Goldwin was a San Diego company, years ahead of its time. Spalding Top-Flite In 1995 Spalding Sporting Goods reorganized its golf club division by forming the Top-Flight golf company as its premium club brand. I love them but Im mystified with the hex screw in the bottom of every shaft! Sold them to a guy 30 years younger who also loved them. Thanks for the history lesson and walk down memory lane. One of my favorite balls back in the late 80s was the Top-Flite Plus. I have no ideabut I sure loved my Tommy Armour silver Scotts. I look forward to your future deeper dive into the history of the Hogan company. I tried to hit it oncenot a good idea! Peter lived in Ridgefield,Ct. After each sale, however, TaylorMades leadership team remained intact. In one sense, Spalding suffered the same fate irrelevance as did fellow legacy golf brands Wilson Staff and MacGregor. I just found a set of Slingers at the thrift store for $10. He also worked at Zevo when the LoB Irons were developed. *chuckles* Maybe its a good thing I took a 30 year golf hiatus. It is more of a you gotta be kidding me), an Integra 650 cc driver (you have to dig a ditch before you swing), etc. Just bought a set of Nicklaus Linear Dynamics N1 Golf Irons at a thrift shop in Vegas. Any of you still have a set of these beauties laying around? Spalding Executive Left Handed Golf Clubs There are several different types of left-handed golf club sets, so which one is the best for you? All of the irons were labeled as a 7 iron, with the real number of the club micro stamped on the faces upper toe. Men's Right Handed. While the Top Flite was initially scorned by better players as the rock flight, it probably caused a rule change. Why is that I have the Tiger Shark 7 iron and the Spalding Exec XE 5 iron in my golf collection??? They are for sale. Anyone hear of them? Don Wood has the patent for the Plop Slotz Irons. Taylor Made Golf was my Distributor for the U.S. and Canadian market. Could not beleive how well I hit this clubs. Would the F2 wedges still be legal if the crank were a few inches further up but still keeping the same angle please. Jones famously retired from golf after winning the 1930 version of the Grand Slam. Spalding spent the last half of the 20th-century battling with Titleist for golf ball supremacy. You should shoot me some pics of your new set. Cliffy2020 Turns out it was just 20 years ago. Thanks, John. Yes it has some smoother lines compared to some of the other clubs on the listbut you put that PowerBow as Nike says on any of those other irons and it is a dead ringer for this list of crazies. But the funky look kept me from ever thinking about buying a whole set. Havent been able to give them up since my Dad died in 99, Does anyone remember a set of irons made in the 80s (I think) that were actually a bunch of small woods, even the PW was made from wood. It was made by Salt Lake City Specialties. Thanks for doing the digging! I didnt know until I read this article that evidently FILA was the designer of the original face forward iron design; speaking of which, I wouldve thought the F2 Face Forward Irons wouldve made the list (http://www.intheholegolf.com/store/f2is.html). The Endo-forged Hogan Apex Plus cavity back irons came soon after, along with a solid-core Hogan Apex ball. The Start Of Spalding Golf Clubs In 1905, a sporting goods company saw that golf was starting to become quite popular in the United States. It was fun to have and I actually hit the thing really really well. Still use them. In 1998 Spalding released the Top-Flite System C and System T golf balls which, Spalding claimed, were designed to perform best with two top-selling drivers of that year, the Callaway Big Bertha and the TaylorMade Ti Bubble 2. Tom Farrell. "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjT3UiJflw60ZD31-6yC4mA", FS - Fiberbuilt Flight Deck / GripMaster Roo pulls, New Vokey SM8 52 & 56 wedge set / New Titleist Caps (for bigger heads) / New Cobra RadSpeed 10.5* Driver, Peacoat, with premium, upgraded shaft, TSR3 ub-6x, cobra radspeed, TEE pro 721 driver and 3w, Ventus Black TR Folds of Honor 6x w/ TM Adapter, Ventus Red TR 6x w/ TM Adapter, Adidas Tour 360 22 Size 13, MyStealth2 Driver Headcover. Duke gave me an original solid brass/bronze Greenirons Slotline putter (heel shafted with slot in top line and white dot on lower rear section).. Since the Ryder Cup is shortly upon us MyGolfSpy & GolfCircuit.com thought it[]. I take them out every couple of years and play a round with them just for fun. I have a set of Spalding exec XE love them- I dont play more than 5-6 rounds a year now, but they are so consistant , I could go a year between swings and still play the same- got them back in 1980- ish. I gave the set to my nephew, and he loves them. So, while Spalding is nowhere near as prevalent as it once was in the world of golf, you can still pick up a set of Molitor clubs for a very reasonable price online. Knowledgable folk say its all in the mind. I used to have a set of Ajay Pro Classics that were my dads. Win a bunch of BogeyPro swag! The VAS are ugly, but they work. (Sponsored by: GolfCircuit.com), CONTEST! I might suggest you also include input from Tom Stites who worked for Hogan in the 1980s before heading up Nikes golf (mis)adventure. and they placed it in the show. Just remember, Its always the indian and not the arrow. Those are the reasons they work. Bird on ball was a very popular club. The ball was introduced in 1900. In 1962, Pyramid merged with Dunhill International and the AP Parts Corporation. Get10% offat Global Golf with Code:SwingYard. This technology is a shank-proof hosel. What is it for weight transfer? The stickers are silver, but the Slinger logo is a black heavy type face and says pat. Steve Almo As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. "@type": "ImageObject", We want you to get the most out of your It wasnt very sophisticated back then, and they wanted to add layers of sophistication that they had in their other businesses. With new sexy companies like Titleist, Callaway, and TaylorMade, and golfers like Tiger and Phil, the new aged golfer wasnt interested in playing their grandpas golf clubs. Sales declined into the 2000s, and Spalding made their last club in 2002. Went back 10 years and got the 845s used. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.You can also visit my Am. Irons made during that time are distinguished by an anvil cleek mark. As a former pro athlete, Spalding saw the value of using professionals to help promote both the game and his products. Fantastic article John! Shallow faces (not as shallow as the 440 of course) and less offset than many of the long irons they replace. MyGolfSpy is usually a place you guys come to see the latest and greatest equipment the golf industry has to offer. WITB Albums. The Pyramid Rubber Company, a maker of baby bottles, strollers, and other infant products, bought a controlling interest. I played Spaulding Black Dots back in late 60s. } I see that a few from my list made it. Now, like Henry Ford's assembly-line Model T's, Spalding craftsmen used a mechanical hammer to craft club-heads, drill sockets in them to attach the shaft and then polish the heads, all of which allowed Spalding to mass produce matching club sets. Made from 1989-1994 and originally sold for $680. I bought my first set of real golf clubs around 1991 or 1992, the Spalding Executive. Decent? I have a set of both the 440s and the 500s, and there is no difference in face depth. he is a cleveland iron man now, but he still owns the spalding executives. I seem to remember them being pretty wacky. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. That might be because Golfsmith acquired them back in 2003. { There was a time when Spalding was one of the biggest brands in golf. Mismanagement and a growing golf market led Spalding to cease manufacturing golf products, selling off popular brands like Top Flite to Callaway in the early 2000s. I tried to restore them by getting some original Browning grips (brown rubber with the Browning deer logo in gold) and exchanged several e-mails with Browning in Belgium would not sell me any. He changed from forged blades and balata balls to cavity back, investment cast irons and sold core balls, White tells MyGolfSpy. *We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. we closed and then were just screwing around with some of the rental clubs. The company's unique "baseball mark" A.G. Spalding had helped put baseball on the map--was stamped on the clubs and below it "Made in Great Britain" appeared. What a great list! . Met a friend in Costa Mesa at Mile Square Golf Club back in the early 1970s and he was with Duke Duclos., a friend from their McDonald-Douglas days. These articles are all outstanding. i think special t golf was the only people dumb enuff to handle these. It was in A Disordly Compendium of Golf I cant find my copy (actually havent seen it in a few months) but I know it was in there. I play with several timesa year. By the following year, Spalding began making clubs in the U.S. They say you learn from your mistakes. You can still buy Top-Flite and Strata branded balls at DICKS and Golf Galaxy. Terrific article as usual Mr. Barra. If so send them to contact(at)mygolfspy.com. Iomic Golf Grips: 8 Key Facts Before You Buy. The brand was popular until the late 1990s, but Spalding opted for a new direction at the turn of the century and focused on other sports instead of golf. The 500s have less offset than the 440s. Im not sure how rare they are, but youd think there would be a trace of them somewhere. I had read your original 2018 article about why Hogan still mattered. My dad has played a set if vicunas for about 40 years! "publisher": { Needed a set of clubs to play for a few days and found these. He re-gripped them and beats the Taylormade hand-me-downs of his friends. We (and tour players) figured out it was very stable in the wind and was 2 clubs longer with the irons. They are also perfect in a steep slope due to the curved bottom of the club head. I would appreciate any help you could offer! We had hybrids back in the 80s. You find them on eBay Gary? Although they did have issues with the shafts actually wrinkling due to the configuration of the shape of the toe on this ironcrazy little factoid. I think I actually played one of them 150 holes before I gave up. The shaft collapses to 18 inches so it is great for travelsure beats the cost of checking a golf bag these days. Spalding Executive clubs were established in the 1960s, with the Top Flite Executive Synchro-Dyned golf clubs being the first in a super popular series. The plan was to position Hogan as the premium forged line sold through pro shops. I have a set of Fila Solerno irons/fairway woods that I havent been able to find anything about on the internet. These irons which I dont know who actually designed were called the Ray Cook Titanic irons and were made back when Scotty Cameron was a putter designer for the company. New entries such as Nike and Adams were turning heads as well. Right now Ive been with the Execs 2 then 5 SW, Ram 64 wedge, 1 & 3 wood, both hybrids and putter. Written by June 5, 2022 . I have a left handed set that I got from a guy on the senior tour, Bob Carson, who also owned a golf course in Titusville FLA. when were spalding executive golf clubs made. Jones immediately put his Georgia Tech engineering degree to good use. Top Flite is now synonymous with bargain or cheap instead of being the club of choice for the greatest golfers on tour. i used to work in a golf shop in ohio and we had the worst set i ever saw. But, the #1 weird club goes to the Slingeryour #1 choice. Buyers can still find Spalding clubs on some secondary sites. If so send us some picsdont worry we will keep it 100% anonymous . In 1876 Spalding was the manager and ace pitcher of the Chicago White Stockings. (Cavity back blades???) SPALDING EXECUTIVE 3-PW Iron Set Golf Clubs R/H Jet Step Stiff Flex Steel. Today, collectors prize the narrow-faced Cran Cleek. Make Request. As a former professional player, Spalding recognized the need of enlisting the assistance of experts to promote both the game and his merchandise. OK MyGolfSpyers, its time to get creative! His company quickly expanded into making equipment for every sport imaginable. I think all the readers as well as the golfspies would love to learn as much about these past designs as possible. Learn how your comment data is processed. Your email address will not be published. Today its hard to fine a wooden golf club in a bag!!!! Was: C $107.89. During the time of the KKR takeover I was employed as the Managing Director in Australia/ NZ I still have them and as a matter of fact I still use a copper Zing2 sand wedge 54. I would love to have you include my Whole-In-One Adjustable Telescopic Golf Club in your mixdefinitely fits the criteria of unusual clubs. So for those of you who own a set and are fellow collectors of the ridiculoustoday is your day to shine. They definitely arent the prettiest of clubs but I did enjoy playing them. I dont want to pay the asking prices for individual 440 Plus irons on eBay, so Ill keep my eye out for them at the thrift shops and G-W. Andyou see the Spaulding Executive irons at the Goodwill stores all the time. Pretty or not (thats the clubs), I have played Fila Latitude irons since they came out. i just hit a 8 iron in that series last night. In 1938, the USGA passed an edict limiting players to 14 clubs. Basically, the new irons are all the same cavity backed design tweaked for the metal content and painted pretty for your golf bag. The 1968 arrival of the Executive MV2 Bird Over Ball clubs are among some of Spaldings most easily recognizable clubs. Purespin (diamond face)? The chrome Seemed like big headed design with half the head chopped off to produce a bigger face!!!

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