Jack's Specs

[xgolfx]

1976 specs

Wood lies 2 upright. 60 degrees

 

Driver 43. D3. 13.7

 

Three wood 42. D3. 14.1

One-7 2 degrees up

 

One iron. 39 long irons 1/2 down through7

 

7-9. 1/4 down

Short irons one degree up

Wedges 35

[tembolo1284]

Do you happen to have lofts? Awesome post!

[freddiec]

Nice post, thanks Charlie.

For anybody who has never seen this, it provides some great info on Jack's drivers.

http://www.golf.com/photos/evolution-driver-jacks-weapons/bear-essentials-jacks-drivers-choice-1960-2009

[astamm8]

By 1986 he'd changed a few things but not much.

Driver - 43.5" 9.5* D6.5 Open 2* 13.625 ounces (backweighted), Dymanic S500. (Jack added 1/2" to his driver but didn't change the headweight)

3 wood - same club as 1976 (backweighted 1/2 ounce)

Irons - 1 iron 15*, 2 iron 18*, pw 52*, sw 58* (irons Dynamic S400 hardstepped, wedges Dynamic R)

Lies one up except sw, which was 1 flat.

Same set make up (driver, 3 wood, 1-P, S)

Same iron lengths (38.5" 2 iron)

Grips black leather round wraps 10.5" long 1/32 oversized

[Shallowface]

[quote name='astamm8' timestamp='1358487821' post='6250783']
By 1986 he'd changed a few things but not much.

Driver - 43.5" 9.5* D6.5 Open 2* 13.625 ounces (backweighted), Dymanic S500. (Jack added 1/2" to his driver but didn't change the headweight)

3 wood - same club as 1976 (backweighted 1/2 ounce)

Irons - 1 iron 16*, 2 iron 18*, pw 52*, sw 58* (irons Dynamic S400 hardstepped, wedges dynamic R)

Lies one up except sw, which was 1 flat.

Same set make up (driver, 3 wood, 1-P, S)

Same iron lengths (38.5" 2 iron)

Grips black leather round wraps 10.5" long 1/32 oversized
[/quote]

Good stuff! What's your source?

Found this interesting.

[url="http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm"]http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm[/url]

May have to try one. I've never (knowingly) hit a club weighted in this manner.

[tembolo1284]

[quote name='Shallowface' timestamp='1358517358' post='6251991']
[quote name='astamm8' timestamp='1358487821' post='6250783']
By 1986 he'd changed a few things but not much.

Driver - 43.5" 9.5* D6.5 Open 2* 13.625 ounces (backweighted), Dymanic S500. (Jack added 1/2" to his driver but didn't change the headweight)

3 wood - same club as 1976 (backweighted 1/2 ounce)

Irons - 1 iron 16*, 2 iron 18*, pw 52*, sw 58* (irons Dynamic S400 hardstepped, wedges dynamic R)

Lies one up except sw, which was 1 flat.

Same set make up (driver, 3 wood, 1-P, S)

Same iron lengths (38.5" 2 iron)

Grips black leather round wraps 10.5" long 1/32 oversized
[/quote]

Good stuff! What's your source?

Found this interesting.

[url="http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm"]http://www.golfgearn...Secret-Grip.htm[/url]

May have to try one. I've never (knowingly) hit a club weighted in this manner.
[/quote]

Link isn't working

[astamm8]

[quote name='Shallowface' timestamp='1358517358' post='6251991']
Good stuff! What's your source?

Found this interesting.

[url="http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm"]http://www.golfgearn...Secret-Grip.htm[/url]

May have to try one. I've never (knowingly) hit a club weighted in this manner.
[/quote]

An article in Golf Digest in '86 with an interview with Jack Wulkotte. See post 15 of this thread.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/544619-the-bear-and-his-bats/"]http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/544619-the-bear-and-his-bats/[/url]

[xgolfx]

[quote name='astamm8' timestamp='1358519026' post='6252221']
[quote name='Shallowface' timestamp='1358517358' post='6251991']
Good stuff! What's your source?

Found this interesting.

[url="http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm"]http://www.golfgearn...Secret-Grip.htm[/url]

May have to try one. I've never (knowingly) hit a club weighted in this manner.
[/quote]

An article in Golf Digest in '86 with an interview with Jack Wulkotte. See post 15 of this thread.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/544619-the-bear-and-his-bats/"]http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/544619-the-bear-and-his-bats/[/url]
[/quote]



Jack used Lamkin leather grips, the old fashioned kind. A leather strip with paper under listing and a plastic cap. They were changed often. I think he may have occasionally used rubber, but not very often.

CHARLEY PENNA

[TMBob]

[quote name='xgolfx' timestamp='1358453223' post='6247683']
1976 specs
Wood lies 2 upright. 60 degrees

Driver 43. D3. 13.7

Three wood 42. D3. 14.1
One-7 2 degrees up

One iron. 39 long irons 1/2 down through7

7-9. 1/4 down
Short irons one degree up
Wedges 35
[/quote]

No mention of counter balance under the grips......fact or fiction?

[teevons]

[quote name='xgolfx' timestamp='1358553514' post='6256381']
[quote name='astamm8' timestamp='1358519026' post='6252221']
[quote name='Shallowface' timestamp='1358517358' post='6251991']
Good stuff! What's your source?

Found this interesting.

[url="http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm"]http://www.golfgearn...Secret-Grip.htm[/url]

May have to try one. I've never (knowingly) hit a club weighted in this manner.
[/quote]

An article in Golf Digest in '86 with an interview with Jack Wulkotte. See post 15 of this thread.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/544619-the-bear-and-his-bats/"]http://www.golfwrx.c...r-and-his-bats/[/url]
[/quote]



Jack used Lamkin leather grips, the old fashioned kind. A leather strip with paper under listing and a plastic cap. They were changed often. I think he may have occasionally used rubber, but not very often.

CHARLEY PENNA
[/quote]
I remember reading about his 3 wood that he played for so many years,fellow pros would hold it and they could not believe how slippery and hard the leather grip was as he did not want to change it. When he finally did change the leather he said it never played the same after.

[xgolfx]

The "lead tape under the grip to counter balance" tale has been around forever. I cannot say it is fact. I do know he preferred the old type " crepe paper" listing . It was very thin and could be finely tuned when applied properly with pitch( tar)

CHARLEY PENNA

[freddiec]

I remember golf digest in the 80s showed pics of Jack's Armour 945W upclose, face, crown, ect. He was also tee'n up a Tourney ball while practicing in Florida. The grain on his driver was off the chart. Absolutely perfect tight Horseshoe grain. Anybody remember which issue that was in? I know it was taken from one of Jack's instructional books.

[astamm8]

[quote name='TMBob' timestamp='1358554241' post='6256463']
No mention of counter balance under the grips......fact or fiction?
[/quote]

The article quotes Jack Wulkotte as saying that there was 1/2 ounce of backweighting in his 3 wood and slightly less in his driver, which I mention in the post.

[mocokid]

[quote name='xgolfx' timestamp='1358553514' post='6256381']
[quote name='astamm8' timestamp='1358519026' post='6252221']
[quote name='Shallowface' timestamp='1358517358' post='6251991']
Good stuff! What's your source?

Found this interesting.

[url="http://www.golfgearnewswire.com/Nicklaus-Boccieri-Golf-Partner-To-Launch-Secret-Grip.htm"]http://www.golfgearn...Secret-Grip.htm[/url]

May have to try one. I've never (knowingly) hit a club weighted in this manner.
[/quote]

An article in Golf Digest in '86 with an interview with Jack Wulkotte. See post 15 of this thread.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/544619-the-bear-and-his-bats/"]http://www.golfwrx.c...r-and-his-bats/[/url]
[/quote]



Jack used Lamkin leather grips, the old fashioned kind. A leather strip with paper under listing and a plastic cap. They were changed often. I think he may have occasionally used rubber, but not very often.

CHARLEY PENNA
[/quote]
Charley, I thought he and most pros used Neuman leather? Hoboken NJ!!

[xgolfx]

LAMKIN was the grip that Jack used according to Wullkotte, ( name is usually misspelled)

CHARLEY PENNA

[freddiec]

Here is a good pic of Jack's 945W and his 693, and a copy of the putter he used to win the Masters. The original putter is MIA... These clubs are in the Jack Nicklaus Museum. There are some good videos on youtube of the museum. His 945W is probably the most famous persimmon driver of all time, I would imagine. Can you imagine what that would is worth?

[oldschoolrocker]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[majic]

His counterbalance of 14 grams is a touch more then 3 swing weights
I never checked the weight of a hickory tip plug.

[HoganApexBlades]

[quote name='freddiec' timestamp='1420215792' post='10674471']
Here is a good pic of Jack's 945W and his 693, and a copy of the putter he used to win the Masters. The original putter is MIA... These clubs are in the Jack Nicklaus Museum. There are some good videos on youtube of the museum. His 945W is probably the most famous persimmon driver of all time, I would imagine. Can you imagine what that would is worth?
[/quote]

Nice pic Freddie, any shots of his Geo Low Wizard or his VIP's?

[freddiec]

Jack's infamous VIP 1 Iron seen here... There are a few other videos as well all worth checking out.
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lljl6HU5DRQ"]https://www.youtube....h?v=lljl6HU5DRQ[/url]


His favorite driver here..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqgUHxIO2UU

[HoganApexBlades]

Strange that the video of "White Fang" has a picture of Jack putting with his Wizard in the case!

[Kathy Marie]

Holy Moly! HAB, you're *right*--nice catch!!!

[HoganApexBlades]

[quote name='Kathy Marie' timestamp='1420257768' post='10677665']
Holy Moly! HAB, you're *right*--nice catch!!!
[/quote]

KM,

I grew up not that far away from where those flatsticks were manufactured! I'd know a Wizard 600 from 20 yards!

HAB

[rex235]

HAB-

Sounds like a few lights from Melrose Park, IL...

You have to go back to Sports Illustrated in 1967, US Open at Baltusrol-
Where a 27 years young Jack Nicklaus is on the cover with "White Fang"

Everyone gets a chance to compare the covers-

Sports Illustrated 1967 Nicklaus at Baltusrol with the Sports Illustrated 1980 Nicklaus at Baltusrol...

White Fang 1967 vs George Low 1980

[xgolfx]

[attachment=2555387:white fang 2.jpeg][attachment=2555375:jack white fang.jpg]here's jack with white fang

CHARLEY PENNA

[HoganApexBlades]

[quote name='rex235' timestamp='1420274666' post='10678277']
HAB-

Sounds like a few lights from Melrose Park, IL...

You have to go back to Sports Illustrated in 1967, US Open at Baltusrol-
Where a 27 years young Jack Nicklaus is on the cover with "White Fang"

Everyone gets a chance to compare the 1967 Nicklaus at Baltusrol with the 1980 Nicklaus at Baltusrol...
[/quote]

Rex, I was born in the city and grew up in the Northwest suburbs. I played hockey many nights in Oak Park and Franklin Park. If only I had taken up golf before 1971!

[freddiec]

Another great Nicklaus video. This time he was head to head with Lee Trevino. Both in the prime..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uTc61maA1I

[rex235]

Freddie-

Does anyone have any photos on what clubs (Woods and Irons) Lee Trevino was playing here at Wentworth in 1970?

Of course it appears Trevino was using a Wilson 8802 putter, and it's easy to recognize the red Slazenger bag and Slazenger (Black Cat) logo on his sweater.

In 1971, Trevino wins the US Open at Merion (beating Nicklaus in a playoff), the British Open, and the Canadian Open in a 3 week period.

Charley-

Thanks for the early photo of "White Fang".

Still "Two Books Easy"....

[xgolfx]

[quote name='rex235' timestamp='1420363226' post='10683085']
Freddie-

Does anyone have any photos on what clubs (Woods and Irons) Lee Trevino was playing here at Wentworth in 1970?

Of course it appears Trevino was using a Wilson 8802 putter, and it's easy to recognize the red Slazenger bag and Slazenger (Black Cat) logo on his sweater.

In 1971, Trevino wins the US Open at Merion (beating Nicklaus in a playoff), the British Open, and the Canadian Open in a 3 week period.

Charley-

Thanks for the early photo of "White Fang".

Still "Two Books Easy"....


Trevino won the 68 Open with a Wilson driver. In 1970, it broke. He switched to a MacGregor driver with a metal firing pin (1960 vintage)He used it till 1983 when he went to a metal driver

He putted with an 8802 most of the time. However, in 1983 he used a ping ablade and went back and forth between the 8802 and the ping


CHARLEY PENNA

[/quote]

[mocokid]

I am curious as to what irons Trevino used during his playing yrs on the regular tour (non senior). In a Golf Dig article in 2013, he mentions that after his Open win in 68, he found some blank iron forgings in Australia (?) from a local club maker, and claimed they were the best set he ever had, once he ground them to his liking. However, he continued to modify them and they were never quite the same. I know he was a Rawlings pro for most of his non senior career. But did he really hit Rawlings forgings (especially prior to the TPenna purchase by Rawlings)? Curious....