Favorite Generic Equipment

Toulon · 2021-03-30T19:00:07+00:00

Over the years, I've seen a lot of stuff like most of you have. What are some generic equipment offerings that caught your eye that you may or may not have e...

sdandrea1

Toulon

I built and played Tour Model II ZING clones, but never Pal Joey. With decent shafts, most of the knockoffs play well enough if the loft, lie and weight specs are close.

Sneakylong

I had a set of knock offs from Diamond Tour Golf maybe 18 years ago or so. I forget what they were called. They seemed OK. Sold them to a golf buddy at the time who was getting back into golf.

Another golf buddy just got fit for some KZG irons. Played with him this past Monday and he was just getting use to them. But he seemed to like them.

ode

Oh yeah.....Acer XP Pro's were 💰 .... Who coined the phrase players shovels ... haven't heard that one in quite a while.

The Snake Eyes Python XL was solid gold. That and the Dynacraft Avatar xMOI. The first of the really stretched out heads that performed really well for me. Python XL had a better feel to it then the xMOI, which had a tiny bit if a hollow feel. Both really forgiving!

Spuzz

I did ok with these, when I first started out in components:

Par4QC

Spuzz Those irons were good components, no matter what name was on them.....and there have been/is many. I did have the TMs also, and they would all play the same. I still have brand new 2i & LW heads with Tour Model Plus on them; same crappy brown color as pictured.

Cutter66

Spuzz my first set of “custom” clubs were a TM clone just like these, releasing the Ho beast that was apparently locked up inside of me!

toraider

Started with components during their haydays!

Drivers - Infiniti Prop 460 and Bang Storm
FW - Geek & Alpha V5
Irons - Alpha RX Pros, SE 600XCs, Wishon 560 (old cavity)
Wedges - Reid Lockharts

That's all I remember. I played OE hybrids. TM Rescues and Nike CPRs to start

ode

toraider SE 600XCs, Wishon 560 (old cavity)
Wedges - Reid Lockharts

Have played them all...very good indeed!

Dufferman

Professional Open 690 irons. Still have them, still play them occasionally. They have a black melonite finish that is probably the most durable black finish I have ever seen on irons. They are basically Cleveland TA7 knock offs I believe.

HybridWood

C'mon guys, some of you are making me ill...lumping in Golfsmith-designed components by Tom Wishon and Jeff Sheets with "generic equipment" and open designs with names meant to sound similar to the brand names.

I think there's a line in the sand that you're crossing so get off my lawn!!!

toraider

HybridWood I think there's a line in the sand that you're crossing so get off my lawn!!!

Fair enough, I agree on Wishon and Sheets!

I digress, so I played a Silver BB Solutions shaft once. Would that be generic or something else?

Oh how I miss the FGI glory days...

KCee

HybridWood I agree. I think there is some very good "generic" stuff that is based on "classic" designs. In the case of irons I like a nice cavity back iron head and Wishon and Sheets designed some great ones.

ode

HybridWood point taken but I don't look at generic as a bad thing. There I'm off your lawn now🤣

bad9

HybridWood Pretty sure Wishon said the original Snake Eyes hybrid was a foundry design

pike51

toraider

BB Solutions was Bryant's house brand IIRC. I have a few of his shafts and they were good stuff. Might have been made by Accuflex but don't quote me on that.

SMT

Actually, I still use the 1 Iron of the Cleveland VAS irons to this day.
It is in the bag and will never leave....

scotts33

SMT Actually, I still use the 1 Iron of the Cleveland VAS irons to this day.
It is in the bag and will never leave....

pike51

Toulon

I played (and still have) the Henry Hatton DTG-3 irons from Diamond Tour. I actually got my 2nd hole in one with them. Great irons. I built them with Mercury Savage Steel shafts. I actually got these after I had a set of Golfsmith Tour Cavity Forged (that weren't actually forged) irons. I like split cavity irons.

KCee

pike51 I had a set of Golfsmith Tour Cavity Forged (that weren't actually forged) irons.

I thought the original Tour Cavity Forged were forged, but the later Tour Cavity Pro and similar were cast? I had a set of the Tour Cavity Forged and they were great heads.

pike51

KCee I actually got a letter in the mail from Golfsmith informing me that the iron heads I purchased were in fact, not forged as advertised. They offered a full refund or 50% off my next purchase... which we used to buy some tools including a loft/lie machine. Mine were the Tour Cavity Forged (left hand). Apparently, at some point in the process, the foundry made the switch without telling them and they discovered it and had to notify anyone who purchased heads after a certain date.

mulegolf

My first set of clubs that I built was a set of knock off Ping Eye 2 Beryllium Copper irons. They were from Golfsmith back in 1985 or thereabouts. I loved them but they were stolen about a month after I built them. My next set was a knockoff of a Titleist iron that I got from Hireko after they got started.

johnnydoom

Tied my lowest round ever with TP Forged (Tech Power?) component heads I bought from LowPro back in the day. Went one shot lower the very next week for my personal best. Paired them up with Dynamic Gold R400 shafts and used a Dunlop LoCo ball.

sdandrea1

I still own 2 of these and play them regularly in both bags.

Toulon

sdandrea1

I had me one of those once upon a time. It lied. Wasn't perfect so I ho'd it for false advertising.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 That's not generic, that's an OEM.

ode

sdandrea1

What's that curve in the hosel for?🤭

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