Forgotten Golf Brands

[RangerGrey]

How about Slotline putters, or Slotline Big MO, PowerBuilt, RAM irons, Wood Brother driver, as there are so many that you will never see again

Edited July 10 by RangerGrey

[Deepred]

Ram is part of Golf Division which owns several brands now and is designing new products for the DC market. They have some interesting looking irons that have been well reviewed.

 

https://www.ramgolf.com/ram-fxt-irons/

[Rob Person]

4 hours ago, Deepred said:

Ram is part of Golf Division which owns several brands now and is designing new products for the DC market. They have some interesting looking irons that have been well reviewed.

 

https://www.ramgolf.com/ram-fxt-irons/

They have brand new bags that look amazing.They started producing last year again 

[johnsomp]

STx putters? Google image search for a trip down early 90s memory lane.

[RetiredBoomer]

I didn't go through the entire thread, so this may be redundant. 

MacGregor, Spalding, and Wilson were the big three back in the day.

Major contenders were H&B PowerBilt, First Flight, Dunlop, Burke, Hogan, PGA [later called Tommy Armour], and Titleist (then primarily a wound ball maker, but had good clubs on the market as well. 

Lynx, Ram, Callaway, Ping, and TaylorMade pretty much exploded on the scene--and unlike MacGregor, Spalding, Wilson, Dunlop, and Mizuno, they were pure golf companies, not general sporting good manufacturers. Lynx and Ram  had a short-lived run, but Ram in particular, with Tom Watson and Nancy Lopez, was massive in the 70s and early 80s.  

Penfold and Worthington were contenders in the ball market.  
The Penfold Ace is still around, but almost nobody remembers the Worthington Sweet Shot.

The big companies like MacGregor, Spalding, and Wilson had two completely separate lines of clubs.
Serious level clubs in those days were sold ONLY at on course pro shops.
There were also "store model" clubs which were much less expensive. Kroydon, Northwestern, and the H&B "Grand Slam" line were also contenders in the store club market.

Hot-Z, still making good bags today, were a huge market share back then.