Fun to watch and instructive, too. Thanks, Javier!
Lee comes in to the golfsmith here in dallas where I'm the clubmaker and over a period of time has warmed up to me a little...he's not near as animated when it's one on one and no cameras He had brought a reshafted cally driver in to show me the new metal hosel and i started laughing when i saw all of his epoxied forever fingerprints all over the crown...he told about the ugliest club he ever owned...a Helen Hicks Wilson wedge that he used to win two British Opens...it was circa 1940's so it was old even in the 1970's...At Firestone one year, he had set it up against his car in the parking lot and then forgot and left it behind...when he went back it was gone...later on the range, J.Nicklaus walks up with his HH..Jack said he saw it sticking out of a trash can behind the clubhouse when he short cutted to the range and Recognized it 'cause nobody had a wedge that ugly..evidently a car lot attendant had seen it and tossed it ...Lee said he loved it because it had a dot/punch face rather than scoring lines and no matter how you laid the face, you always got a very predictable action..he said he designed and had built a wedge with the scoring lines at a slant so when opened the face, the lines would be more square to the target...his Helen Hicks wedge was later declared illegal because the there were too many dots per square inch...he also said he likes his wedges with a little more offset than usual and will take a 58* and bend it to 56* which increases the offset while reducing bounce...Lee is really really very interesting to talk to...he has great insight and knowledge and it didn't come from a book
Lee comes in to the golfsmith here in dallas where I'm the clubmaker and over a period of time has warmed up to me a little...he's not near as animated when it's one on one and no cameras He had brought a reshafted cally driver in to show me the new metal hosel and i started laughing when i saw all of his epoxied forever fingerprints all over the crown...he told about the ugliest club he ever owned...a Helen Hicks Wilson wedge that he used to win two British Opens...it was circa 1940's so it was old even in the 1970's...At Firestone one year, he had set it up against his car in the parking lot and then forgot and left it behind...when he went back it was gone...later on the range, J.Nicklaus walks up with his HH..Jack said he saw it sticking out of a trash can behind the clubhouse when he short cutted to the range and Recognized it 'cause nobody had a wedge that ugly..evidently a car lot attendant had seen it and tossed it ...Lee said he loved it because it had a dot/punch face rather than scoring lines and no matter how you laid the face, you always got a very predictable action..he said he designed and had built a wedge with the scoring lines at a slant so when opened the face, the lines would be more square to the target...his Helen Hicks wedge was later declared illegal because the there were too many dots per square inch...he also said he likes his wedges with a little more offset than usual and will take a 58* and bend it to 56* which increases the offset while reducing bounce...Lee is really really very interesting to talk to...he has great insight and knowledge and it didn't come from a book
What a great post, Hardpan. And a great story about the Helen Hicks wedge.
Book or no book, Lee's the real deal. Thank you for your insights!
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
Even as a well traveled west texas boy (meaning I've been to Odessa, Lubbock, AND Amarillo I'm still surprised at who might come into our store and the fact that they're buying grips,shafts etc...where's that tour van when you need it..
Had a gentleman ask if I would regrip his putter while he waited...put one on, nope, tried another, nope, which I then offered him the opportunity to put it on himself which he declined, tried one more and yes, that's the feel he's looking for...after he left one of the guys asked me if I had recognized T.Armour III, huh? He set the PGA scoring record the next week down in San Antonio Texas Open Hank Haney has been in to buy grips/shafts..actually introduced himself to the grunt (me) wearing a faded shop apron with dirty hands ..a genuine Nice guy although I don't understand the Haney Plane.
Feherty has been in a few times, exactly like on TV and super witty..you don't talk to him, you listen....other players too which gives a lift to a sometimes mundane job..if I had continued as a teaching pro I never would have met these guys but Everyone is looking for that magic stick
I would love to learn how to do all my own regrips and shafts.
The golfsmith home package is mega bucks though
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
He had brought a reshafted cally driver in to show me the new metal hosel and i started laughing when i saw all of his epoxied forever fingerprints all over the crown...he told about the ugliest club he ever owned...a Helen Hicks Wilson wedge that he used to win two British Opens...it was circa 1940's so it was old even in the 1970's...At Firestone one year, he had set it up against his car in the parking lot and then forgot and left it behind...when he went back it was gone...later on the range, J.Nicklaus walks up with his HH..Jack said he saw it sticking out of a trash can behind the clubhouse when he short cutted to the range and Recognized it 'cause nobody had a wedge that ugly..evidently a car lot attendant had seen it and tossed it 
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