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Sam Snead, Patty Berg and club-makers Hall of Famer Bob Mendralla joined the Wilson Advisory Staff by 1947, and directed the company in the production of clubs for years to come. In the1970’s, Wilson Staff introduced more revolutions into the equipment world, including the Dyna-Power, the Fluid Feel and the FG Series blades. By 1983, Wilson clubs were the number one club on the PGA Tour.
Wilson remained the top club throughout the 1980's, introducing the Staff Tour Blade in 1985. This club was introduced alongside the Staff persimmon woods, which featured aluminum face inserts, and went on to become the top woods in golf. The Staff FG-51 was introduced in 1990 and new Dyna-Powered wedges were made by Mendralla, along with a reincarnation of Snead's R-90 sand wedge.
Wilson Dr. Cary Middlecoff Signature 2-9 Irons - 8 clubs total
Emmett Cary Middlecoff (January 6, 1921 - September 1, 1998) was perhaps the greatest golfing dentists in the history of the game and ranks among the top ten players in PGA Tour wins with 40. Cary attended the University of Mississippi where he became the first ever Ole Miss golfing All-American and went on to pursue his DDS degree at the University of Tennessee and won four consecutive Tennessee State Amateur Championships (1940-1943). Middlecoff returned from World War II and won the North and South Open in 1945 as an amateur, turned professional in 1947 and promptly won the Charlotte Open as his first professional win. This victory in Charlotte began a streak of 13 consecutive years (1947-1959) with a victory on the PGA Tour, a total of 40 events. Cary bested San Snead and Clayton Heafner by one stroke to win his first United States Open title in 1949 at Medinah Country Club. In 1955, he took his second major when he beat Ben Hogan by seven strokes at Augusta National to win his one and only Master Tournament Championship, but later that year fell short of winning his second major of the year, the PGA Championship losing 4&3 to Doug Ford. In 1956, Cary won six tournaments including his second U.S. Open title by one stroke over fellow Hall of Famers Julius Boros and Ben Hogan at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, NY. That year, Middlecoff took the Vardon Trophy as the PGA Tour and won three Ryder Cups in 1953, 1955 and 1959. Middlecoff was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1996.
Review/Info: "I still have my grandfather's Wilson's... The Irons are great, but I am afraid I was not too careful with his persimmons... water damage. When he passed I was still in my early 20's. I was willed his clubs because I was always fascinated with them as a child. Though my parents met at a country club through the memberships of their parents... I never became a golfer until I was in my early 40's.
I moved around a lot when I was young... Those clubs just got tossed hither and yon... I went to work for a competitive man whose only passion outside of work, was golf. Being competitive myself I dragged out that poor old Wilson set to try and take him on... You should have seen the expression on his face when I showed up with this set (water damaged persimmons and all!).
We bonded that day, and he sold me is "old" Ping Eye 2's... (still have them too actually). I caught the bug... Big time!!!
I am now in my mid 50's, and a certifiable golf nut!!! Can't stop thinking of the game, or lamenting about the wasted 42 years of not playing...
I still have the Wilson's. I take them to the range from time to time to remind me of my Grandfather... I can't hit them worth a damn I'm sorry to say.
I really hate that I did not get to play with my Grandfather, or learn from him... Nor my father... by the time I became an avid serial golfer, he was physically unable to even ride around a course with me... My Dad had that passion as well... Since my Dad and Mom divorced when I was 3, I never got close enough to share in that passion... mostly Sunday morning brunch followed by a quick return to my Mom.
I won't make that same mistake with my sons... they ride with me every chance I can get... They aren't interested in golf... YET... but one day... If they get into it late like I did... I want them to at least remember what it meant to me, my father, and my grandfather... When they do, those Wilson's will be there for them too."
This set of Cary Middlecoff irons are in mostly good condition, there are minimal scratches and dings, the original leather grips have been retained for authenticity, new looking shafts, as well as almost no groove wear.
Some clubs have some missing chrome. SEE PICTURES.
These will be a great set for many years.
Wilson Cary Middlecoff Signature 2-9 Irons
Steel shafts in excellent condition
Original grips have been retained for originality and authenticity.