450 $
Description
| Gender: | Men | Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
| Brand: | Forgan | Flex: | Stiff Plus |
| Model: | Bulldog | Club Size: | 41" |
| Shaft Material: | Hickory Wood | Loft: | 18 degrees |
| Club Type: | Fairway Wood | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United Kingdom |
I restored this Forgan Bulldog for my own bag, but there was a problem---it hit TOO LONG!!!So because this great club goes the same distance as my spoon, I am offering it up to someone looking for a FABULOUS hickory shaft fairway wood.Of course, Robert Forgan was considered the #1 maker of wooden head clubs, just as Tom Stewart is considered the #1 iron head maker (cleekmaker), and just as Stewart was from St. Andrews, Scotland, so, too, was Robert Forgan---in fact, his shop was along the 18th fairway of the Old Course, next to the Tom Morris golf shop, and still has the "Forgan" name in the concrete walkway at the entrance to the building (which now houses retail clothing).The bulldog models feature deep faces, very rounded soles, and upright lie angles (great for tall players), and are considered perhaps the best choice for hickory shaft fairway woods. They get the ball out of the rough FAR better than the conventional fairway wood designs.This 41" Forgan Bulldog is also stamped on head & shaft with Mitchell of Manchester and is 41" long (the original length) with 18 degrees of loft (the original loft) and a D-2 swingweight. The original shaft is a stiff plus---great for the strong player, but very good for the stiff shaft player as well with 20 growth rings showing on the shaft butt---about as many as you'll ever see. The grip is a brain-tanned buffalo leather, rough-side out, treated with pine tar for excellent grip adhesion in a slightly larger size than is common for the era (like a modern standard size: +1/64").The insert with the four wood dowels has been reset AND the soleplate has been epoxied in place, which I don't do on drivers, but this eliminates grass sliding under the soleplate on your fairway woods.Great hickory shaft club ready to play.