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TOMMY ARMOUR AS A YOUNG MAN WAS KNOWN AS THE 'BLACK SCOT' - BEING A CELT HE SOON BECAME THE 'SILVER SCOT.' WHISKEY AND CAROUSING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, JUST DID NOT HAVE GOOD HAIR COLOR FOR MEN BACK THEN. HE WAS ONE OF THE ICONS OF THE ERA. EVIDENTLY BEFORE SIGNING ON EXCLUSIVELY WITH MACGREGOR IN THE US, FELLOW SCOT ROBERT FORGAN MADE CLUBS WITH T. A.'s SIGNATURE TOP STAMP, OR IF MADE LATER PERHAPS MACGREGOR STOPPED HIM. THE ARMOUR WOODS, ESPECIALLY THE MACGREGORS WERE THE STANDARD FOR FIFTY YEARS. EVEN ROGER CLEVELAND COPIED THEM WHEN HE MADE WOODS. THE OLDER ONES WERE THE CHOICE OF TOUR PLAYERS UNTIL THE LATE EIGHTIES AND THEY BECAME SOUGHT AFTER CLASSICS. PLAYERS PREFERRED THE CLASSICS BECAUSE OF THE BETTER PERSIMMON IN OLDER CLUBS AND THE SHAFTS THEN HAD BORON IN THEM, MODERN STEEL DOES NOT. THE FORGANS ARE RATHER RARE CLUBS AND EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL. VERY SOLID AND HARD PERSIMMON, DRIVER HAS A HORN BASE LINE INSERT, NO REAL SOLE PLATE. THE 2 & 3 HAVE BRASS SOLE PLATES AND NO INSERTS. THE PERSIMMON GRAIN IS SLIGHT HORSESHOE. THEY HAVE HAD WORK AND MINOR RESTORATION. THE 3 WOOD HAS A SMALL CRACK FROM THE HEEL BACK SCREW TO THE SHAFT TIP SCREW. THE SCREWS WERE REMOVED AND THE SHAFT RESET WHICH FORCES EPOXY INTO THE CRACK. THE TIP SCREW WAS REPLACED BUT THE BACK SCREW WAS NOT AND THE HOLE FILLED. THE CLUBS WERE ALL REFINISHED. THE GRIPS ARE VERY NICE WRAPPED LEATHER A LITTLE TOWARDS MODERN MID SIZE. BELIEVE THE WRAPS WERE REMOVED, TREATED AND RESET. NEWER WHIPPING IS AT THE BASE OF ALL THREE. SHAFTS ARE ORIGINAL, HAVE WORN COATINGS OR PAINT AND MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CLEAR COAT. THEY LOOK LOVELY. IF YOU USE A MULTI LAYER LOWER COMPRESSION BALL IT SHOULD BE SAFE TO PLAY THESE. CALCULATED SHIPPING, ENTER ZIP FOR ESTIMATE