They’ve got the largest selection of new/used clubs, bags, shoes, etc. Waazzupppp, you make a good point but it’s easy to get around. It’s difficult to overstate how important this relationship is because, among other ancillary benefits, it gives Dick’s and the Atomic line a clear talking point to establish instant credibility in a market where it can otherwise take years to be taken seriously. It’s numbers are really good too. $79.99. Model Reviewed: Tommy Armour 845 Persimmon My best club was the 3 wood in that series so I bought the driver, 5 wood and 7 wood. Until then, it’s just too much cash for a sub-par shopping experience. Sound quality through advertising… don’t fall for it. Now the fun part! Drifted through sets over years and bought new clubs, the Big Bertha started the driver war if I remember correctly. One more thing—I bought them at The Golf Mart, part of Worldwide Golf Shops in the SF Bay Area. At the end of the day, more competition is a good thing for the market. I’ll be interested to see how the new clubs stack up. I don’t know if the hitting bay is still accessible at the local Dicks. And the management is progressive left – Yet when you vist Dicks very seldom is there anyone in this department! I have been to MANY Dicks sporting goods across the country for apparel and other sporting goods, but always visit the golf section hoping for a better experience, but it has been the same at all of them for many years. A limited number of TA products are listed on the Golfworks Canada Web site. The only people buying golf equipment at Dicks are stark uneducated new golfers that live under a rock and havent asked anyone where the best place to look for golf equipment might be, or the person that knows exactly what they want already, and have a 20% off Dicks coupon that gets them a better deal than elsewhere… and that’s IF the golf brand is NOT already excluded from the coupon. For non-gun owners this would seem logical but when a company goes political and makes decisions to step on the toes of citizens, they tend to take their business elsewhere. The Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scot Irons are by far the best Irons I have ever played! There’s likely a variety of reasons for this, one being that Dick’s isn’t a specialty store. I vowed to test every thing I had any interest in and did. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, (your email address will not be published), https://mygolfspy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Atomic-Wood-PVD-190304_s.mp4, https://mygolfspy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Atomic-Iron-Casting-190304_s.mp4, TaylorMade SIM2 Fairway Woods and Hybrids. We have golfworks.com they sell Maltby components clubs, they will assemble or you can build your own. Why? I started with some old Byron Nelson McGregor’s years ago. Dick’s has no presence in Canada. It will never be viewed as an acceptable brand by any half interested golfer because it’s a Dicks exclusive. They canned their golf staff (good point, WAAZZUPPPP) and they’re not a goto for golf goods. I like being a bit more old-school and seeing the ball flight (even off a mat) and seeing how the numbers and look of the shot match up. Its wore out. + Update your shipping location 7 S 0 P O N S O A R P A 7 E E D-1-1 U J-1 0 F J-1-1. $400 is hardly a budget club and even if it performed 5-10 yards better, are you really going to bag a “store brand” over investing in a fully custom fit driver with more than an R or S flex choice and one shaft option? I have been playing golf for 30 years and have played numerous sets and bought into the new technology, (mistake), but I chose these because they are still ahead of their time. I don’t ever want to see the days of the big boys making semi-annual product introductions of $500 drivers a reality again…..It’s simply not healthy for anyone in the long run. Those that would give it a try came away impressed and amazed. Also, in my experience, they tended to ignore the average hacker’s needs. Regarding The Atomic Driver, prices are too high at $399. Save tommy armour 845 3 wood to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. I hit the PW 120yds spot on. I bought from Dick for $200.00. I've went through starter sets, and Ping Red dots. I can only find used not new. They know what they’re doing. Great feeling irons love the feel like forged. Buy premium certified second-hand Tommy Armour Wedges and more with Golf Town Pre Owned. The one time I looked at the Hagen clubs, they were cheap, cast clubs from China with stiff steel shafts. Yes, please! They also had about a two month turnaround time. Nowhere has this shift been more apparent than in the ball market where Dean Snell is the perfect case study. Tommy Armour is no slouch, and to be honest I don’t give a damn about my employer, I just want my paycheck and to help the people who come to me asking for to help find the products that fit their game and budget. Ive hit enough to know how well and where I hit them even in the dark. many of whom would curl up their nose and say no thank you. Its kind of like Bose equipment. If they have a good house brand that they can cut prices on as the season moves along, and still make a decent profit margin on, they are no longer as beholden to the TaylorMades and Callaways of this world as they used to be ….and trust me, I had lot’s of friends at Edwin Watts who lost their jobs when it became obvious that TaylorMade’s Business plan was closer to that of Bernie Madoff than it was to an actual profit and benefits for all type of business plan. Quick view Compare choose options. Good article and info, I really hope TA makes a comeback, the more choices available the better all segments of golfers are served. Taylormade, Pings, everything out there. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976. I suspect though, for clubs, its uneducated golf consumers or very new players. It all just depends. But its 15 minutes to Dick’s. In the realm of golf club manufacturers they’re a secondary tier manufacturer compared to AIM or FuSheng in China. Someone needs to revive this model. Two huge Dicks stores within 20 miles of me. This may very well be a succesful business plan for them. photographyreview.com Its ubiquitous presence (average of 14 stores per state) means it has more reach than any other golf retailer. It’s cheap, heavier and requires finishing to remove excess material. golfreview.com and the ConsumerReview Network are business units of Invenda Corporation. $34.84. I'm very happy with these old school clubs!I rated them at 4-stars only because the factory lofts were off about 1-degree from factory ratings, and I needed to do some loft changes to bring the best out of them for me. I still go back to the fact that NOBODY in their right mind should spend $400.00 on a driver or $250 on a FW without hitting live balls with it. Tommy Armour is best-known for its 845 Silver Scot irons which sold roughly 600,000 units in the 1980s and 1990s, and alongside Ping’s Eye irons, dominated the iron market. Don’t know who sets inventory for Golf clubs but the majority of clubs are limited to stiff shafts with a few regulars thrown in that’s it here. Upper toe area of cavity: CAVITY BALANCED. Best set of of irons I hit. I dont think consumers mind that they are a big box or retail store, but golf equipment in particular is and continues to be incredibly specialized equipment. I think the Millennials and younger generations may not be so brainwashed into mass marketed brands. Part of the context is the trend of increasing equipment prices across the board, coupled with a newfound willingness on the part of the consumer to place performance ahead of marketing. Just had them regripped and these are the only irons for me accurate with a nice sweet spot. Because of Dick’s unique situation, Tommy Armour doesn’t have to build-in costs to cover expensive tour sponsorships (and associated marketing costs). I've owned a full set of 855s (1I-PW, plus approach, sand, and lob wedges) since the mid 1990's, these were the "oversized" irons that came after the original 845s. He died 20 years ago and I havent had any reason to part with them, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. That would be a hoot to see. $114.99. Cast iron? Prices are set by OEMs and to a degree can mislead. The reason the major brands are sold at uniform prices and consumers cannot use coupns. This guy was on his golf team, played in college, and is competitive in tournament play. Not sure about your local Dick’s but all of them here have hitting bays and monitors. The 845 Fairway Wood equips golfers with ultimate distance and maximum forgiveness to honor the iconic Tommy Armour brand name. Quick view Compare choose options. Your golf-related customer service experience entirely depends on which location you go to. I went back out and was hitting the 3-iron, lofted to 22-degrees, 190yds and straight down the fairway. And given those choices, all things being equal—feel, forgiveness and distance, I’d definitely opt for an OEM. As long as the retailer makes can turn a decent short-term profit, it’s a win. I will say, having had the time to mess around in the hitting bays, the TA1 irons and TA1 woods were phenomenal for the cost. Is Tommy Armour III going to do any advertising for this brand? In response to the never trust a hitting bay to try clubs… If you can use a bay there’s no disadvantage in trying a club out, all options are tested in the same conditions. In the video, I recognize the logo on that uniform. Copyright 2021. The people who work at Dick’s don’t make me fill like an idiot. We carry much more equipment, have more knowledgeable employees, and more technology to help us fit you. I hope people who really like to play golf will open their minds and judge based on performance not name. Save up to 90% on certified pre owned Golf Clubs! Performax, they’ve been making golf club for a while now. A top shelf product that sell for a fair price. | audioreview.com. Most of today’s everyday consumer is trained to buy on savings and not just price. Back in the 70’s when golf was in it’s largest growth spurt the cast game improvement club had it’s origin. The other store near where I live is the lowest tier. Instead, they bought Golfsmith, and leveraged that as a way to expand their Golf Specialty concepts, even though it involved the closure of many a Golfsmith, and several Golf Galaxy stores, they had a good plan. Well for what it’s worth, I would hate to see this become a Zombie Thread. This appears to me to be the classic corporate model of big business trying to be the be all for all golfers and don’t think that will work. It was a great design that proved more popular with clubb fitters than players. Just because they lean in that direction doesn’t make me lean that way, I will continue to stick with OEM equipment from Cobra Golf instead of Tommy Armour. I think that if they hold out long enough it can work- my son (17) was hitting the TA1 driver against Epic Flash, M5/M6, g410 and TS3- he swings A lot faster than i do and he wanted to buy the TA-1 based off of his demos- I scoffed and said it’s a piece of junk, but he is like my results were better and it sounded great, why is it junk? The golf section is always covers with someone knowledgeable (unless someone calls in, it’s unavoidable) and on top of that, our sales are up across the board. I’m guessing that TA product will be close to worthless the minute you walk it out the door at Dicks. Excellent insights on Dick’s and its disruptive approach to rebuilding Tommy Armour brand. Additionally, because Tommy Armour is an internal brand (the term house brand doesn’t really apply) Dick’s is effectively its own wholesaler. Titanium is lighter, stronger and more flexible than steel, but because it’s more expensive, many OEMs opt to only use it in driver construction, where the larger geometry of the clubface, makes titanium essential for pushing CT limits. I previously had a XR and the TA is far superior. 24.99 CAD. The thing is, I would consider used OEM clubs before considering Tommy Armour. I’ve hit the last two versions of TA drivers and for my swing speed(90-92mph) I found them to be equal to the “name brand” drivers. I suspect those talks are still open. If you find a lower price on Tommy Armour Golf Club Family somewhere else, we'll match it with our Best Price Guarantee. Tommy Armour is best-known for its 845 Silver Scot irons which sold roughly 600,000 units in the 1980s and 1990s, and alongside Ping’s Eye irons, dominated the iron market. The Tommy Armour 845 line for 2020 features a driver, fairway, and hybrid alongside three sets of irons and a series of milled putters. If you find a lower price on Tommy Armour 845 Woods & Irons somewhere else, we'll match it with our Best Price Guarantee. Forget forged irons, these cast irons are the real deal! You’re entitled to your opinion Chris, but as someone with inside information, my comment is very accurate. I have these clubs totally dialed in. They got rid of their “professional” staff because they didn’t add much value. If you all could provide us average guys hitting drivers 200-225 yds with that info, that would be more useful than talking about brazing IMO. I’d like to see Dick’s make a real go of this. That said, house brands rarely have a future; they’re the equivalent of scrap metal. When I go to Edwin Watts they treat me like a nobody if I dont tell them I want to buy a driver for $600 or a new set of irons for $1200. Some cheap brands have come and gone but no telling what results or if they are even durable enough to last a couple seasons. He provided MyGolfSpy with some insight as to what the future might hold. Wilson staff D7, 100 cheaper, comes with a great shaft and a carbon crown. I guess the cost are too high for this company now. In this case, the only design parameter given to Performax was to ensure the final design could go mano a mano with any fairway metal on the market. And as someone incorrectly mentioned earlier, we as Dick’s and Golf Galaxy employees get ABSOULUTELY NO COMMISSION from ANY of the clubs we sell. The salient point in that is that Dick’s is putting a robust amount of horsepower behind the Tommy Armour brand now and for the foreseeable future. If done with humor he might actually be able to move some product. One of my assistant principals, who has about $1500.00 in Taylormade equipment, was laughing at my old Scots. Those Scots played straight, perfect loft for me, and I was laying there looking at birdie or par on every hole. I figured, what the heck? The Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scot Irons are by far the best Irons I have ever played! They have half the equipment we have, less technology, and 1 employee who knows anything about golf. For this reason, brazing is more common in top-tier JDM products where higher production costs, which translate to upper-end retail costs, are expected, if not welcome. Buy New & Used Tommy Armour 845S Fairway Wood on Sale at the best price on Golf Avenue. These have been my favorite Irons over the years, just wish Tommy Armour would start producing the 845 silver scots again, because I don't ever want to change. Looking at the 2019 Atomic line – and more specifically at the metalwoods – we get an objective glimpse at why Tommy Armour should be held in the same regard as domestic brands like Tour Edge, and JDM stalwarts PRGR, OnOff, Yamaha, XXIO, and Ryoma. This is where Tommy Armour’s story diverges from expectation. To those complaining the price is too high. This might be just what the industry needs. Closest store to me is 10 mi. The Driver has a Tommy Armour grip. Get it as soon as Tue, Feb 23. Exotics by Tour Edge, which also partners with Performax, runs $299 at retail for the 2019 CBX 119. The days of spifs and commissions at major retailers are pretty much behind us. New isn't always better. They used to sponsor Rocco Mediate. Save up to 90% on products certified by professionals. $29.99. The woods are terrific. I believe his name was John Hoeflich. It should also be noted that, apart from TaylorMade’s M5 (priced at $400), those same OEMs opt to use high-performance steel rather than titanium. Brazing is quite a bit more expensive, but it saves valuable weight and doesn’t require grinding, which creates greater consistency from part to part. Chris is a self-diagnosed equipment and golf junkie with a penchant for top-shelf ice cream. Nevada Bobs here in Canada also sells Tommy Armour. Was told by Dick’s employees they had to be cross trained in 3 departments including Golf and I have to have someone paged as the Golf dept. The Tommy Armour Atomic irons are very long and forgiving. Fantastic shape( Lightly used) Tommy Armour 845 Driver/ 15* 3 wood) and 18* 5 wood) Fairway Metal Wood Left Handed.These sharp looking great shape clubs have Grafalloy Regular Flex TA 24 Dynamic Launch Technology Shafts. Inside cavity: 845s(underlined) SILVER SCOT. Can’t see parking my Tour Edge woods for any TA from them. The sakes guy may have been a pro, 3 yrs ago I think, busier than heck he showed me the bay and the operation of the gear. Like A-ha (Take on Me), however; the 845s were Tommy Armour’s one and only big hit. "Isn't it funny? we shall see. Titanium is lighter and stronger than steel, which is why Dick’s is committed to using it in all Atomic metalwoods and both sets of Atomic irons. Tommy Armour 845S Oversize Steel Iron Set Stiff Flex Irons 5-Pw 0407848* Righty. They still hit consistently true for me, and I'm ready to pass them on to my soon as he begins to play. Find Pre Owned Tommy Armour Golf Clubs at best prices on Golf Avenue. No doubt, there’s some bad aftertaste for some given previous decisions, but insofar as Tommy Armour and the current Atomic line are concerned, I think there’s sufficient reason for optimism. New Tommy Armour TA1 18 5 Wood Graphite Kuro Kage 60g Regular Flex. You can hit everything and my local store has virtually every shaft for all the drivers except some of the higher end custom ones. I was not very impressed. This collective group carries a mid-high handicap but isn’t necessarily brand loyal – and least not to the degree that it alone dictates equipment choice.
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