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RaLos18 Member

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My long time (10+ years) next door neighbor (88 years old), who is moving in AZ Friday, called my son today and gave him an old MacGregor Leather bag (big brown and green behemoth) with, I can easily say, 3 sets of mixed clubs from the sixties and seventies. He knows that my son is crazy about golf. There are old MacGregor irons, with Tommy Armour signature on it, some Wilson and Presidential irons with strange numbers like 10, 11 and 12 (back then they were calling the sand wedge SAND IRON) and the complete set 2-SW Titleist Acushnet AC 108 irons with Tungsten alloy inserts. The shafts are True Temper D1 Regular. The Grips are Golf Pride, but in very bad condition and deteriorating on some of the clubs. My son fell in love in the Titleist clubs. He wants to play with them, but they are too long for him. Do you think is a good idea to go to the Golf Professional shop and shorten or replace the shafts and change the grip so he can use them? My son is bugging me whole afternoon to ask this question!
Also, I would like to thank you all for your overwhelming response for my last week question about my son first time on the golf course. We were having a great time. Thank you again!

Weapons of choice:
Big Bertha 460 Driver
3W Big Bertha (2007)
TaylorMade r7 Draw Rescue Hybrid Wood #3TaylorMade RAC OS 2 IronsMens Vokey Spin Milled Tour 56 & 60PING Karsten Series Anser2 (I like the classic look and feel)Whatever Ball is on sale (currently Pro V1 2007)


M2daRizzle Well Established Member

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yes, do it for sure. If he learns to play well with the blades then his ball striking will improve greatly, thus making him a better golfer. As a bonus, if he just cuts down the existing shafts and gets them regripped it wont be to expensive.

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Driver: 10.5* G5 with UST V2
F.W. wood: 16* retro raylor with Aldila HM-40 Tour Gold
Irons: i5 3-pw. Stiff cs lite shafts
Wedges: 8620 51*, 56*, and 60* Putter: classics 1 34""Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid." -John Wayne


AlCzervik Well Established Member

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post some pics, i'd like to see these old clubs

MacTec 460 Draw Driver
V-Foil M565 Irons
MT 3 Wood
GigaGolf 52deg gap wedge
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ynvmygp Member

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Yes, seems like a good idea to get those cut down to size. Like stated before, it will be alot cheaper to cut down those shafts and get them re-griped. Let us know how it goes.

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- FT-3 Draw 9°
- 3 Wood
- Black Max 3H
- Black Max 5-PWKnight: - Wedge 52° -- 60° - 33" XG White Hot Rossie W/ Jumbo Grip TOURi Ball Glove


RaLos18 Member

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Here is the URL of the titleist.com:

http://www.titleist.com/historical_c...ails.asp?id=49

They were manufactured between 1972-1977

Weapons of choice:
Big Bertha 460 Driver
3W Big Bertha (2007)
TaylorMade r7 Draw Rescue Hybrid Wood #3TaylorMade RAC OS 2 IronsMens Vokey Spin Milled Tour 56 & 60PING Karsten Series Anser2 (I like the classic look and feel)Whatever Ball is on sale (currently Pro V1 2007)


Bourbon and Coke Well Established Member

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I would get them priced, first. Depending on how old he is, it might be more cost-effective to get him newer irons he will be able to play longer. If he is still young and it's only going to be $100-$150, then I say it's worth it to let him learn on crappy old clubs and then buy him properly fitted irons when he is closer to full size.

I threw my clubs into the lake so it's time to start over...

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Woods: Tour 2400 Plus 3
Hybrid: 19.0° 503 H, Adila NV 85 SIrons: X20 4-GWPutter: Studio Select Newport 2


RaLos18 Member

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Yes, seems like a good idea to get those cut down to size. Like stated before, it will be alot cheaper to cut down those shafts and get them re-griped. Let us know how it goes.

I Guess this will be turned in to a project!

OK, I will post BEFORE and AFTER Pictures! I'll go to a local Golf Store tomorrow and ask the price.

Weapons of choice:
Big Bertha 460 Driver
3W Big Bertha (2007)
TaylorMade r7 Draw Rescue Hybrid Wood #3TaylorMade RAC OS 2 IronsMens Vokey Spin Milled Tour 56 & 60PING Karsten Series Anser2 (I like the classic look and feel)Whatever Ball is on sale (currently Pro V1 2007)


wigolffan Member

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do it yourself!!! I am a club builder and if all you want is the clubs cut and gripped its so simmple. Cut the old grips off with a razorblade, cut the shafts to what you want with a hack saw. put grip tapew on (4 bucks or so a role at golfworks.com) and put on new grips by applying solvent to the tape and sliding the grips on.

clemsontiger Well Established Member

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http://www.titleist.com/historical_c...ails.asp?id=54

I have these.

I would not trade them for anything.

I definitely suggest that he learns on blades. The ones that I posted a link to are the ones that I learned on. I am a really good ball striker because of it. I reall like them.

Joey R

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ilovesandwiches Member

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I say get them cut down for him. It's pretty cool he wants to play with the old clubs and not want you to buy him new ones.
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Blades4me Dedicated Member

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Wow, reminds me of when I was learning to golf back in the early 60's. So go thru the stuff, start with the 3,5,7 and 9 irons. Either reshaft them yourself, much less expensive and not that hard, or get them reshafted with something like DG R 400's (I think that is the womans shaft) and set him loose.

I'd take that stuff to a knowledgable golf person to see if there are any clubs that are of collector quality and which ones won't be a loss if you reshaft them.

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dennbb Member

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Are the AC-108's blades? or an early attempt at a cavity back? I have had a set for about 35 years and could never get a clear answer on that. Mine definitely have a cavity and they're stainless irons not forged.


RayG Great Member

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IF you do cut them yourself, make sure you cut them at the right length for each club. Going with a "ballpark" figure might do more harm than good. And as for learning on blades- YES. I think everyone on here on a certain age, say 45+, who started playing at around 10-12 years old, started on blades. Quite possibly the ubiquitous Northwestern brand- and LIKELY the Chi Chi Rodriguez model. I played those for 15 years. I basically wore the grooves and chrome off by then, but I loved those clubs. They were a short set (3,5,7,9, and a wedge of some kind with a 1,3,5 wd, and one of those 'bullseye' type putters) so I learned all the shots with a limited number of clubs. You had to learn to hit a soft 5 or hard 7 to go 160.

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dbuck Great Member

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The original thread is about 6 years old so the OP may not answer.

Don

In the bag:

Driver: PING 410 Plus 9 degrees, Alta CB55 S  Fairway: Callaway Rogue 3W PX Even Flow Blue 6.0; Hybrid: Titleist 818H1 21* PX Even Flow Blue 6.0;  Irons: Titleist 718 AP1 5-W2(53*) Shafts- TT AMT Red S300 ; Wedges Vokey SM8 56-10D Putter: Scotty Cameron 2016 Newport 2.5  Ball: Titleist AVX or 2021 ProV1

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