RARE Tommy Armour PGA Silver Scot Forged Blades 2-9 LH, Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scot 48* Pitching Wedge. Some have posted on this board that when they went to bend the lofts, the clubs broke. The pro out there was Tom Wilcox and I asked him how many sets of PINGs he sells in a year. It was a $50,000 purse and Mike Campbell was the winner.. After the sale of Tommy Armour to Odyssey and without added money to the purses, the number of players fell significantly. Nothing worse than a neck crack, I fought one of those in my favorite driver for years. Both plays worked to perfection, if by perfection you mean disaster. With no marketing money, the company couldnt promote new products, which was fine because R&D had no money to develop new products. Saw these offered for around $150 free shipping and thought I'd give them a try before I spent $1000 or more on Mizuno or Miura. iacas, January 26, 2020 And that iconic font on the back that put a ribbon and bow on the iconic look of the 845s? AU $310.90. $69.99. Luck have it, I met Gini Fine on a blind date on a Thursday Evening and proposed to her Sunday night. I got mine on ebay for $158 shipped from proshopwarehouse.com. I looked into the 845s when in the 90s I decided that technology had far surpassed my then 20 year old cast stainless MacGregor MT Tourneys, but ended up with King Cobras and my brother still Icons just wont go away. Never know when one day you hit it for the last time. Your link has been automatically embedded. 7.7k. SWEET!!! I refuse to get rid of them. I might go see the event here, just to discover what the on-course experience is like. Since then I moved to Calloway but my 845s 56 degree is still in my bag and delivers great results in and out of the bunker including some short lobs. By 1999, Tommy Armour released the TA 845 EVO line, the first true replacement for the 845s. Maltby brought back the original mass properties of Hoeflichs design and developed an entirely new line of 845 irons. Thomas, you ever notice how Tommy Armour clubs in up near the top of the club ratings in MGS? This blurb from the Tommy Armour product catalog tells the story: Everyone from scratch players to 12 handicappers tell us theyre hitting shots one club longer than the clubs they used to play. Buy why? At that same time, the TearDrop putter company was riding high, thanks to Rudy Slucker. The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. - BenHogan. I bought mine in 1990. in The Grill Room, Copyright 2004-2023 The Sand Trap .com Tommy Armours name has been associated with so many clubs over the decades MacGregor Silver Scot Persimmon woods were of the highest quality and were responsible for many professional wins. They were a great set. Mr. McNally told me if I would relinquish the name The Hooters Tour and rename it The Tommy Armour Tour, his Company would add $10,000 a year to the purse plus give all registered Tommy Armour Tour Players a tour staff bag at no cots and the 845s 1 iron through all four wedges for $190.00. Atomic. I actually gave them to my brother in law about 10 years ago and he just had them re-gripped and is still using them. MACGREGOR TOMMY ARMOUR V.F.Q. AU $425.06 postage. MyGolfSpy Integrity in Advertising Promise. Go back to your Golf Digest Hot List ya hoser. Awesome!!! All Shafts & Components; Club Heads; Shafts; Shaft Sets; Grips; Grips Sets; . I think they are forged, just form-forged like the old clevelands. I had a set of these back in the 1980s but got them pinched M85's. Fred Couples played the 845s and both Freddie and John Daly played Maxfli. It is now 1991 and we had over 500 players join the Hooters Tour and with added money and players received 50% off the Hooters menu prices.. 845 SILVER SCOT (GREY FINISH) 845 SILVER . I went to the U. of Georgia in 1962 to play golf on one of the best golf teams in the Country. Iconic club makers like Wilson Staff, Powerbilt, and MacGregor have been reduced to mere shadows of their former selves I applaud the current heroic resurgence of Wilson, a sentimental favorite of many of us with memories of Snead, Sarazen, and Palmer using their clubs. It seems nearly every golfer has a story involving the original Tommy Armour Silver Scot 845s. Once again, John Barba and My Golf Spy, providing the best most in-depth golf writing you will find anywhere! Men's Right Handed. But, ultimately, any club carrying the 845 name has to do one thing and thats perform. I ran a GOLF Day store in the late 90s and we sold a ton of 845s irons, everything that followed from Tommy Armour couldnt come close to the 845s. California on the Golden State Tour. Yeah, I looked at the schedule when it first came out, I noticed OCN was on the list. this is one of the best hybrids ive ever hit and ive hit a bunch. They are just awesome and still totally playable irons. Theyre walking on a tightrope.. In 1985, Hoeflich was promoted to VP of Marketing. That was the good news. Tommy Armour management either wouldnt or couldnt pull the trigger on another $10,000 for new tooling. FF was in good overall condition apart from two greens which were recovering from some disease and had been partially re-turfed. What a great article and history, sad to say I spent the 80s sort of affiliated with Tommy Armour and didnt know it, I was selling Victor Calculators and PCs lol. Thanks to folks at Golfworks and Golf Galaxy for getting my three iron correctly reshafted to match my set! Mike. THose were good times. So far, despite ultra critical reviews by some as regards the current Tommy Armour Line coming out of Dicks, I have been impressed. 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Discussion and Links to Photos, 2023 The Honda Classic - Discussion and Links to photos, 2023 Genesis Invitational - Discussion and Links to photos, 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open - Discussion and Links to Photos, 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - Discussion and Links to all photos, Fitness, maximum efficiency for the time spent. I polish them. Standard B. Mid-Size C. Over sized? For example: every time my clubmaker bends vokey's they are like butter, but when he was bending my 54* sm to a 52* he was grunting and you could hear it creak and pophe got it to 52* anyways but I was a little scared. Great article. Still have them and take a coupl to the range now and again. . Mine are waxed after every round. Both companies dabbled in golf (balls and electric carts), and together they created the Victor Golf Company, a division of Victor Comptometer. Magerman was an avid tennis player and oversized tennis rackets were all the craze (as was the King Cobra), hence the 855 irons and Magermans pet project, the full titanium Ti-100 irons. These aren't the Colokroms although I have recently bought a set of Tommy Armour 945 Colokroms. Hello. I have a few pre-1920's hickory shafted Dayton Ohio stamped clubs. I realise this a bit of a thread resurrection, but I have just returned from a trip to Orlando with the wife and kids and another family. Being that I have not see these in person would you consider the head size: A. I dont think they did themselves any favors when they introduced the Atomic lineup. That, ultimately, is how Sports Authority came to own the Tommy Armour Brand. $69.99. in Tour Talk, By 2i > 9i iron set: 1956-57 MacGregor Colokrom - Tourney M85, forged blades with copper faces T. T. Tourney, regular flex shafts. I believe that the first VIP's come on to the marketwas in about 1968 after Jack Nicklaus was signed by MacGregor and had a few wins under his belt. I will ship to the lower 48 states and accept Pay Pal only. FORGED TI 350CC. Whats worth considering, however, is the fact an iconic, industry-changing and truly classic iron such as the Tommy Armour 845s could not possibly be made today. Probably just me. Jack Nicklaus broke a lot of face inserts and his primary driver used through about '86 was repaired many times, and this using balata. It is the only iron I use. About eBay; Announcements; Community; Security Center; Seller Center . Players who know about the history of the game and care about things like golf history and the evolution of golf clubs probably have a good understanding of the Tommy Armour brand. Being a DLIII and Couples fan., I geeked out since I played the same clubs as the those two Armour staffers. Fairway Wood. As I pitched The Tommy Armour Tour to Mike and his executives I could feel the room turning into ICE! I think MGS missed the boat on their review of this club. That's rightyou get a brand new, still-in-the-plastic club to try for two weeks for just $25. $20.00 shipping. Weighting and such. Stiff shafts. (Starters were Vinnie Giles, Jimmy Gabrielson, Billy Womak,, David Boyd, Jimmy Allen, Jack Oliver and the list goes on. It came with a custom fitting system. Finally, I was amazed to find that John Hoeflich was the brains behind the 845s. It brought back a lot of memories. Honestly, I didnt seem to notice a huge performance gap, but perception seemed to hurt. I gamed them up until this past fall when I opted to get a set of newer GI irons. Famous Five: Jack Nicklaus' Key Major-Winning ClubsMacGregor Tommy Armour SS1W Eye-O-Matic 60 Driver.White Fang Putter.MacGregor Tommy Armour 945W Driver.MacGregor Trending Popular Inside cavity: 845s(underlined) SILVER SCOT. Wow! Those seemed like a decent game improvement iron. Driver: Nike Sasquatch 460 9* w/ ProForce V2 72gr stiff tipped 3/4", Fairway: Calloway 2017 Steelhead XR Strong 4 wood, Putter: Wilson Staff Balance Fit Kirk Currie III. Wonderful article, John. The Ben Hogan Company, fearing being left in the dust by the 845s, launched its own perimeter-weighted iron: the Hogan Edge. in Golf Talk, By . If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant I probably own 18 sets of these vintage beauties. Sluckers magic touch was failing him so he turned to the golf industrys time-tested Bad Decision Playbook. Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scot Golf Clubs 2-9 PW + Putter $75 . As an experiment we once lined up a handful of the latest Big Bertha Driver, all with the Factory Cally Shaft. With TA going through so many changes, I don't know who exactly is Customer Service. $19.99. My late father played MacGregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot Tourney irons (he was a 4 to 7 handicap golfer, even into his 60s, before he died). Clubs that are played need the poly or varnish refreshed occasionally. The USGA won the fight but Ping won the War. Gen-X had no background in golf so it teamed up with GolfWorks and Ralph Maltby in hopes of turning chicken-you-know-what into chicken salad. Loved Nickent Hybridsstill have a 3DX Iron Wood 4-hybrid. They go far when I hit them correctly. Tommy Armour Royal Scot Under Cut Irons 5-SW Golf Clubs. Still playing 3 Nickent hybrids (a 2, 3, and 4), and still hitting them well. Tommy Armour Women's 2021 845-MAX Hybrid/Irons. The TA-1s were respectable, and the Atomicsdespite the goofy name, were pretty hot performers. Played these for ten years or more till a club pro said get in 20 century. Started Wednesday at 07:23 PM, By By that time, Burke was marketing clubs under the name PGA Golf under a licensing agreement with the PGA of America. One of the reasons the 845 was so successful is we had a really experienced sales team that loved selling clubs, said Hoeflich. Im not hating on anyone, its brilliant marketing. Hoeflich was long gone from Tommy Armour by then. Hey John I also owned and played the Tommy Armour 845 irons in the mid 1990s, when I had only been playing golf for a few years, and found them to be just what I needed at the time. 2i > PW iron set: 1950-54 MacGregor Tourney - REC. Putter. I am looking forward to seeing what Dicks does with the new and improved 845s Silver Scots.will they pay homage to their history while embracing newer technology. The Tommy Armour 845 name still has cachet, making this a welcome revival. Add 1 swingweight point for True Temper Sensicore steel shafts. Free shipping for many products! You can guess what happened. By 1977, Victor Comptometer was purchased by Kidde, Inc., a New Jersey-based maker of everything from Jacuzzi bathtubs and Farberware housewares to lighting fixtures, fire protection equipment, and hydraulic cranes. 7 = OK Club. . Has anybody played with these? Somehow I dont think he was rite some of my most memorable shot were with the b c . Ive still got them, minus a long-lost five iron and didnt switch to a new set of irons until 25 years later. It was a wonderful design, structurally 100% comprised of a beautiful alignment feature with a back weight. I dont know the difference between the new irons and the 845s. Used to call them quarter to nines.nice clubs, great memories. We continued to run the Tour, but when I got a call from Rudy Zucker threatening to sue us If we continued using the Tommy Armour Tour name. Callaway came with a big check $130 million that July and bought Odyssey (the rest is history), and ownership put the word out that Tommy Armour could be had if the price was right. 845 FS. I am sure Dicks, who started small, will be a superb asset. Tommy Armour. Tommy Armour Zaap . Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members research needs. Played them for 10 years. I like Titleist APs but based on looks, I dont see the difference. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! PS I occasionally still shoot my age or below! A deal was finally struck in July of 85 and, after working out a deal with the Armour family (Tommy Armour died in 1968), PGA Golf officially became the Tommy Armour Golf Company. In the 1990s, I remember thinking, Two companies shots at the same golfer.. And it all started with an English teacher. I captained the freshman team, but was never able to break into the starting line up my sophomore year. Just be real careful with old woods and newer balls. Well, glad you enjoyed it. 845 FS. I've heard they may not be "forged" as advertised. Tommy Armour Forged Silver Scot Blades?? Passed my PAT to get into the PGA using these clubs. Nov 20, 2007. eli_yates. I think, as was pointed out in another MGS Article, Dicks is creating a new business model after receiving 3rd degree burns from TaylorMade. Get aggressive, invest heavily in R&D and sign tour pros. Yes, I've heard that the hard range balls may be bad for the older persimmons and maples. You cannot paste images directly. Arnie I still regularly game two Nickent Pipe putters, one at home from April through end of season and another here in New Zealand from mid-January through end of March (southern hemi summer). Was told this by "Armour Customer Service." Display as a link instead, Golf Clubs: XXIO Driver, Fwy, Irons $490 (oahu) foto ocultar esta publicacin restaurar restaurar esta publicacin. pend) irons for less than $50 back in 2017. Shop with Afterpay on eligible items. I am surprised that the berrylium copper version was not mentioned , sorry for the misspelling , I thought that the price of them approached $2000. Add to Wishlist. (Ian Poulter, who at that time could not break an egg!) how's the feel on these irons? My first set of cavity back clubs replacing Hogan Apex II. Tommy Armour: Year: 845s Oversize: 1998: 845s Oversize Reduced Offset: 1999: . I'm not sure about the Silver Scots not being forged, but the 845c and 845m are. I did that for 15 years before going to work for PGA Golf and eventually Tommy Armour.. The bad news is an old business truism that says manufacturers rely on new products for long-term, sustainable growth. Maybe a little too much offset, but I needed it back then Like the Eye 2s and 1st gen Big Bertha, the 845s just wanted to go straight Lets see what this roller coaster will bring us next. $49.99 + $13.62 shipping. Well Done $, I still have my set . Did you read it or just skim over it? VENDRE! I would call them mid-size. Always been partial to the copper faces. Great read and I really appreciate you sharing a little history of this great game with all of us. The clubfitter for my replacement set said I should keep the MT irons for historic purposes. Traded them for my first set of forged Hogan Edges and always regretted it (even though Ive never stopped playing forged since). My first full set of irons at age 9 were Armour Silver Scot circa around 1950. I saved my money from my job as a caddie in 1992 for my first brand new set of irons and I went with the 845s and a box of Maxfli HT balata 100s. That came from the back end of my buddys car, a Porsche 928, says Hoeflich. Scotty Cameron Teryllium. 845 Forged #6. It is without question the most consistently paced putter I have ever had, and Ive had a bunch. I love them. The company we came to know as Tommy Armour actually started in Ohio in 1910 as the Burke Golf Equipment Company. If you have questions about this era ofg, Just buffed up, lengthened a half inch and regripped a set of MT Tourney. Up for sale is a set of Tommy Armour Forged Silver Scot Irons. Syberson, $14.99 . Shipping Available. That didnt happen for several reasons. A former assistant professional to me, Jeff Matheson, went into sales for them as well as a former junior golfer of mine, Ted Meyer. $140.00. The No. New Tommy Armour Forged Blade Silver Scot 60 Lob Wedge, New Tommy Armour Silver Scot Forged Sand Wedge, SW Club, Rare Vintage Macgregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot Sw- 915, MacGregor Tommy Armour Black Scot Double Duty Wedge, H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Modern Improvements In Fishing Takle & Fish Hook, Spalding's Official Baseball Guides (1904), Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles Volume V, Florences Standard Baseball Card Price Guide Revised 6th Edition, Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles Volume II, Field Guide To Fishing Lures Identification & Value Guide, Porter Athletic Equipment Co. Most of the ones for sale have rifle shafts which is nice. C $31.28 It was a pleasure to speak with you. Great read. Loved these clubs as my first real players clubs (as opposed to some unknown Northwestern or Sportmart Mizuno set). Tommy Armour 855s Golden Scot Men's Graphite Sr Flex Iron Set 4-SW 394471874309. I live the wing back look. Feedback. The Tommy Armour 845s titanium 9 iron with G-Force graphite shaft is likely the most impressive golf club every produced in the history of golf club manufacturing. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Mizuno MP-59 Ti Muscle Forged Iron Set 4-PW KBS Tour 120 Stiff Steel Mp-29 PW at the best online prices at eBay! Sadly it also embraces the ptifalls of overnight success, there is never a first time homerun.

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