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Great post!
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Thanks for posting here. I saw it on my YT feed but hadn’t watched yet. I watched the one on the Wilson company. It is equally sad and confusing.
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You’re welcome, Spalding & Ram also I played Ram forged clubs all because of Tom Watson 
now I see them in a box at Dicks
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Which model Rams did you play? The Tour Grind TW276 were my first “staff” set in 1993. I still have the heads.
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Yes, great post. I have a set of Jack Burke Macs with the Brunswick stamp on the head. It looks odd being on the same head bearing an iconic golf name.
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Ram 1980s Tour Grinds I can’t remember the number butI wish I still had them lol
My first clubs, in 1971 or so, were Rams—a junior starter set of blades (3, 5, 7, and 9) and persimmons (driver and 3 wood), the evidence of whose existence has disappeared from the face of the earth apparently. I was 4. My best friend got a starter set at the same time, but his were Hogan Apex blades and the most beautiful Hogan persimmons you ever saw. Over 50 years later, I’m still jealous.
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This excellent Golf history podcast, talks about the rise and fall of MacGregor (and it’s recent revival as well!):
If you haven’t heard this podcast and host, IMHO excellent in-depth and insightful info and stories. All of this wonderful history is the foundations upon which we as golfers stand upon today. To appreciate the history of these club manufacturers is to better understand the “what, why, and how” of the great ballstrikers and the heritage that ABS / Erickson / Hughes are keeping alive and thriving for all of us. Have a listen, subscribe to the podcast, get to know the host of this podcast:
Enjoy the history of MacGregor, including it’s current revival in name via Golf Brands (owned now by Simon Millington ( Simon Millington interview - Golf Today ).
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RAM is still a company they’ve just gone to a direct to consumer model. The Watson Grind that I used were really solid. Got them on a club pro staff agreement in 1993 and played them until 1996 exclusively. At that time I worked for a guy who had a staff agreement with the Palmer Group. Still have the heads 2-Pw and have the same in a set of Hogan Apex II with the white silhouette. Those are ABS spec for lie and loft and would probably be at the bottom of the range for total weight with an X7 shaft or the equivalent. Palmer company is a thing of the past and they made some legit blades and persimmons too. In Ooltewah Tennessee.
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I meant the existence of those old junior sets has seemingly disappeared. That was a golden age of sorts: it still makes me smile to think of a world where a 4 year old kid was expected to learn the game with a 3 iron blade with a steel shaft. Equipment was just better then. But man, those Hogans were in a league of their own!
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Ahhh OK no US KidsGolf back then is right. I got hand me downs from my dad that we affectionately called the “civil war relics.”
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Started listening to Barda, interesting first 15 minutes, while taking a break rummaged around and found out MacGregor had a corporate golf course that the biggie-wiggies used. Not sure if course was mentioned in the part not listened yet to but sure hope the suits let the shop-Rats play on it too.
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