RK, I sure do remember. In fact I look at them almost every day. One of regular 4some still plays them. Spalding Executive XE.(not sure about the Executive part but know the XE is correct). Showing our age I'm afraid;-)
Carl --- Richard Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doesn't anybody remember the Spalding TopFlight > Irons from back in the early > 80's. They came from the 1 iron up to and > including the PW. They were > normal sized iron hears that were cast just > like woods. My partner in > every Member / Guest played them and in the 14 > years that we played in it we > were never out of the money. I loved the PW > and during the practice rounds > I hit it every chance i got, during pratice > rounds just about anything goes. > > > RK > > -------Original Message------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:47:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: All Wood Set > > Dave, > Thanks for the thoughts. I have only played > with the guy once and he > says he wants all woods. I was thinking of > adding a 50 degree PW, SW > and maybe LW. > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Dave > Tutelman wrote: > > > At 03:26 PM 6/25/03 -0300, Brian Lyall wrote: > >> I have been asked to put together an all or > almost all wood set for a > >> guy. He found the Bang SF heads too large so > I am probably going with > >> the venerable 948c from Hireko as it goes up > to a 15w. > >> > >> The only real problem I have with this is > what is the next logical > >> club after the 15w. It is obviously n iron > but I am not sure what the > >> cutoff is the best. been thinking that 9i, > PW, SW makes the most > >> sense but would like some guidance. Will be > using steel > >> shafts(Dynalight) other than graphite in the > driver. > > > > Brian, > > I don't know the answer to your question, but > here are a couple of > > data points. > > > > If he hits his woods and irons like me, the > first iron is about a 40* > > loft. The small "gap" is because woods hit > the ball higher and further > > than irons at the same loft -- at least > that's how I hit them. > > > > BUT... if he wants all those woods, he > probably doesn't hit irons at > > all well. I played with a guy once who had > that set makeup (948c woods > > all the way to #15). His first and only iron > was a sand wedge. (Maybe > > he had a PW too, but if so he only used it > for chipping -- no full > > swings.) > > > > Hope this helps, > > DaveT > > > > > > . ===== Carl Mc Kinley, PCS Certified Class 'A' Clubmaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] P T Barnum is the patron saint of expensive club manufacturers. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
