Wood Bros Tour Texan

[freddiec]

used by B. Langer

Here is a late 1980's hand made Texan driver that Dave Wood just refinished. It came out really great. There was little to no sanding or repair needed, just a new stain, score lines refresh and about 3 coats of spray'd poly, although Dave put in many many hours on this and his process is very extensive. Bernhard Langer owned this driver in the late 80s and used it extensively from 1988 to 91 before Dave made him a custom. This is the only driver Dave Wood engraved his signature on. Its a very dense persimmon wood with excellent grain. Its a unique club and really one of a kind. Dave's goal at the time was to show this club to tour players as a new head shape. The insert on this one is also a bit wider than the typical Texan. It still has Langer's Victory grip and S500 shaft with band. Hope you like the pics. Dave also refinished a M85 for me. I'm going to post those pics later. Hope you enjoy the pics.

[Ping33]

Beautiful club. I used to be a Woods Brothers reseller and in my book they made some of the finest persimmons out there. Sadly, the metals stole the show. I wish I still had my set of his woods, for the life of me I cannot remember what happened to them, they were gorgeous and were a real joy to play.

[freddiec]

Here is the 1953 M85W Eye O Matic that Dave refinished. Its flawless and came out stunning. Dave was able to retain it's original neck number, the serial number Mac put on the neck. I really like the walnut stain, really shows off the grain. Both clubs really came out like a work of art. Love the classic persimmon drivers!

[Nspiel58]

One of my favourite Window's Themes is the "Persimmon" folder I created. It has many of your woods Freddie. Thanks again for adding this to my photo collection.

[golfbum9]

Beautiful!

[KevCarter]

Man, you have some dandies. I don't think Dave's work has too many peers!

Kevin

[Maxwell]

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Here is the 1953 M85W Eye O Matic that Dave refinished. Its flawless and came out stunning. Dave was able to retain it's original neck number, the serial number Mac put on the neck. I really like the walnut stain, really shows off the grain. Both clubs really came out like a work of art. Love the classic persimmon drivers!
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Wow! What a nice refinish.
How does Dave get all the little nicks and gouges out of the sole plate without making the sole plate as thin as a piece of paper AND without the undulations of a golf course green - how?
I hope I don't sound arrogant but someday I'd like to be able to refinish a M85
"just like that"!
Thanks for sharing Fred.
Max

[astamm8]

Those really look amazing. I just got my Texan back from Dave. He really does amazing work. Mine needed a little more work than yours, but it really come out great. Pretty amazing that we were able to have the man himself work on them.

[freddiec]

Max. I know the M85 is your favorite.. The sole plate was in probably 8.5 to 9 out of 10 condition to start with. It required very little sanding. There was a small ding on the edge of the sole plate at around 11 O'Clock on the edge that Dave easily banged out. I'm pretty sure he took the plate off, flipped it over and with a few taps the ding was all gone. Its not there anymore! Dave is going to have a refinish section on his site soon and will describe the best way to refinish woods. I'm sure people like you will benefit, I'd like to learn it too someday.

[LYG]

Fred:

WOW! That is a truly special club...and tight, 12:00 grain!

I am sure that is the same club I have some some pictures of in a special file. I used to keep the fold out swing sequences of players who I really liked and/or admired their game. Bernhard fit all those categories. I have some pictures of him from the 1980's/90's swinging his Texan driver....wow!

Thanks for sharing, truly one of the most special woods out there.

Thanks, Fred. Lawson

[Bella Woods]

Freddiec:

Very nice looking clubs there! Looks like Dave Wood did a fine job
of refinishing them (as if anybody thought he wouldn't).

I like the M85 a lot. Nice touch saving the neck stamp, and using
white and gold combo on the toe stamp.

[tradeandgolf]

Both of them are absolutely gorgeous---thanks for posting Freddie

bob

[freddiec]

I'm glad you guys enjoyed the pics. Thanks for your feedback. This forum has such a great group of people and so many are so knowledgeable in the area of clubs, refinishing, ect, its a great place to share these pics and great classic clubs. Nspiel,.. I'm glad you have a little collection of the pics. My hard drive also has probably over 4 to 500 pics too I'd say, lol.

I let Dave dictate the details done on these clubs, with little input. The gold and white toe stamp was his idea, which I also really like. Dave sprayed these clubs outdoors in Houston over the last several weeks and had less than perfect weather conditions, so he was delayed many weeks because of the freezing weather down there. It was worth the wait to have these clubs done by such a great craftsman-artist. I spoke to him today and he said his golf section of his website might be up over the next few days. It'll describe refinishing in great detail.

[RobotDoctor]

Fred, both the Texan and M85W turned out fantastic! Dave did a terrific job on those. Both blocks are about as good as it gets and are a pleasure to see pictures of. Thanks for sharing!!!

[persimmonpal]

They look great, Fred! Cant wait to see them in person, and looking forward to seeing Dave's site, with the refinishing info.