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BEK1966

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  1. You're very welcome! I think it's pretty cool that you now have both a modern set and a vintage set of Hogan irons. It should be a lot of fun to compare the two generations. It's been a real pleasure to get to know you and I'm looking forward to getting out on the course next year to swing some vintage clubs. Regards, Brad
  2. We've been playing at Anetsberger golf course in Northbrook, Illinois. It's a nice little par 3 course operated by the Northbrook Park District. I believe that Bill is playing a Wilson Staff Duo Soft ball - he's a Wilson Man through and through! I'm kind of a Titleist Man myself. I have a number of balata balls stashed away, but have had great results from playing ProV1's. Keep in mind that we're playing a par 3 so we're not using any woods. If we were playing holes long enough to warrant a wood, I'd have one of those vintage Titleist balatas on a tee in a heart beat. Can't beat the feel of a balata!!! Feel free to PM me if you would like to discuss this more, or would like to exchange contact information. Brad
  3. Thanks for the warm welcome all! It's great to hear from so many of you that either live not too far from me or have ties to Wisconsin. I'd like to think that everyone has a little bit of Wisconsin in them I've been playing recently with a fellow I met through The Persimmon Golf Society facebook group. He and I both play vintage clubs on a nice par 3 course he introduced me to and we have a ball. We're interested finding more folks interested in playing vintage clubs in our area, southeast Wisconsin - northeast Illinois, in order to gauge the interest in have a few vintage club golf outtings next summer. If any of you are interested in joining like minded golfers to play rounds with vintage clubs please contact me. By the way, love the photos of upper midwest golf pretty much anytime from November through April Regards, Brad ps. Attached photos was taken from our last round. 1956 MacGregor Tourney Colokroms v. 1959 Wilson Dyna-POWERED --- "Clash of the Titans"!
  4. The Jack Dempsey clubs do share a lot of the features of the Jack Burke wedge - thanks for the information! I'm new to vintage clubs and am enjoying the process of learning. Brad
  5. Hi All, I made a 6 hour round trip run from Wisconsin to Michigan this Saturday to buy some interesting MacGregor irons listed on FB Marketplace and would like to share them with you. I’m new to collecting and would appreciate your thoughts on just what I have here. I think they possibly could be custom made clubs for Jack Dempsey, the boxer. I’ve seen newspaper articles from the 1920’s and later that indicated he enjoyed golfing. The shafts are MacGregor LO FLEX ACTION. The clubs look like they were well used, but cared for. The wear on the club faces looks pretty consistent, placement and amount of. No significant scars on the soles. The grips appear to have been kept clean and are in good shape. I think they will soften up nicely with some leather conditioner. The clubs were in Holland, Michigan (SW-Michigan). I believe that the previous owner got them at a yard or garage sale. He's a really nice guy and said that he will reach out to the person that he bought them from to see what he can find out about the missing #3 & #7 irons. I offered a finders fees to him if he can locate the missing clubs. That offer extends to you all here too. I’d love to hear some opinions from the MacGregor experts out there – thanks! Regards, Brad
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  7. Hi All I am new to the forum. I’m 54 and began golfing in the mid to late 1970’s. My first set of clubs was a Northwestern Junior set that included the typical 3-5-7-9 1W-3W & putter. My second set of clubs was a well-used, but well cared for set of Sam Snead Blue Ridge irons and woods from 1962. They were hand-me-downs from my grandfather, a career Air Force Master Sergeant, who bought them at the PX when he was stationed in Hawaii. I golfed in high school and purchased my first set of new clubs when I made the team. It was a set of Lynx Predator Plus low profile irons and metal/wood woods. Between the low profile irons and the unique looking woods I dare say I had the most interesting (looking) bag of clubs on my golf team. What I really wanted was a set of Ping Eye 2’s, but I was limited to using my own money and the Pings just weren’t within my reach. I chose the Lynx because I played a decent round with a demo set and Service Merchandise (large catalog store long since gone) had them discounted such that I could buy a 2-PW set of irons and 1W, 3W & 5W set of woods, bag, head covers, and two dozen Titleist Tour Balata 90’s and still have money left over – decision made. I grew to love that set of clubs and I still have them. I collect vintage golf clubs and I enjoy playing vintage clubs; in fact vintage clubs are pretty much all I play anymore. I live in southeast Wisconsin so golf is not a year round activity for me. Winter, you know… I look forward to sharing some of the vintage clubs in my small collection that may be of interest to the folks on here that like that sort of thing. Regards, Brad
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