Wilson Staff persimmon but the whipping finally came loose!!
Your first "good" driver
Yup, I had one. I think it had a longer shaft...maybe 48"? I think Michelson played one.
For me it was the Maltby CT250.
brownmoose13 Wilson Staff persimmon but the whipping finally came loose!!
Couldn't Ken fix that for you ?
Taylor Made 320ti. Loved that thing.
Orlimar Trimetal 9 degree driver. Great driver for me, plus I had 2 of the fairway metals as well.
johnnyjava Taylor Made 320ti. Loved that thing.
Same for me, loved mine with the ProForce purple/yellow shaft
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My parents paid $80 for one of these for my 25th birthday and I still have it to this day. I used to pound this thing!
Had to edit, that should've said 25th Birthday (1990).
Didn't start playing golf till 2004, so I did not use many of the old "gems"'you guys have noted.
For me, it was the Titleist 975D. Still hangs in my garage like it is bat that belongs in the baseball hall of fame. It was quite a legendary stick for me.
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Bingo baby. Couldn't believe it, scrolled down and bingo. Got back into golf after a 20 year break in 2000 and the Cobra SS350 offset got me hooked on Cobra. I think my first driver back in 2000 was a blue headed Adams, but the Cobra SS350 offset came out shortly after that if I remember correctly and I've been a Cobra driver guy ever since.
Sneakylong
It was a winner.... my current gamer is an S3 Max and an Amp Cell offset.
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I can tell he is good with the trade from the video. And thank him for allowing me to get a little whipping line from him and the home made tool for threading.
Another one around here with more than 40 years of experience was talking of retiring but he might be delayed by popular demand from all his clients. This is after one other retired from the biz. with more than 50 years of experience due to health issue.
Wish him well.
Bought a second hand low lofted Tri-Metal when I was just starting golf seriously. I hit it long and got lots of roll but was erratic. I bought an Integra SV3 square driver with an iDrive shaft and it was money until the head cracked. I've been searching for the best one since then.
"For me, it was the Titleist 975D"
This was my second "good driver" and was replaced by the SMT 370 Nemesis.
First good driver was my Taylor Made Burner Plus, bought as a set with the 3+5 woods when they first came out.
I broke all the cheap persimmon heads (Jerry Pate Autograph) that I had previous to that.
Probably the Black Box from GS back in the day....still have it!
Probably around 1975 or 76, a Powerbilt Citation. First time I could afford a decent set of woods.
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I guess it was sometime in the early 70's, I bought a set of Powerbuilt metal woods and irons from a bargain bin.
Before that I was borrowing my fathers spare set.
Can't remember the model name but it was one of the earlier metal woods they had had. They were new but strangely did not packaged as a set of golf club. Had to find the individual club with the same flex of shaft in them.
The reason why this set is probably because of the ease of maintenance. My father's set had to be refinished each year in the post seasons ( persimmon woods ). It was costly and none of us knew how to do the striping, refinishing and the whipping. Back in those days the smith always asked us to leave the golf clubs and never do any work in front of us. I played it for several years.
Maltby CT250FC on a Limey.
Loved the 975D, until the 975J came out. Played both of those drivers very well. Felt great, and were fairly forgiving (unlike the modern day Titleist drivers).
They were the only two Titleist drivers I ever owned.
Titleist maintains the traditional look, for sure, from wedges all the way to their driver. And a lot of people appreciate the traditional appearance, as do I. But not more than the forgiveness factor. 