Dealers from the past include Bobby Farino, Bob Kent, Guido Ianni, Roger Cleveland, Jim Butler, Bobby Grace, and even Jeff Ellis had a sales publication that included the classics. There actually existed a network of individuals who scoured the countryside for clubs for touring pros to purchase at the Tour stops. The pros themselves were always in the market for a backup or different model persimmon wood or putter to put in their bag. Iron sets, wedges, 1 irons, putters and woods all had a collector following. There are sites on Facebook dedicated to classic putters, persimmon woods and forged blades and a number of our GHS members collect them.ĭuring the 1970s, 80s and early 90s, the earlier years of the then GCS, players and collectors alike sought out what came to be known as the “classic” clubs. Much the way seriously playing with hickory clubs has grown, playing with the old blades, wooden headed woods and putters with feel is also seeing a resurgence. Hitting the new irons with no feel and the large headed woods that look like soup bowls on a stick has taken much of the enjoyment out of golf. Many modern day golfers have become disillusioned with the current state of the game. The “be like” part has not changed as people still want to play, and perhaps collect, what Tiger, Rory, Dustin, Ricky, etc, use today. This is what the pro’s of the day played with and, of course, golfer’s wanted to be like them back then. Before the introduction and general acceptance of perimeter weighted irons and metal headed woods in the 1990’s there existed simply forged irons and wooden head real woods. Collectors have always identified closely with the implements of the game, clubs, as they are the most readily available and the easiest to procure artifacts to collect. Collecting items related to the game of golf has existed as long as there has been an interest in playing the game.
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