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Little nostalgia for everyone. The first one I had I bought was at Ramstein AFB when I was in the Army in Germany.  It look ridiculous with a gigantic head. I had a metal wood with a steel shaft, we saw this thing and we all bought one. I think it was like 50 bucks. I don't remember the brand. It was like a buggy whip. I don't think I ever got a straight hit off of it.  This would have been late '92 time frame. 

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Well, my Titleist PT was my first non-wood driver. I think… after that, it was a 905, perhaps? 905S? The TaylorMade r5 was before that, so probably that.

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saevel25 Incredible Member

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Titleist 975D with that EI 70 golf shaft. 

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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WillieT Great Member

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 I literally started hitting the ball regularly in 2017.  First driver purchase was Taylor Made R580 in regular flex.  Still like the “compact” 400cc head as opposed to the 460cc heads of today.  Still have it, still hit it on occasion.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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I still have the set of Spalding woods I purchased.  Driver, 3W and 5W.  Got it cheap because I needed them with my previous woods being old, steel shafted and not really suited to my swing.  The 5 was the best of the lot.  The 3 kinda worked from the fairway with good lies.  The driver rarely worked since I couldn't really swing it the smooth way I needed to.  A lot of times I would hit fades/slices.  Fortunately I replaced it with a Cleveland HiBore a couple of years later and never looked back 

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It was probably the TaylorMade I got to replace my first metal driver a workmate made for me. I can’t even recall the model. It was very whippy. 

Scott

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TourSpoon Super Member

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Ben Hogan metal #1 with the Ben Hogan script across the crown. I still have it somewhere. 

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coachjimsc Great Member

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Remember? Still have it.

Golfsmith with Aldila graphic shaft. Put in together myself back in the mid to late 80's I believe.

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Irons: :ping: G425 Graphite 6-SW, Wedges: :ping: Glide 58 deg
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Before graphite, the hot new shaft was the titanium TiShaft. Several pros put it into play, including Davis Love at the time. And back in the 60's, there was the fiberglass WonderShaft made by the Shakespeare fishing rod company. Gary Player promoted the WonderShaft, although he actually used steel shafts painted black to fool the public. I really wanted one of those sets back in the day. The oldest graphite shafted driver I still own is a MacGreagor with the weird combination of persimmon head, metal face insert, and graphite shaft. Pretty rare. 


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My first graphite shafted driver was my first driver... a Callaway Great Big Bertha.

Tristan Hilton

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Titleist TSR2 Driver (Fujikura Pro 2.0 TS; 10.5°) · PXG 0211 FWs (Diamana S+ 60; 15° and 21°) · PXG 0211 Hybrid (MMT 80; 22°) · Edel SMS Irons (SteelFiber i95; 5-GW) · Edel SMS Pro Wedges (SteelFiber i110; 56°, 60°) · Edel Classic Blade Putter (32") · Maxfli Tour Ball · Pinned Prism Rangefinder · SuperStroke Grips · Flightscope Mevo · TRUE Linkswear Shoes · Vessel Player V Pro 

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On 5/29/2023 at 1:47 PM, saevel25 said:

Titleist 975D with that EI 70 golf shaft. 

I was late to the game for graphite shafts. My 975D still had a DG300 shaft back in the day.

My first foray into a graphite shafted driver was with the TM R510TP that had a Rapport Prowound 70 shaft. 

 


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Some time in the early 1990’s, a Daiwa Exceler. Graphite shaft and head. The head was standard size for the time.

Brian Kuehn

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