Just happened acrossed this thread and can add my 2 cents; bought the TA Silver Scot MB blades 6.0 Rifles, on a impulse buy for $110, and would have paid much more, if I had it to do over again, after the first time out with them. I gamed them till the end of last year when I picked up as set of used Callaway Diablo Edges talk about a totally different look at address. $79.99. %privacy_policy%. Just received a set of SilverScot CBs. Thats not the exact tagline for the revamped Tommy Armour845 Forged irons. Thats kind of a big deal. The truth just sounds different.". They are quality clubs for the beginner and experienced golfer. Only one thing that I dont like (like you) the bad, bad grips (next week Ill go to replacement). The very first Tommy Armour irons weren't made by Tommy Armour at all, but by MacGregor, and for a very good reason: there was no Tommy Armour company at the time. Get over it. Which I get, is entirely unhelpful. Funny comment above, as my first irons were MacGregor TA Silver Scot 945, bought at $5 per club from Hermans World of Sports in Times . Shaft: Original Dynamic Regular Flex Steel Shaft. Top three feeling and performing iron and when you factor the cost it makes for the most underrated iron out there. i'm very interested in both these sets, i'm not sure which to get. If theres a universal truth in golf, its that golfers love sharing stories. Sorry sold but thanks. Tommy Armour Silver Scot Forged Blade Pitching Wedge PW Iron Golf Club TA. Im talking a full club and a half longer than my old players. For the price these are being offered for; adjusting lie, extensions, and new grips, if necessary to fit ones swing, still make them a great bargain. Think ill take them to ebay for whatever i can get since there are only a couple there. At address, these have a slight hump in the top line that almost makes every iron set-up similar to a classic wedge or eight iron. Great feel with a Mid-Trajectory that is suitable for most courses and weather. You just cant count on quality service there. photographyreview.com Nice looking sticks! Does anyone know? So I pull out my 7 iron and put it 12 feet from the flag, I was amazed at the precision and feeling you get from these clubs. They are they best irons on the market for me. Since then, I have purchased 5 sets of irons and sold 3 of them. New Tommy Armour Silver Scot Forged Sand Wedge, SW Club. carreview.com | The original is a classic. The first is a face insert that sits inside the perimeter of the face and is welded (or in some cases brazed) to the body. I was absolutely amazed at these clubs!!! Additionally, XXIO selected it as the face material in its current X series irons. I've been wanting to blades again for a few years now after playing cast clubs for the past few years. You can bend these clubs around the moon if ya have to. If the heads on the Atomic Maxs hadnt been shovels by any other name, I might have bagged them instead of the Cobra FMax Superlites. Great quality club! Golfsmtih Jetstream 3W UST V2 Both readers and customers agree that these arent the softest irons around but they are a solid iron for the price. GW, SW, and LW set for $69. Something went wrong while trying to load the full version of this site. photographyreview.com I tried a few others companies (mizuno, Hogan, Callaway, etc.) i started with a set of tommy armour 845's and i shot in the 90's i continued practicing with my 845's but didnt like them. The shafts were stock option. The benefit of an L-Cup is that the architecture allows the face to act a bit like a hinge, retaining more speed (and higher launch) on thin shots. With old age and a slower swing, I found a fine set of 855s in regular steel, having only to regrip and adjust the lie up (I'm 6'2"). C $49.70. The Senior Flex Recoil shafts ran out rather quickly in our area, and that definitely forced me into the Cobras. Most consumers hear forged and likely assume its referring to the part of the club making contact with the ball. The offset is perfectly graduated. 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. (Feel was okay, but the club heads wereshall we sayShovelesque.) I guess they are going out of production. No Guesswork. They also come in cavity back. In this specific instance, Golf Galaxy might be the better option as it carries the Tommy Armour line as well. ADD TO CART. Something went wrong. As you can tell from the spec. Tommy Armour Golf Silver Scot Irons DESCRIPTION High Launch Rifle-Flighted shafts Tour Launch Rifle Shafts Forged construction offers consistent Soft feel and control at impact CNC milled face USER REVIEWS Next 10 Showing 1-10 of 11 [Oct 08, 2011] Rick Shoots in the 80s Model Reviewed: Tommy Armour Forged Silverscot Blades I traded them for the Ping i3 Blade. Required fields are marked *. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Founders Club Tour CB II Forged Iron Heads, 3-P at the best online prices at eBay! Since then, I have had ten sets of irons, ranging from TaylorMade Supersteels with graphite bubble shafts, to Nickents, to Cleveland HB3s.. 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Discussion and Links to Photos, 2023 The Honda Classic - Discussion and Links to photos, 2023 Genesis Invitational - Discussion and Links to photos, 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open - Discussion and Links to Photos, 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - Discussion and Links to all photos, 2023 HSBC Women's World Championship (Mar 02 - 05), Byron Morgan best for your balls DH89 & the elusive DBCM 8802, TWO PUTTERS - ONE POST. They are just too much for this geezer but they are sure sexy and after cleaning will look brand spanking new. All had duct tape on and I tried to test them as blind as possible. Thats true with single-piece forged irons like traditional muscle-backs. These irons come with Precision Rifle Shaft that are frequency matched for each club. Will be a good choice for folks that dont want to spend $800-$1000 for Cally, TM, etc. You can hit high and low, but primarily straight. The companys money problems became a real burden on their products and we sometimes wondered if Tommy Armour would live to see the next year but they just kept hanging in there. The grips are junk and probably -1/16" from standard which is way too small for me; but,that's a minor fault since most like to change to a favorite grip anyway. As noted in the article, Performax works with other OEMs such as Tour Edge, Ryoma, PRGR, OnOff, and Yamaha. Dicks discounts their Tommy Armour clubs faster and deeper than any other OEMs. Ill stay with Tommy Amour clubs and plan on buying a new set in the near future. 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I ended up liking them enough that they got the majority of my play. I don't have exceptional clubhead speed so I noticed right away the higher trajectory and longer distance. Maybe their still trying to get their act together, which is a good reason not to buy cant get their act together. I put in my practice and it pays off with these clubs like anything else I have 2-W and the weight, contour, and angles always felt great to me. Upload or insert images from URL. The only thing that I didn't like is that they are so light (C9-D1 and I prefer D3) but some lead tape took care of that. G.Review, January 21, 2007 in Previous Model Year Reviews, New Silver Scot Tour blades are muscleback forgings that have more mass below the equator of the ball. They also produce a very high ball trajectory. I told him I already had these and explained why I sold them. I bought my new Tommy Armour M/B Blades for $120. The Atomic Max moves decently, its just for a very specific segment of the market, mainly older guys with slow swing speeds. Dicks has started to put out high quality golf equipment under Tommy Armour and Maxfli at good prices by your testing. What about members of MGS who choose not to be on Instagram (with good reason IMO)?. I have shot some of my best scores with the 845's. I let my friend hit my 7 Iron on a par 3 and he almost holed it. I give these blades an A. The PW is 47 degrees. Also, as timing would have it, its arguably the hottest iron category in the market. but rember this to all you golfers who are trying to buy all the best clubs and think thats how they will improve. a friend of mine is a local gun dealer who also plays golf. He did have lead tape on all that is a bear to get the last layer off, only removed one so far. Certainly, there will be a variety of challenges. Might have a hard time getting much for them unless you find a hard core TA aficionado looking to collect. $224.99 . A small bucket of swings indoors in the middle of winter is a limited sample size, no doubt. The irons come equipped with Flighted Rife shafts. However, when dealing with multiple pieces, sometimes the face is forged (Mizuno HMB) and other times its the body (Tommy Armour 845, Callaway Apex Forged). I actually find them very forgiving and sweet to hit. So unfortunately I got rid of them and played the Burner 1.0's. 845 Forged #6. I've played forged cavity backs since high school; Hogan Edge '92 and Hogan Apex Tour '04. Shipping Available. They were delivered to the house and Ive been blown away since. I understand OEMs are keen to play to the ego but that aside, its a futile conversation. tmdj1234. I will go hit the clubs when I have a chance at our Golf Galaxy. I think those are the ones from about 10 years ago. You cannot paste images directly. They are standard but seem to lie flat and degree or two which fits me perfect. Now, I'm not into really soft, oversized, game improvement irons, so it's a matter of context, but they have a big sweet spot and the ball jumps off of the face nicely. Model Reviewed: Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scots This is a great set of Irons! Some of you will note the strong loft (43) of the pitching wedge. Top line is thin - it is a pretty club. "Isn't it funny? Want to sell them and get a fair value but everywhere I look they are very under valued. But on the rare occasion that happens any more, all I can think of is the TA845s or (sometimes) the Wilsons. Don't know about you, but I got mine for $100 shipped. Price is a concern butt looking forward to trying them out. Unbiased. If you are up in the air about blades, you will never have a better opportunity to get into a set for this price. The M silverbacks are in my bag now and the best blades or irons Ive ever played period. Rare 1963 Macgregor Tommy Armour Silver Scot A2 Iron Set Rh, 2-11, New Grips. Could always put them on eBay for a high price and hope, like someone said, you'll find a TA collector that might pay what what you want, You guys are great. Cobra Fly-Z+ Aldila DVS APPLY NOW: Cleveland Frontline Elite Putters! I am sure the price tag is going to be somewhere around 4 digits. Don't kid yourself they're still blades but Armour has worked on optimizing the center of gravity on each iron to make it easier to get the ball in the air. Would LOVE to get ahold of a set of the MB's with the same shaft. $43.95 + $17.35 shipping + $17.35 shipping + $17.35 shipping. The only complaint I have about these clubs is the low bounce on them. I've played Wilson Staff and Mizuno TP9's in the past and these absolutely feel as good as those classic blades. Mike Kibunja, Tommy Armour 845s Silver Scot 48* Pitching Wedge. $100 shipped is better than I did, $120 +shipping - and to Sweden that is an additional $40 - but to me that is till a killing. Forged CB's are the best way to go if a player wants feel and forgiveness. While not entirely inaccurate, neither picture is what DICKs has planned for the TommyArmourbrand moving forward. They don't have ser.#'s on the hosels. These irons were easy to hit, provided a tour trajectory and yet I could still work shots. Enjoy!!! I am curious about the forgiveness and distance in these clubs. Luckily the specs fit me perfectly so this won't be an issue. TITLEIST 585H (21*)-TTDG S300 Somewhere in between on playability. Ultimately, this is why weve created the TrueGolfFit platform so golfers who arent going to go the Club Champion/True Spec route have a way to be fit based on thousands of swings from real golfers. The Burner's are great, but I wanted to try something else. TA845 matched the Sim Max in every respect of distance, launch angle, spin, and dispersion. I replaced it but it wasnt the same. The frequency matching is wonderful and they are a bit softer than the DGS300's I usually use. If you go to your local DSG or Golf Galaxy., you can get get fit and custom order them. Tommy Armour Women's 2021 845-MAX Irons. I think my others were like D3 or D4. As a matter of fact, I did do it over again for $2 more. As you can tell by my sig, I'm an Armour fan. *. I hope they will come up with a club that is as good looking as the 845M when they release their next line of forged blades. you cant by the game of golf. These were not as popular as the 845s, but I have really enjoyed them. 845 EVO V-31: 2000: 845 EVO V-31 Reduced Offset: 2000: 845 EVO-V 25: 1999: 845 EVO V-31: 2000: 845FS SilverScot: 2003: 845u Silver Back: 2003: 845cm SilverBack: 2003: 845c SilverBack: 2003: 845m SilverBack: 2003: Back to Irons Specifications | Back to Main Page . July 13, 2006, 3:00 am As I have heard over and over blades are so hard to hit, I was scared playing them for the first time. DICKs understands the challenge ahead and whatever inroads it can make in the opportunity gapof 2020 will be on the heels of the more moderately priced TommyArmour 845 (no suffix) and 845 Max irons. Your email address will not be published. Looking for a blade without breaking the bank? JUST FLAT OUT OUTSTANDING IRONS FOR THE MONEY! Alert to LEFT HANDERS looking for these Tommy Armour Forged Muscle Back Blades. 2.1k Views. As of 02/18/08 they are still in stock at Pro Shop Warehouse in the Left handed model with Rifle at 5.0 and 6.0. Lower lofts are necessary tocombatthese two realities. Can they be customized for loft and lie? First, because they are really really difficult to find here, and secondly because equivalent Tittys or Clevelands retail for $1100 - 1200, so I'm still a happy camper. I was thinking about buying another set just for the heck of it, and they have raised the listed price from $150 to $170. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! Here is a link with the specs on the clubs. Thing is if I purchased them, I would definately wait 9 to 12 months. The workability, playability and distance for a blade is as good as any $800 set I have ever tried. Does anyone have an idea why they work so well. Kumabjorn, No you have not been screwed. I really like the finish on these. I hopee these Tommy Armour 845s are even better. I've read some complaints on the stock grips, but I have had no issues with them. Try hard-refreshing this page to fix the error. Now its off to Dicks to see them in person and maybe hit em. If TaylorMade gives your bottom line a black eyemake something you CAN discount and make a profit on-just in case the OEMs decide to go back to the suicidal business model of 2-3 new flagship drivers every year. I dont think there is a weakness in the club themselves. My head pro was amazed. Today, there's talk of a re-release of the 845s. That is to say, Tommy Armour, even if given some measure of preferential treatment, isnt likely going to be stealing enough sales from the major OEMs to cause any real consternation. golfreview.com and the ConsumerReview Network are business units of Invenda Corporation. Melding a classic design with modern technology sounds like a great idea. I'm lefthanded so finding blades has always been a real problem for me. These are easily as good as anything else out there, and the short heel/toe length with a thin top line makes them look like a nice player style at address. The best story will receive the #1/500 set of TommyArmour845 Forged irons. I have tried two Callaway models, Cleveland, Hogan and a custom built set. Then I seen the Tommy MB's on for $268, I then called the store and buddy told me they actualy had them on for $200. I can only add to the chorus on these. They are also flightedthis means you will get different tracjectories for each iron. Some couldnt get past the name either, especially when 2 or 3 year old versions of clubs from major OEMs are still on the shelf. Exellent clubs and were enjoyable to play, Does the new company designers and engineers have any relationship to old Tommy Armour Company or has the company just bought the Trademark name? Fun clubs. Quick view Add to Cart. sheet 3* bounce is the most bounce of any club with the 7 iron having 2* bounce. I liked them so well I bought the CB Silver Scots for my son who loves them as well. If that explanation isnt satisfactory, consider that golfers can carry a maximum of 14 clubs. Enjoy!!! Very nice looking club. The silver scots have the curved topline throughout the set. I hit these side by side against the Taylor Made Sim Max. document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Worlds Largest Unbiased Head-To-Head Driver Test. I saw a set of OLD TA blades yesterday, had TT shafts painted to look like wood and leather wrap grips ( completely shot), also a set of 845s, 2-P, plus S and 60* with R flex shafts. This is NOT the original Tommy Armour golf company. If you read the article thoroughly you would see that Performax is the design/build Co. This adds forgiveness on shots hit higher on the face. Very impressed with the shaft options. In 2018, Dicks released new . I was not let down. Holy moly these are nice and feel great. The body is forged from 1025 soft carbon steelwhich is attached toa high-strength HT1770 steel L-Cup face. NOW AVAILABLE: GolfWRX G/Fore Hats and Holderness & Bourne Polos! They don't have ser.#'s on the hosels. These are hard to beat for the money. Relatively weighty club that will get under the ball quickly and deliver high trajectory. As for the forged part? What i didnt care for was the small grips (changed them) and the high lofts of the clubs (PW was like a 47 deg) and the short shafts (I could swear they were like a 1/2 inch shorter). Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for TOMMY ARMOUR Tommy Armor model unknown putter 35 inch steel shaft at the best online prices at eBay! Very nice actually, I think. Atomic Max 7i 11.00, and 845 Max 5-AW practically new 90.00. Like Costcos brand of Kirkland products which are produced by high end producers, who actually is producing the Dicks golf equipment?