Your Golf Equipment Brand History?

[Middler]

Prompted by the MacGregor history thread, I thought this could be fun - though it may be a nightmare for club ho's with a LONG history. I've been playing for 57 years (15+ year hiatus from early 00's to 2017), my history has been:

• Drivers & FWs: MacGregor DX > TM Burner Bubble > TM RBZ Black > Callaway Rogue
• Irons: MacGregor DX > Wilson Staff RM Midsize > Mizuno JPX900 Forged
• Hybrid (3h only beginning 2018): Callaway XR > Mizuno CLK
• Putters: Acushnet Bullseye > Odyssey (model? - blade w black insert) > Evnroll ER2 > Ping Tyne4 (very brief) > Evnroll ER5B
• Balls: Titleist (for 40+ years, all urethane tour balls) > Snell MTB > MaxFli Tour (maybe)

Clearly I stick with my choices for a LONG time...

[bens197]

This is fun…I was on Titleist Staff for several years but despite that I have always trusted their product. 
 

The Cleveland VAS Titanium was such a great driver, I worked all summer to save for that one.

Woods: Cleveland VAS Titanium, GBB, PING TiSi, Titleist 975D, Titleist 905T, PING G5, Titleist 913D3, PING G400LST, TaylorMade SIM2

Irons: Titleist 962b, Titleist 670, PING i5, BenHogan Ft Worth 15, Ben Hogan Players Combo

Putters: PING Anser 2 Stainless, Bettinardi BB8W, Scotty Phantom X 11.5 2021

[DiscipleofPenick]

This is interesting, even being in my 30s I was a MacGregor kid.

Driver: Golf works, MacGregor (Vfoil) Cobra, Titleist

Fairway: Golf Works, Cobra, Titleist

Hybrid: Adams

Irons: MacGregor (Muirfield 20th Anny), TaylorMade, Titleist

Wedges: MacGregor, Cleveland, Titleist

Putter: Bullseye, TaylorMade, Zebra, Odyssey

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cnosil]

I have played a wide variety of equipment from multiple manufacturers and probably can't remember them all; much less the models. 

irons:  Northwestern, Wilson, Dynacraft, Ping, Titleist, Mizuno, Cleveland, Srixon, Callaway, Honma

Woods: Adams, Titleist, Cleveland, Srixon, Hogan, TaylorMade, Ping, Hogan, Northwestern, Tour Edge Exotics, Nike, SMT,  DynaCraft

Putters: Generic brands, Ping, Odyssey, Cameron, MacGregor, Bobby Grace, Evnroll, SeeMore, TaylorMade, Bettinardi, MLA, Never Compromise, Tad Moore, TP Mills, Xenon, Yes, Piretti, Bellum Winmore

[russtopherb]

Oh boy... let's see if I can do this.

Irons - Walter Hagen/Cally X-20/Wilson Staff Di11/Cally Diablo Edge/Wilson Staff D100/TaylorMade Speedblades/WS D200/WS C300/WS D300/Cobra Baffler XL

Driver - Cobra LD Speed/Cally X2Hot/Ping K15/Cobra Amp Cell/Ping K15 (again)/Titleist 910D2/Ping G30SFT/Knuth High Heat/TaylorMade R1/Cobra F6/WS D7

Putter - Odyssey White Hot Ice/Cleveland Huntington Beach/WS Infinite Southside/Nickent Omen Prophecy

All that gear... and I've yet to break 90    

[HeathS16]

Cool thread! 
 

Driver: Big Hitter Forger->Cobra AMP-D->Nike Vrs covert 2.0 ->Callaway Epic Flash subzero-> TSi3

Irons: Spaulding Centurions->Taylormade Burner->Nike Vrs Forged->Cleveland Launcher-> Ping i210

Fairways: Ping Tight Lies-> Sub70

Putters: Odessey White Hot -> MLA -> TA Impact No. 3 

[PMookie]

I can’t possibly do this. All I can say is my journey started with Ram Bob Rosburg driver and three wood, a 3/5/7/9 iron of who knows what brand, no idea of the putter I started with, then my first set I got was at HS graduation. Golfsmith woods 1/3/5, and Dunlop Diamond Max irons. After that it’s all a blur….

[RichL85]

This is easy for me. 

Driver: Snake Eyes Viper > Cleveland HiBore XL (swapped a few shafts but same head since) 

Fairways: Adam's Redline > Snake Eyes Viper Tour

Hybrids: Cobra Baffler > Snake Eyes Viper Tour

Irons: Snake Eyes Python Plus > Cobra S9 > Srixon I-701

Wedges: Titleist Vokey > Cleveland X-Forged

Putters: Cobra > Yes Marilyn

Literally have not changed anything since 2008. 

[scooterhd2]

Driver: Ping K15. It just wont leave the bag despite how much I try. First driver ever.

Fairways: RBZ > Cobra F6 Baffler

Hybrids: Mashie > Adams Super > Apex

Irons: Cobra S3 > Cobra F8 OL > Srixon 585/785

Wedges: Cleveland CG14 > RTX4/TM Hi Toe

Putter: Callaway iTrax > EVNROLL ER3

[ChuckZ]

Interesting subject.  Started late in life in 1985.  Will give it a try and never played anything with the Nike brand on it.  Bought a pair of their golf shoes and one of their shirts way back when and both fell apart.  Felt rest of their golf stuff was junk also.    

Drivers; Taylormade, Dynacraft, Callaway, Adams, Wilson Staff, Mizuno, Ping, Titleist. 

Woods; Taylormade, Dynacraft, Callaway, Ping, Nickent, Cobra, Titleist

Hybrids:  Adams, Nickent, Cobra, Titleist. 

Irons:  Wilson Staff, Ping, Titleist, Callaway, Wilson Staff, Titleist. 

Putters:  Bulls Eye, Ping, Callaway (numerous), Scotty Cameron. 

Balls played:  Top Flite, Callaway, Taylormade, Srixon, Bridgestone, Wilson staff, Ultra, all the Titleist balls.   

 

As of Thursday:  TSi3D 10.75, TSi2F 16.5, 818h 18.0, 816h 21.0, T300 5-53W, SM7 58.12D, Scotty Newport 2 Notchback, Prov1.  All my equipment is now from the Acushnet family including shoes and apparel (FJ).....I find these brands work best for me in comfort, performance, and feel.     

[null]

Have some time to kill on a conference so here we go - this list excludes Cobra Connect 5 Equipment

Driver

Wilson, Orlimar Tri-Metal, Taylormade 320, TaylorMade R5, Taylormade R11, TaylorMade RBZ, Cobra Amp Cell, Callaway Big Bertha Alpha, Srixon Z545, TaylorMade M1, TaylorMade M2, Cobra F8+, Titleist TS2, Ping G410, Ping G410LST

 

Fairway Wood

Wilson, Orlimar Tri-Metal, TaylorMade RBZ, Cobra Amp Cell, Callaway X2 Hot 5Deep, Srixon z545, TEE Beta, TaylorMade M2, Cobra F8, Titliest TS2, Ping G410LST

 

Hybrid

TaylorMade Rescue TP,  Cobra Amp Cell, Callaway X2 Hot Pro, Srixon z545, Callaway X2 Hot Pro, TaylorMade M1, TaylorMade M2, Titleist 818 H2

 

Irons

Wilson K28, Trident (big bertha clones), Taylormade 320, TaylorMade R7 TP, TaylorMade Rocketbladez, Callaway Apex Pro, Srixon z545, Srixon z745, Mizuno JPX 900 Tour, Srixon z765, Mizuno JPX 919 Tour

 

Wedges

Wilson, Cleveland, TaylorMade RAC TP, Cleveland 588, Hopkins, Callaway MD2, Callaway MD2 Tour, Hopkins, Ping Glide, Vokey SM6, Vokey SM7

 

Putters 

Wilson, Odyssey White Hot #5, TaylorMade Rossa Daytona, Scotty Cameron Select Newport, Odyssey TD Black 9, Odyssey MXM 9, TaylorMade Spider Tour, Evnroll ER2, TaylorMade Spider X, Mizuno M Craft II, Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.5, Evnroll ER1v

 

Ball

Top Flight XL 2000, Titliest Professional, Prov1, Strata Tour Ultimate, Strata Tour Ultimate 2, Taylormade TP Red, Srixon ZStar XV, Callaway SR3, Srixon ZStar XV, TaylorMade TP5X, Bridgestone B330, Srixon Zstar XV, Bridgestone Tour B X, Titleist ProV1

[Bill Barnes]

Drivers: Penna; TM; Callaway, Titleist...once they finally made a low spin driver

Fairway woods: Power Bilt; TM Spoon; TM Gen 2; Callaway, Titleist  

Irons: Hogan Apex blades; Mizuno blades, TM perimeter weighted; Sixron perimeter weighted; Callaway Maverick

Wedges: Hogan; Mizuno with a little experiment with Scotty Cameron  

Putter: Original Ping Anser....still with me despite light weight head...  

[ZenGolfer]

On 7/31/2021 at 11:08 AM, Middler said:

Prompted by the MacGregor history thread, I thought this could be fun - though it may be a nightmare for club ho's with a LONG history. I've been playing for 57 years (15+ year hiatus from early 00's to 2017), my history has been:

• Drivers & FWs: MacGregor DX > TM Burner Bubble > TM RBZ Black > Callaway Rogue
• Irons: MacGregor DX > Wilson Staff RM Midsize > Mizuno JPX900 Forged
• Hybrid (3h only beginning 2018): Callaway XR > Mizuno CLK
• Putters: Acushnet Bullseye > Odyssey (model? - blade w black insert) > Evnroll ER2 > Ping Tyne4 (very brief) > Evnroll ER5B
• Balls: Titleist (for 40+ years, all urethane tour balls) > Snell MTB > MaxFli Tour (maybe)

Clearly I stick with my choices for a LONG time...

Mine would be a nightmare to remember all of them, what with all the club hoing that I used to do.

I can go brand though.  When I started playing golf in the late '90s, I was all Titleist.  My 1st real set of irons were Titleist DCI 981s  Then, in around 2005, I discovered Mizuno and there was no looking back.  Once you play Mizunos, it kind of spoils you for playing any other brand, although I have dabbled with pretty much every brand that there is.

[Mikedb26]

This is definitely a fun topic, gets the brain working for us old farts.  Actually made a list during the covid mess, brands and models...

IRONS:  cheap box set from Dunhams S.G., Hogan Edge Radial, Ping Zing, Lynx Black Cat, Lynx Black Cat Tour, Ping Eye 2 BeCu, Ping ISI BeCu, Ping ISI stainless, Ping ISI Ni, Titleist DCI 981, Titleist DCI 972, Nike Pro Combo, Callaway Fusion, Callaway XForged 07, Callaway XHot, TM Speedblade, TM RSi2, Mizuno JPX900 (current)

WEDGES have been Ping, Cleveland, Nike, Mizuno 

PUTTERS: Ping B60, Ping Rite-In 5, Ping 1A, Scotty Futura (original), Scotty GOLO5, Rife Renegade, EVNROLL ER5 hatchback (current)

FAIRWAYS & HYBRID: Callaway BB Heavenwood 2H, Nike SQ Dymo 5W, Sonartec SS-02 3W, Exotics CB2 3W, Callaway BB Alpha 3W, Srixon F85 3 & 5W (current)

DRIVERS: Mizuno (early 90's model), Mizuno (early 2000's model), Cobra Deep Face, Cobra XSpeed, Lynx Black Cat, Wilson Killer Whale, Wilson Invex, Wilson  invex Ti, Ping Zing, Ping ISI, Ping TiSi, Ping G5, Srixon W-506, Srixon Z765, Titleist 975D, Titleist 912, TM R5, TM M1 (2016), TM M1 (2017), TM RBZ, Callaway GBB, Callaway RAZR Fit, Callaway Rogue, Exotics Tour Proto, Nike NDS, Nike Sumo5000, Nike MachSpeed, Nike VRS Covert Pro, Nike Vapor Pro, Honma TW737 (current #2), PXG 0211X (current #1)

All that in the last 30 years...  ah the memories!

 

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by Mikedb26
Forgetfulness

[vagabon68]

Irons first ones unknown whatever you could get in the pawnshop in the mid 80’s then a 30 year break. Mizuno jpx ez, prgr new egg red, Ben Hogan ptx, srixon mixed set, tour Edge, now Mizuno jpx 919 forged.  Want to move to sub70 maybe someday. 
 

drivers.  Honma 4 star persimmons, Mizuno jpx ez, a Nike for 2 days, Mizuno, Bridgestone, Cobra, now pxg 0811

fairways Honma 4 star persimmon still have the 5 wood, Mizuno, cobra, now went backwards to a aero burner 

wedges Mizuno, Ben Hogan equalizer and scratch or my current 

putters to many to mention 6 different Scotty’s multiple ping, waiting on my new one finally got fitted and picked evenroll ev2

[DJ Mico]

On 7/31/2021 at 8:08 AM, Middler said:

Prompted by the MacGregor history thread, I thought this could be fun - though it may be a nightmare for club ho's with a LONG history. I've been playing for 57 years (15+ year hiatus from early 00's to 2017), my history has been:

• Drivers & FWs: MacGregor DX > TM Burner Bubble > TM RBZ Black > Callaway Rogue
• Irons: MacGregor DX > Wilson Staff RM Midsize > Mizuno JPX900 Forged
• Hybrid (3h only beginning 2018): Callaway XR > Mizuno CLK
• Putters: Acushnet Bullseye > Odyssey (model? - blade w black insert) > Evnroll ER2 > Ping Tyne4 (very brief) > Evnroll ER5B
• Balls: Titleist (for 40+ years, all urethane tour balls) > Snell MTB > MaxFli Tour (maybe)

Clearly I stick with my choices for a LONG time...

This sounds fun. So, before April 2020, I had not had my own clubs since about 2010. I was in high school and super focused on baseball, plus I hit a growth spurt, so I had a long hiatus where I didn’t touch a golf club. 
 

My first set of junior clubs was an all blue Wilson box set. After that I got a hand me down set from a cousin/uncle that was Ping Zing irons 3-SW, Cobra Baffler Hybrid, a Titleist 980F 3 wood and some sort of Mizuno blade putter (Anser shape). The set didn’t have a driver, and I was too tall for the junior driver, so I exclusively hit 3 wood off the tee. 
 

I used that mix match set until about 2010 once baseball took over. Once my baseball career was done and COVID hit, golf courses were the only thing that was open. I searched all over the web for a full set of clubs under $250 and finally settled on clubs from Callaway Pre-Owned:

Driver: Titleist 983K

3 Wood: Titleist 909F3

Irons: Titleist DCI 762

Wedges: Vokey 200 Series, Vokey SM5 Lob Wedge

Putter: Odyssey White Hot #1

I was not working at the time and was finishing up graduate school. I told myself I would save up and buy new clubs once I got better and had taken a few lessons.

After going to the range a lot, taking lessons, and playing weekly, I saved up to do a fitting and buy my own clubs. I ended up being fit for and got these clubs (I didn’t buy them all at the same time):

Driver: Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero

3 Wood: Callaway Mavrik

3 Hybrid: Callaway Mavrik Pro

Irons: 4-PW Titleist T200

Wedges: Mizuno T20

I kept my putter until my wife bought me one for my birthday: Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas H7 neck. 

I also decided to get a new lob wedge and went for the Ping Glide after playing an early morning round in the fall and not being able to keep the ball from releasing on the green. 

Finally, I just made an iron change and purchased Miura CB-301 in 7-PW. I wanted more control and feel in my short irons, but wanted a club with a similar shape and loft to my current set to not mess up my gapping. Now I’m just waiting for the Moira’s to be built and arrive. 

[Inferno2ss]

My first set of clubs were Top Flite which came 3 iron thru sand wedge with graphite shafts a 3 wood and driver

My second was all Callaway, Diablo Forged Irons with Big Bertha Woods and Driver

Third set was Ping G400 Irons with G400 woods and hybrids, Ping Glide 2.0 wedges and Callaway Driver

Now I have Srixon ZX7 Irons (4 thru Gap), Ping G410 17 and 19 hybrids, Titleist Vokey SM8 wedges 56.10 and 60.4, Taylor Made Sim 2 Max driver with an Evnroll ER11V putter

The biggest difference is I have been fit for all my current clubs but the hybrids which I just bought shafts with a similar profile to my driver

[6bills67]

This took a lot of thought, not sure i got them all, but here 40 + years of clubs:

Irons:  Spaulding Dot II, Continental, Ram Tour Grind, MaxFli Tour Ltd. Forged x2, TM 300 forged, Ping i20, Ping iBlades / I500

Driver: Spaulding laminated woods, Continental metal, Ram Persimmon - all came with the irons,  Ram FX, Titleist 975D, 975LFE, 983K, Rocketballz, Callaway X460, Nike SQ, Titleist 910D2, Ping G400 LST

Fairway: Spaulding, continental, ram persimmon - all came with irons, RAM FX (3W), Cally Steelhead (5W), Steelhead III (3W), Nike SQ (3W), Ping i20 (3W & 5W), Ping G400(3W)

Hybrids: Nike SQ(3h / 4h), Ping G410(3h)

Wedges: usually came with the set, RAM Tom Watson signature,  Cleveland 588 & 900, TM RAC TP, Ping Gorge, Ping Glide II, Glide Forged

Putters:  RAM 810, Tiger Shark milled, McGregor Muirfield 20th, Ping Answer, Ping Zing, Ping Ketsch, Odyssey Rossie II

[BH43]

I started with a Hagen international set, 1,2,4w and 3-pw. I have played Ping, Adams, Callaway, Nike. The ones I played with the longest was Adams irons 3,4,5 hybrid 6-pw with a Cleveland DST driver. The rest is like a blur.

[TheProfessor]

Starting from HS when I started really practicing and taking things seriously, I'm probably missing a few but I have really played a lot looking at it:

Driver: Mizuno T-Zoid > TM 300 > Titleist 983E/905S/905R/907D2/909D3 > Ping I15 > Callaway RAZR Fit > 917 D3

Fwy: TM R7 TP > Sonartec NP-99 > Titleist 906F2/906F4 > Sonartec GS Tour > Callaway RAZR Hawk > Titleist 913FD/917F3

Hybrid: TM Rescue TP > Mizuno MP Fli-Hi > Titleist 585H > Ping I20 > Titleist 818 H2

Irons: Mizuno MP33/37/67/62/68/69 > Callaway Tour Authentic Blade > Mizuno JPX-900 Tour/Back to MP-69/MP-20 MB (Current)

Wedges: Cleveland 588/Cobra Trusty Rusty > Mizuno R series/T series > Callaway Razr Forged > Mizuno T series > Vokey SM7

Putter: Odyssey Mallet > SC Newport 2.5 > Rife Aussie > Odyssey Milled Blades/Backstryke/Versa 7 > O-Works 7CH > SC Squareback 2