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I'm in a nostalgic mood today....

Do you remember your first set of clubs?

I was thinking about my first set of golf clubs today, and I can't remember who made them.  It was a kids set, and only had a 2-wood, 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, and a putter.  There couldn't have been that many kids sets around way back then.

My first clubs where I can remember the name were Power Bilt Levelumes that belonged to my mom, but she never played, so I used them all the time.

They looked like this:
(http://i22.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/88/fd/e575_1.JPG)

What was your first set of golf clubs?

Wilson K-28s. When you hit them off center they stung like hell. When you hit the sweet spot, they still stung like hell. At least they were damn near impossible to get airborne. Sweet sticks.

IIRC
Affinity Pro 427 LE  1,3,5W  with 4-PW shovels  (total set) , and 2 Wilson wedges (dynapower or something) of some of clone 3 ball putter.  -  I used a Dunlop Loco Driver in place of the affinity 1w

First set was some hand-me-down First Flight irons from my pops.

First "new" set I got when I was around 16 were Spalding Executives...ugliest, clunkiest things I ever hit.
(http://static.zoovy.com/img/fairwaymarketing/-/3/3311)

My grandmother gave me a set of clubs from Sears.  I don't remember there being any woods, but there might have been.  I think they were actually a ladies set so they would fit a 11-12 year old boy than a men's set might have.

My first set was  a Northwestern 'Herman Kaiser' full set 4 woods 8 irons. Brand new, from Kmart, they cost $50. My first putter was an original Ping, (the one that made the ping sound). This cost about $10. Time was 1969.
I don't remember how the irons felt when hit on the sweetspot, (I don't think I hit the sweetspot that often with them :sad3:).

Jerry Pate Autograph (wood woods 1/3/5 and 3-pw blade irons)
Bought at Sears. :o

Wilson X-31's.

Small forged blades. Probably couldn't hit 'em today if I tried.

A kids set that had Driver, 5, 7, 9, and Putter.

Hmm, the first set I used was my grandmother's Patty Bergs, and I used them until 2 years ago.

A set of Kroyden Paul Harneys that I inherited when a friend dropped out of college and moved home.

I used them for about 20 years.  :sad3:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/commishbob/harney.jpg)

I can't find a picture anywhere.  They were Wilson Crest, Johnny Miller signature edition.  3-pw, Driver, 3, 5 wood. Persimmon w/ brass sole plate.  Circa '78.

Given by dad, when he gave up the game.  Played 'em 'til '94.

I don't even think that my clubs had a name that I can remember. They were oversized cavity backs and pretty heavy. Full set of Driver, 3w, 5w and 3 to PW.

I miss my 3 iron sometimes, but then I talk sense to myself.

My first ever club was an Integra driver that I still own. The set I mentioned above, I sold it for 20 bucks along with an old and annoying Ogio bag to one of Aske's research group members. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi...

http://www.benhogan.com/legacy/irontour.html

Mine were the 88-89 Hogan Apex's that my Grandfather gave me.  He was an old school ho and gave them to me when he got new irons in the early 90's.  I was about 11 years old.  I also had an original Big Bertha driver.

Not too long after I got the irons my clubs were stolen out of our garage.  My bag had a large bag of tees with my name on them to.  Over the next few years I'd find one of my tees at the course nearby.  That really pissed me off.

Wilson's of some kind.  Can't remember.  All I know is that they were not very forgiving and I gave them away after playing them for 1 year.

Some kind of crappy-assed Spaldings my wife bought for my son from some kind of crappy-assed big box when his buddies got him started playing in high school.

I've still got mine, Armour Invincible (Tour Trajectory), I just keep adding new clubs to my bag.

Dunlop "whole set in a box" jobs from Wal-Mart.  I forget the model name.  I think it was "Quad" something.

The first set of club I own is a set of Dynacast. Forgot the model name. But its a casted big cavity and 1 inch longer than standard shaft (I thought I need them 1 inch longer)

1, 3, 5 wood + 3-SW irons. With beautiful TT Command shaft.  Got a Brosnan blade putter from my younger brother junks. He used to do a lot of mini golf.

I don't remeber I actually hit the sweet spot, except a couple of pull that goes very very far left.

Wilson ProStaffs.

Still have 'em tucked away somewhere in the cellar. Not very good clubs by any standard but they were my first so I can't get rid of 'em.

Don't know what excuse I have for keeping the next 4 or 5 sets though.. ::)

Haven't the foggiest.  About the only I remember is scoring about 130 with them.  They clearly sucked.

Yes, clearly  :airquotes: they :airquotes: sucked.

Do you call that smiley "Uisce"?

 ;)

Busted.  8)

My first set was full set of Maxlfi Tour Ltd. Irons and metals. My putter was a Hogan putter that I still have. I still have the irons heads and metals too come to think of it.

The first set I bought was some department store set with Jack Nicklaus' name on them.  Golden Bear or something.

After the Golden Bears, I bought a set of K-28's as well.  I played them for over 20 years.

I still have them in the basement.  A set of MacGreggor Pro 67 by Nicklaus, 1-3-5 persimmon headed wood and 3-P.

Set of wilsons from Big 5

Think there were made by Spalding and I picked them up at a Sams Wholesale several years ago.   Driver, 3W, 5W, 3i-SW, putter plus bag.

My first set was a starter set of Wilson Johnny Walker blades (3-5-7-9, 3w, and 1W). I think I paid about $35 dollars for them in the early 70s. A few years later, an older gentleman gave me a whole mish-mash of clubs he had leaning in a corner. I used those to fill out my "set". Other than the original 4 irons, I don't think any of the other clubs matched any other. I remember 2-3 irons being the same length. I had the whippiest 2 iron in the world, but if you hit it sweet, it'd go forever. I'd often tee off with that club.

I played with them until after I got married (1983) and decided I needed some real clubs (Ping copies. Still have them.). Since I just threw out my original golf bag a few months ago, I must've given those old clubs away.

Northwestern blades and a 1, 3, 5 maple laminates, steel shafts and HEAVY too.

Welcome to Golfhos. :)

a set of spalding or wilson or dunlop women's 5,7,9,pw, 3w, D, p set. 

i was 9, and the shop guy said i'd grow out of junior too fast, so I got a women's set.   [sm_shock]

My first set was 1-PW, 1971 Wilson Buttonback blades with 1-3-5 woods to match. I had no idea, at the time, that these things were total classics. I bought them off a friend who I later learned had a coke problem. That might explain how I got the whole set for $40, including the bag, and why the set had his father's name on them. At the time it all seemed on the up and up though.

Anyway, after the golf bug bit me I went out and bought what was basically a step above a starter set of irons. The irons were Wilsons (this was just before Wilson went totally over the edge and into uncool status, sadly) and I bought a set of Ram woods (persimmons, of course). I dumped the '71 Wilsons because they were "old", therefore no good. I think my parents wound up throwing them out when I moved out. Years later I realized what I had had, and I set out to find a set of the buttonbacks. I wound up finding a set at a yardsale a block away, 2-PW for $25. One of these days I'm going to have them refinished.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/jderion123/71Wilsons.jpg)

My senior year of college I bought a Northwestern starter set (3-5-7-9-PW, driver, 3 wood, putter).  A year later the 7 iron head flew off on the driving range.  So, another year later I got a Wilson set of clubs at Wallyworld.  This was in the early 90s.  I didn't start playing golf seriously until about 7 years ago (funny how ACL replacement surgery from playing soccer will do that to a guy  ;)) and which time I had a co-worker make me a set of Penicks.

Wilson Staff musclebacks for ~$100, barely used.

They weren't, strictly, my first set of clubs...I got my first set by trading either a baseball glove or some beer during some vicious binge I was on at the time...and all I remember about them were they were really crappy.

Ditto.

Wilson Patty Berg start set: powder-blue driver and 5-wood, 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-irons, blade putter.  All in a powder-blue and even-lighter-blue vinyl bag.

Oh, I was stylin'.

No *goshdarn* idea.  They sank when I threw them in the lake so I'm pretty sure they weren't made of feathers. 

In the Active Duty Military and I spent a lot of paydays for these...Forged Ram XPD-100's with Haig Ultra Persimmon woods and a Ram Staff Bag..Wilson Staff Putter and SW!

Cougar Rhythm 3-PW

Welcome to GolfHos  LBlack!   :D

Nice pic.

Yeah, Welcome you Hack. [sm_shock] ;D

Thanks stroh!

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