Flops

[MileHighClub]

Didn't Wilson once have a shaft that was half steel and half graphite. I don't recall it being around for very long. I believe it was called Bimatrix.

Edit: it may have been Adams, I don't recall.

[Vindog]

[quote name='Sickspin' timestamp='1360715989' post='6416697']
Cleveland VAS irons?
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dang they might have been a flop, but I won 7 skins with borrowed vas irons and a cheap, knockoff SQ driver last summer.

it was crazy, I tell you.

[Bkgeneral]

bassackward putter

Tommy Armour 855 irons (pretty sure these are the ones that all same length!)

[Vindog]

[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361199928' post='6451157']
Didn't Wilson once have a shaft that was half steel and half graphite. I don't recall it being around for very long. I believe it was called Bimatrix.

Edit: it may have been Adams, I don't recall.
[/quote]

Could have been Adams as well, but Wilson's were called "half and half" and they came out for the D-FY line and are available still in the di-11 line.

I have no idea how good they are.

[Hoover Golf Technology]

[quote name='cgasucks' timestamp='1360733677' post='6418681']
Tommy Armour Titanium TI-100 Irons...that led to their downfall...
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Amazing what happened to that company. On top of the world. Then they make a set of irons w the center of gravity so high they were unplayable.

[Jasonfish_02]

[quote name='Mr Back' timestamp='1361160814' post='6449625']
anyone remember MAC Burrows? The woods with the golf ball indent on the bottom....Powersphere technology i think it was...terrible flop.

Last years cleveland classic didnt do so well

Odyssey forearm putters will flop

Taylormade's superdeep cost TM a sh!t ton ill bet.... never actually seen one in play.
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I have a TM Superdeep 6.5 that I just shafted up and it is awesome feeling

[timmy8151]

[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361199640' post='6451141']
[quote name='jonyim94' timestamp='1360730763' post='6418499']
Callaway FT-iZ driver, I'm pretty certain
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Straightest driver I ever hit.
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Same here. Still gaming a FT-iz, which kicked out a TM Burner and K15 out of my bag. It's not the prettiest or longest club, but it is very accurate.

[SPIF]

[quote name='lefty-golfer' timestamp='1361199337' post='6451117']
i have read every post in this but didn't Taylor Made have a shaft with a bubble in it? i remember seeing them once or twice and thinking it was the dumbest thing ever.
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Actually the Burner Bubble was the exact opposite of a flop. It sold very well, hugely popular, and was near the beginning of TM's rise in the driver market share before eventually overtaking Callaway.

Goofy now, though.

[WUGolfer3118]

Not sure on the sales figures, but along with the C4 I'd put the Cleveland Niblick and the Odyssey chipper thing that had the white hot insert in it, on this list as well.

[onafriday]

[1970.gpp]

[quote name='Bkgeneral' timestamp='1361200414' post='6451209']Tommy Armour 855 irons (pretty sure these are the ones that all same length!)[/quote]Negative. The Armour irons (which helped killed the brand) are the EQL irons. The 855s were the follow up to the best selling irons (845s) ever made by Armour. The irons that put the nail in the coffin were the Ti100s...

[1970.gpp]

[quote name='lefty-golfer' timestamp='1361199337' post='6451117']i have read every post in this but didn't Taylor Made have a shaft with a bubble in it?[/quote]How long have you been playing? The Bubble shaft was fairly ubiquitous in its day when it went head-to-head against Callaway's Big Bertha Warbird. Bad design? Yes. Flop? Not really...

[TJCDAS]

[quote name='Sickspin' timestamp='1360715989' post='6416697']
Cleveland VAS irons?
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They won a Major!

[MarkFromTheUK]

Fila Latitude anti-shank ONSET irons. So bad and so unpopular that there only seems to be two pictures of them on Google images, and those pics still fail to show the true hideousness of said clubs...

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[Sean25rp]

 

Nice wear spot on that beauty!

[Sean25rp]

[quote name='MarkFromTheUK' timestamp='1361220382' post='6453137']
Fila Latitude anti-shank ONSET irons. So bad and so unpopular that there only seems to be two pictures of them on Google images, and those pics still fail to show the true hideousness of said clubs...

[attachment=1543971:Fila 2.jpg]
[attachment=1543973:Fila 1.jpg]
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Definitely need an address pic of this monstrosity!

[lefty-golfer]

[quote name='14max' timestamp='1361218249' post='6452941']
[quote name='lefty-golfer' timestamp='1361199337' post='6451117']i have read every post in this but didn't Taylor Made have a shaft with a bubble in it?[/quote]How long have you been playing? The Bubble shaft was fairly ubiquitous in its day when it went head-to-head against Callaway's Big Bertha Warbird. Bad design? Yes. Flop? Not really...
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actually i meant to say i hadn't read every post...i was just getting into golf when i saw the bubble. i was still playing baseball for about 3 or 4 years they overlapped. i have to assume it was during that period. I think the first new driver i purchased was the R7 but it might have been the R5...i don't want to talk about how many i have since!!!!

[TFCC South]

Scotty Cameron Futura.

I still have nightmares thinking about that club. My girlfriend gave it to me as a Christmas present. Because it was a gift, I actually tried using it. Big mistake.

[burker72]

What about ping eye golf balls? Could you play the two-tone ball today? Not many missteps from ping, but they weren't in the golf ball biz long. At the very least some of those color combos are very collectible and bring great money on eBay.

[rgk5]

I forgot the infamous L'il David Slinger irons.

[crestron-guru]

[quote name='One_Putt_Blunder' timestamp='1360794412' post='6423283']
Wilson Fat Shaft Irons
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Fat shafts were one of the best selling irons of all time. Not a flop at all

[GoIrish17]

Four pages in, and this hasn't been mentioned yet? POW!

 

[nacho]

Some of these aren't major oem's but still good

[pingman1]

[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361199928' post='6451157']
Didn't Wilson once have a shaft that was half steel and half graphite. I don't recall it being around for very long. I believe it was called Bimatrix.

Edit: it may have been Adams, I don't recall.
[/quote]

Bi-matrix is still around, Bubba uses one in his driver.

[GoIrish17]

This makes me laugh, my dad still uses this monstrosity. He has a bag full of custom, high dollar clubs, then this stupid thing. I make fun of him every time he pulls it out. I've tried to get him to get a real wedge numerous times, and he loves this thing. Maybe it takes the heat off his 1960's era bullseye putter with the original grip on it? In all fairness, his short game is impeccable, so I guess the joke is on me. If he could still hit as long as he used to, he'd beat me everytime hands down. I'm 37 and around a 6 hdcp, and he's 61 and around the same.

 

 

[purplepeopleeater]

Shakespere fiberglass shafts (circa late 50's) and alumium shafts (1969-1970). No control with alumium.

[MileHighClub]

[quote name='pingman1' timestamp='1361238838' post='6455135']
[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361199928' post='6451157']
Didn't Wilson once have a shaft that was half steel and half graphite. I don't recall it being around for very long. I believe it was called Bimatrix.

Edit: it may have been Adams, I don't recall.
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Bi-matrix is still around, Bubba uses one in his driver.
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I must not be remembering the name correctly. This was probably ten years ago, maybe?

[driverwedge]

[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361285671' post='6457725']
[quote name='pingman1' timestamp='1361238838' post='6455135']
[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361199928' post='6451157']
Didn't Wilson once have a shaft that was half steel and half graphite. I don't recall it being around for very long. I believe it was called Bimatrix.

Edit: it may have been Adams, I don't recall.
[/quote]

Bi-matrix is still around, Bubba uses one in his driver.
[/quote]

I must not be remembering the name correctly. This was probably ten years ago, maybe?
[/quote]

2010. The Half and Half shaft. Seriously.

[DFinch]

[quote name='G-Bone' timestamp='1360788844' post='6422605']
Plop = Flop

LOL.... Plop putters.... WAY ahead of their time!
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You just pulled a memory out of my old brain.

I owned one of those when they first came out and had totally forgotten about it!

Titanium shafts anyone? I couldn't resist trying those when they were new, either.

[MileHighClub]

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[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361285671' post='6457725']
[quote name='pingman1' timestamp='1361238838' post='6455135']
[quote name='MileHighClub' timestamp='1361199928' post='6451157']
Didn't Wilson once have a shaft that was half steel and half graphite. I don't recall it being around for very long. I believe it was called Bimatrix.

Edit: it may have been Adams, I don't recall.
[/quote]

Bi-matrix is still around, Bubba uses one in his driver.
[/quote]

I must not be remembering the name correctly. This was probably ten years ago, maybe?
[/quote]

2010. The Half and Half shaft. Seriously.
[/quote]

This technology has been around for many years. It wasn't called Half & Half before. Does anyone play these? I have never seen anyone playing with this type of shaft.