Tour Issued Clubs

[mrpheebz]

At 2nd Swing

I recently went into my local 2nd Swing after reading a topic posted on this website. I looked at all of the serials on the Taylormade woods and I noticed that there were two tour issued drivers and a tour issued fairway wood. Do the people who sell these clubs to them not have a clue what they have? and where did they get them that they wouldnt even know that they are tour issued?

[Gxgolfer]

Only a small percentage of people know are covet Tour issue equipment. The ones who turn them in are usually pros or staffers that got the equipment for little to no cost and are trying to make the monthly bills.

[steve81]

yeah, ive seen some tour stuff at 2nd swing as well as my golfsmith. i think alot of the people dont know what they have. i once bought a prototypr y cutter from a shop who sold it to me for like $30 thinking it was just a plain ole' rac wedge.

[Hobo56]

Some of the people at 2nd swing know quite well that there is tour equipment in the store, though I wouldn't be asking for it because they won't help you out with you making a financial gain. Though I will say this, you'd be suprised how much some of those guys know about tour equipment and stuff.

[Lord Thomas]

There is certainly some good stuff in used stores. And Hobo is right about the 2nd Swing guys knowing more than they are often given credit for. I go to school in Milwaukee, and went to a 2nd Swing there one day, and ended up getting into a discussion with the employee about the 300 Tour "Holy Grail".

 

-Thomas

[papichulosteve]

working at a 2nd swing i can say first hand that most of the tour issue stuff we had came directly from pros. before sean o'hair won anything he was in our store trading in 580 tp's. pretty neat stuff if you can get your hands on it

[stagolfer06]

Yes again Working at 2nd Swing, We see quite a bit of tour stuff pass through our store. Its not like we don't want it, trust me if it is worth anything we will notice it and let certain people know. And atleast everyone at my store knows what almsot every tour club looks like and or shaft. Its not lack of knowledge at all. Just some insight

 

--Will

[middie8]

I recently went into my local 2nd Swing after reading a topic posted on this website. I looked at all of the serials on the Taylormade woods and I noticed that there were two tour issued drivers and a tour issued fairway wood. Do the people who sell these clubs to them not have a clue what they have? and where did they get them that they wouldnt even know that they are tour issued?

 

could you point out the topic please? i am interested in this....thanks

[golfebj]

Got friends that work at 2nd Swing and they know exactly where the "Tour" stuff is and can point it right out. Just not to everybody.

 

A point of note is that a lot of the "Tour" stuff you see is not the latest and greatest but some older models like the 510 (DF or TP) and people don't even look at it unless it says R7.

[NPVWhiz]

I've seen a handful of items that were tour, no question, at Second Swing. TM 300 irons satin, no paintfill. I saw a fantastic set of TM coin forged RAC CBs that were satin and didn't have paint. I've not seen a T serial wood from TM, but I've seen a few Titleist heads that were candidates. Not much in the way of Callaway, although at the Columbus Ohio store I once saw a Cally SHIII with an NV 85X that had been very professionally shimmed open, still had the red id label below the grip.

 

One of the stores here locally had a Vokey hand stamped, but the grooves had been recut, and to me they looked awful...otherwise I'd have picked it up. There are one or two employees that really know their stuff and frequent boards like these. Others are less well-schooled.