's interesting to see that they had moved to some of the more "modern" lofts as far back as 1987, even on their muscleback blades. I didn't realize that

[PKMillerJr]

[quote name='BigPete' timestamp='1319902724' post='3735341']
"I'm disgusted that the pw on the TP originals is 48*!! What a joke!! That's more like a 9 iron. I remember when all pitching wedges were 51*" etc etc
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+1. ^5. Couldn't agree more Pete. I hope the manufacturers go back to that loft setup.

[The Gachet]

 

 

[babbaboey]

Okay, youve got to be either Nick or his brother. How do you just have all this?

 

[Honman]

Now the rextar was an awesome ball. But nick prices choice the precept ev extra spin was my ball of choice for a long time.

[The Gachet]

 

 

 

 

[The Gachet]

 

[gregflat9]

^ awesome pick of Nick during transition.

Love wrx and love this thread. Gatchet you are the man. As is Sir Nick.

[PKMillerJr]

[quote name='BigPete' timestamp='1319902724' post='3735341']
"I'm disgusted that the pw on the TP originals is 48*!! What a joke!! That's more like a 9 iron. I remember when all pitching wedges were 51*" etc etc
[/quote]

Pete:

Think there is any chance we will se the manufacturers revert back to the old lofts? When I hit a pitching wedge near the green, it should have the loft of a pitching wedge, a real old loft pitching wedge. That is the proper design for this club and is most effective.

[The Gachet]

[chip75]

Nice to see this thread on the first page again. Loving the new posts Paul. I haven't been around much but I'm feeling really nostalgic after drooling over your pictures from old Mizuno catalogues. The game just isn't the same anymore.

[Thrillhouse]

Man do i ever wish we still lived in a world where the new club catalogue had 5 different blades to choose from!

[dalehead]

[quote name='PKMillerJr' timestamp='1319941748' post='3737139']
[quote name='BigPete' timestamp='1319902724' post='3735341']
"I'm disgusted that the pw on the TP originals is 48*!! What a joke!! That's more like a 9 iron. I remember when all pitching wedges were 51*" etc etc
[/quote]

Pete:

Think there is any chance we will se the manufacturers revert back to the old lofts? When I hit a pitching wedge near the green, it should have the loft of a pitching wedge, a real old loft pitching wedge. That is the proper design for this club and is most effective.
[/quote]

Don't get hung up on the number, or the letters on the bottom of the club. If you want a 50 or 51 degree wedge around the green, they are available. But now they're called gap wedges, not pitching wedges. Thats the only difference.

What is now called a pitching wedge would have been a 9 iron back in the day. Not a big deal, just a difference in name or number.

[dalehead]

[quote name='Thrillhouse' timestamp='1320026783' post='3740389']
Man do i ever wish we still lived in a world where the new club catalogue had 5 different blades to choose from!
[/quote]

I wish we still lived in a world where a player kept a set of irons for years, grinding them, adding lead tape, bending the lofts and lies, getting the clubs exactly right and then sticking with them instead of putting his sponsors new offerings in the bag every year for marketing purposes.

[bldolat]

are you talking about the adams faldo woods and the faldo wedges? They where not very good.

[bldolat]

I played the rextar in the early 90's and loved that ball.

[Thrillhouse]

[quote name='dalehead' timestamp='1320110820' post='3744385']
[quote name='Thrillhouse' timestamp='1320026783' post='3740389']
Man do i ever wish we still lived in a world where the new club catalogue had 5 different blades to choose from!
[/quote]

I wish we still lived in a world where a player kept a set of irons for years, grinding them, adding lead tape, bending the lofts and lies, getting the clubs exactly right and then sticking with them instead of putting his sponsors new offerings in the bag every year for marketing purposes.
[/quote]

Yup, you are bang on with this one. one of my favourite posts on golfwrx is where somebody said they looked in Trevino's bag in the 70's or 80's at a tournament and the comment was something like "I expected jewels, and saw nothing like it, they were old, beat up, and covered with lead tape". nothing like an old set of banged up blades covered with lead tape that have black dimes on the middle of the clubfaces, it just screams ballstriker.

[mat562]

Just to throw a very small spanner in the works, I'm not sure that Faldo was carrying a metal spoon during his second Masters win in 1990. If memory serves, he had a persimmon 3-wood in the bag that year.

[QEight]

[quote name='Thrillhouse' timestamp='1320116595' post='3744851']
[quote name='dalehead' timestamp='1320110820' post='3744385']
[quote name='Thrillhouse' timestamp='1320026783' post='3740389']
Man do i ever wish we still lived in a world where the new club catalogue had 5 different blades to choose from!
[/quote]

I wish we still lived in a world where a player kept a set of irons for years, grinding them, adding lead tape, bending the lofts and lies, getting the clubs exactly right and then sticking with them instead of putting his sponsors new offerings in the bag every year for marketing purposes.
[/quote]

Yup, you are bang on with this one. one of my favourite posts on golfwrx is where somebody said they looked in Trevino's bag in the 70's or 80's at a tournament and the comment was something like "I expected jewels, and saw nothing like it, they were old, beat up, and covered with lead tape". nothing like an old set of banged up blades covered with lead tape that have black dimes on the middle of the clubfaces, it just screams ballstriker.
[/quote]

Description sounds like Henrik Stensons bag from this spring.

[PKMillerJr]

[quote name='dalehead' timestamp='1320110616' post='3744363']
[quote name='PKMillerJr' timestamp='1319941748' post='3737139']
[quote name='BigPete' timestamp='1319902724' post='3735341']
"I'm disgusted that the pw on the TP originals is 48*!! What a joke!! That's more like a 9 iron. I remember when all pitching wedges were 51*" etc etc
[/quote]

Pete:

Think there is any chance we will se the manufacturers revert back to the old lofts? When I hit a pitching wedge near the green, it should have the loft of a pitching wedge, a real old loft pitching wedge. That is the proper design for this club and is most effective.
[/quote]

Don't get hung up on the number, or the letters on the bottom of the club. If you want a 50 or 51 degree wedge around the green, they are available. But now they're called gap wedges, not pitching wedges. Thats the only difference.

What is now called a pitching wedge would have been a 9 iron back in the day. Not a big deal, just a difference in name or number.
[/quote]

Head sizes are different. I like the shape of a traditional PW versus the shape of a gap wedge.

[starsail85]

I've never seen tp 7s I am gonna have to have a look around, how rare are they?

I'm guessing those rextars are from about 94 with the Faldo logo?

[reg1900]

[quote name='GourmetSaint' timestamp='1290048388' post='2796054']
Nick Faldo apparently had a hand in the deisgn of the TaylorMade R9 TP Forged irons available on the Japanese market.
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They look awesome, why can't more clubs be made like this.

[freddiec]

Faldo used an early 1950s M85 persimmon driver for years. Pic attached for the younger guys who may not have seen one close up and who don't browse the persimmon section.

[The Gachet]