Its a damn shame Nickent bet the farm on the adjustable driver with a $500 price tage right before the great recession hit. You could write a business school case study on the 845s and how it made Tommy Armour a major force in golf. August 13, 2014 in Clubs, Grips, Shafts, Fitting. I havent played with them in a bit they were great clubs got me hooked on golf. One of the most famous golf clubs from Tommy Armour was the 845 Silver Scot irons. Tommy Armour Atomic Irons R/H stiff 4-AW, 845 Driver 10.5 regular flex. MacGregor introduced the Tommy Armour Silver Scot Tourney in the 1940s, predating the Tommy Armour company by nearly40 years. I still have room for improvement on the former. Both good mornings out and still time to meet the family for an afternoon at a theme park. anybody have this expierance?? Nike Japan Forged Blade MB 3-P / DG S300 (S) Flex (8x Pieces) Excellent Cond. If you want these irons check them out ebay they are going for a steal on there. I refuse to get rid of them. Does anyone know which ones they are? Being a DLIII and Couples fan., I geeked out since I played the same clubs as the those two Armour staffers. Once again, John Barba and My Golf Spy, providing the best most in-depth golf writing you will find anywhere! Hickory shafts for nearly all of the club manufactures back in that era got there shafts from a MacGregor curing barn in Dayton. By mid-1997, U.S. Industries was losing its appetite for golf and wanted out. Great read on an iconic club that I fell in love with upon first sighting when looking for a used iron set. i still play my 845s and 855s what is better then these ,i bought new sets this past year to see the difference . Its a lesson in how tremendous success often sows the seeds of failure. They were slippy by the back nine. TOMMY ARMOUR SILVER Scot PGA Pitching Wedge RH TT Dynamic Regular Steel (R14) - EUR 7,92. I looked into the 845s when in the 90s I decided that technology had far surpassed my then 20 year old cast stainless MacGregor MT Tourneys, but ended up with King Cobras and my brother still My set is 2-GW. Or maybe you just got an unlucky set. 2i > PW iron set: 1950-54 MacGregor Tourney - REC. I also loved the chrome finish. And it all started with an English teacher. Shot some of my best scores with these until they were stolen. Awesome!!! . , please correct me if I have misspoke on the price but I know they were expensive . 2 irons; 3 irons; 4 irons; 5 irons; 6 irons; 7 irons; 8 irons; 9 irons; Pitching Wedges; Gap Wedges; Sand Wedges; . I believe they are late 50's clubs. Ceej, March 25, 2008 After a lot of other putters have gone through my bag and ended up in the storage locker with the Nickent irons, the Pipe putter is still in my bag at home and in my bag here in New Zealand where we spend our winters (southern hemisphere summers). Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. And its success put Tommy Armour on a seven-year run like the golf industry had never seen. VENDRE! My first set of cavity back clubs replacing Hogan Apex II. Celebration was in fantastic condition, the greens were smoother and faster than FF( about a 10.5 ) and they sped up more as the sun sparked up. Richard in UK. Never know when one day you hit it for the last time. Model Reviewed: Tommy Armour 855. Well Done, John. Those little back pads became the signature look of the 845s and Hoeflich whipped up a prototype the old-fashioned way. That, ultimately, is how Sports Authority came to own the Tommy Armour Brand. In other words, a better-looking PING Eye2. Tommy Armour Mens 845s Silver Scot Irons 3-PW Stiff Steel Set. Its called the Bad Decision Playbook for a reason. Within days of the sale, Tommy Armour released the 845s. I think this is one of the best articles i have read. Hopefully the 845 is resurrected as it was a great club. Molds, which created the tooling for most of the investment-cast clubs being made then. If given a choice between a new TA branded club/set or a three year old from a major brand, people seemed to pick the marked down club from the major brand. I still hit great shots with tHem. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! By 1959, Burke sold out to the Comptometer Corporation, a Chicago-based adding machine company. Not sure which year but I am guessing one of the later production years in the mid 90s because my set do not have the loft stamps on the face of the club like the original sets from the 80s had. I have upgraded my driver and woods a few times over the years, but I have still not found a reason to drop my TA 845s. They go far when I hit them correctly. I bought the TA-1 Irons and Driver, the irons feel so powerful you can feel the ball jump off the face. buisthreeputt; Jul 31, 2005; General Golf . At that time The Tommy Armour Tour had over 2,000 paid Members. I told the owner what I had in mind for an iron, Hoeflich said, and that was to duplicate the technology behind the PING Eye2 in terms of locating the center of gravity in the same place in each iron, which was kind of a revolutionary concept at the time.. My first really good driver was a Genex425. Sign up for a new account in our community. I would probably be hesitant to hit a truly collectible club, but there aren't many that fall into that category. Love the feel and look of the irons and they play well. Chose these courses for the simple reason they were less than ten minutes from our apartment ( Regal Oaks in Kissimmee). Sports Authority was no golf authority, however. I am a seven handicap. Learn how your comment data is processed. AND still own TWO (2) Nickent Pipe putters. I have studied and still use as a reference the Jim Kaplan MacGregor and Wilson golf history catalogs. Also the customer service from proshopwarehouse.com is great. Very forgiving for a blade, too. I thought they looked good, and I played the irons a couple of years. I know I spent more on a full set of Win. By It was a work of precision Engineering. We have had some great matches over the years and his TAs still performs. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Mizuno MP-59 Ti Muscle Forged Iron Set 4-PW KBS Tour 120 Stiff Steel Mp-29 PW at the best online prices at eBay! As I recall from the old days I was told that hitting surlyn/solid balls with woods would destroy the inserts, or the faces if there was no insert. Somehow a TA club almost always makes it in the top 5 or 10 recommended clubs. I never new Probably just me. Minty TaylorMade Sim2 Max-D 9.0* Driver Head Only Sim 2 MaxD 9.0* Driver Head. I just hope that TA and Dicks get the 845s right and more inline with the look and feel of the major OEMs. Tommy Armour 855s Golden Scot Men's Graphite Sr Flex Iron Set 4-SW 394471874309. By October, Huffy filed for Chapter 11. Every cavity balanced 845s iron has its sweet spot engineered just where it should be in the precise physical and optical center of the club, resulting in a much larger effective hitting area.. Glad you had a good time. With TA going through so many changes, I don't know who exactly is Customer Service. Add .50" to shown length for graphite lengths. I don't hit range rocks or Pinnacles with mine, but have hit the Bridgestone B330 RXS (supposedly designed for slower swing speeds). i look forward to seeing what Dicks has in the pipline. We held Two man Pro events and the likes of whos who that made it on the PGA Tour came and played with us. Paste as plain text instead, Not gaming them anymore but they are down in my basement. I played Celebration and Falcons Fire( twice each). C $267.01 . Single Irons; Shafts; Grips; Bags & Carts; Balls; Headcovers; On-Course. There were a lot of people involved in the success of that club but Im really excited to see what Dicks does with it.. . You could also write a case study on how the 845s, quite unintentionally, led to Tommy Armours downfall. The Silver Scot Tour Blades are a big part of the new line and provide golfers with a quality blade at a great price. I dont think they did themselves any favors when they introduced the Atomic lineup. Yes they are weaker lofted by todays standards (for example my Callaway Diablo Edge 7i is 32deg, the same as an 845s Silver Scot 6i). But if you appreciate history and the people who made it, the 845s is a reminder of simpler times when real people, like John Hoeflich and his team, created real things that mattered. Tommy Armour 845S Silver Scot 3 Iron Stiff Flex Tour Step Steel 1003730 Fair. The frequent recycling of the 845s from one company to the next seemed emblematic of something unhealthy about the golf industry from the 60s forward. Tommy Armour 855s Golden Scot Men's Graphite Sr Flex Iron Set 4-SW 394471874309. Its clearly an 845 promo. Standard B. Mid-Size C. Over sized? i was just wondering if anyone plays or had palyed these irons. I played each off the second to back tees the first time and each off the tips the second time. But they always loved selling clubs. I am sure Dicks, who started small, will be a superb asset. Reply dwigt16 . By the end of 97, TearDrop purchased RAM Golf for $10 million and Tommy Armour for $24 million. In the 1990s, I remember thinking, Two companies shots at the same golfer.. Inside cavity: 845s(underlined) SILVER SCOT. Tommy Armour. Plays: Righty. For a while the Eye2 irons were off limits to players and some tour players switched to the 845 with Mark Calcavecchia being the most notable. The driver in my sig is persimmon; the fairways are laminated maple. Since then I moved to Calloway but my 845s 56 degree is still in my bag and delivers great results in and out of the bunker including some short lobs. I like Titleist APs but based on looks, I dont see the difference. Just be real careful with old woods and newer balls. iacas, December 31, 2017 Free shipping for many products! But you can also say the company was a victim a pawn in a much larger chess match between corporations and personalities that didnt know their own limitations. No Guesswork. And old clubs could be really brittle by now, esp in the necks. $14.99 . Clubs that are played need the poly or varnish refreshed occasionally. I cant bring myself to replace them because I know exactly how far each iron goes and that is important to me. They are a pleasure to play with and if I had to thin out my clubs ,They would be one of three sets that would.make the cut even though I have several top shelf sets of much more expensive clubs. They were a great set. Players who know about the history of the game and care about things like golf history and the evolution of golf clubs probably have a good understanding of the Tommy Armour brand. Nor many 3 putts because I am usually with 2 ft.. At 78, having a lot of reading knowledge, and club building; witnessed Ping start up with a putter and the comparable recent computerization of the carbon-poly golf shaft, allowing superior advances, I sure hope Tommys clubs incorporates these improvements and can compete with Callaway/Taylor, etc.. I sent the irons to my Dad, and he like the distance and forgiveness of the clubs. Celebration was $30 more a round, and I reckon thats a fair premium. The New York Stock Exchange gave Huffy the boot in August 2004 when its stock price bottomed out at 58 cents. So Im guessing they are an entry level set from 90s, but cant find any other photos of a similar set online. Finally, I was amazed to find that John Hoeflich was the brains behind the 845s. event.. 2 through Wedge for $20 bucks after trading in the "then very popular" 855's. . Rare 1963 Macgregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot A2 Iron Set Rh, 2-11, New Grips. 13 watching. Tommy Armour Silver Scot 986 Tour RH Irons 2-9 Dynamic Gold S300 PGA Stiff Steel. It is the only iron I use. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------. haga de sta publicacin su favorita feb 14 A friend has the newer TA-1s from Dicks, and I have to say, they are the real deal in game improvement clubs. Tommy Armour Women's 2021 845-MAX Irons. Going to take them out today. . By that time, Burke was marketing clubs under the name PGA Golf under a licensing agreement with the PGA of America. You presented the facts and captured the spirit of the brand. Upper heel area of cavity: PAT. Passed my PAT to get into the PGA using these clubs. I then decided to gain eligibility on the European Senior PGA Tour at their Open Championship qualifier. Men's Right Handed. Stealth irons vs. P790 irons - how do you decide? I would rate them an 8 on a scale of 10. Tommy Armour Zaap . how forgiving are these irons? ADD TO CART. Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scot 8 Iron - NICE! If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant We found CPM variations as wide as 10-12., Nickents USTs 85 MPH Rated Shafts were more like 2-4. Get the best deals on Tommy Armour Vintage Golf Clubs & Shafts. Still have my 845s. Too many things did go wrong for TearDrop. I dropped off the youngest and the wife at Disney then spent the day at Kennedy space Center. FOR SALE! Another great company and another what might have been. I had a solid Nickent bag at one point save for my Odyssey Rossi Putter. Spec-wise, the 845s featured a 36-degree 7-iron and light swing weights ranging from C9 to D1 in stiff flex. The Clubs. Posted July 3, 2007. . I might go see the event here, just to discover what the on-course experience is like. If you have questions about this era ofgolf,Imay be able to help get some answers. Display as a link instead, My first set of clubs ever was the 845s when i was 12 years old. Cast from 431 stainless steel with a thin L-shape face insert (to assist shots struck low), steel weighting with tungsten . Not noticeable at address. Pasted as rich text. Tommy Armour VCG Forged Sand Wedge 56 degree 56-10 w/ Steel Tour Issue S200 $49.99. Thanks for reply. I got to play OCN when I was there a few years ago, and I get to play at Trump one a year or every other year as part of our local inter-club league. And there had been nothing compelling in Tommy Armours pipeline since the 845s launch. C $153.09. A few months ago, I bought one of their 48 degree CB wedges to fill a gap in my short game. Very Collectible and rare. 35. RARE Tommy Armour PGA Silver Scot Forged Blades 2-9 LH, Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scot 48* Pitching Wedge. By 1999, Tommy Armour released the TA 845 EVO line, the first true replacement for the 845s. Talk about hitting a game-winning grand slam in your first at-bat. I wish Nickent hadnt bitten the dust that would be another great business story fro MYGOLFSPY. Aren't you concerned you might bust up the woods hitting rocky range balls? Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scot 9 iron w/Steel Tour Step Stiff $24.99. The sports retailer snapped up Huffys assets within days of the Chapter 11 filing. I cant justify getting a new set. 7 = OK Club. Not bad for a guy who spent his early working life pitching Shakespeare to teenagers. 1950s MacGregor Tommy Armour 5 iron stainless steel golf club silver Scot good condition. We still love the Beatles and, even though Elvis has been dead for more than 40 years, hes still Elvis. iacas, January 26, 2020 We need to hear those stories. . If you don't need to bend them, they are a decent club. 1 Iron . Ive still got them, minus a long-lost five iron and didnt switch to a new set of irons until 25 years later. I still have my set of Nickent irons sitting in the storage locker with a bunch of other old clubs. tmdj1234 Came across a 5-Gw 7 club set of these with the blue insignia that was barely played and sat for years, grips and shafts are like new, Mid Launch 6.0 rifles with all the perfect labels. After two weeks of shooting under par and not even one paycheck, I resorted to working at a driving range in Winter haven Florida. Model Reviewed: Tommy Armour Silver Scot MB. Ending Today at 5:00PM PST 4h 30m. Played them for 10 years. Shipping Available. Wedge. Fairway Wood. I think they are forged, just form-forged like the old clevelands. I hope they dont screw it up, said Hoeflich. Atlanta, Georgia 30328 | 877.481.5750. Ill always be proud to have been a part of building one of golfs iconic weapons. Im rooting for the latest incarnation to be a big success.