Item description for TZ GOLF - LYNX Black Cat KNOCKOFF Black Bat MEN'S Golf Set 3-SW R Flex Graph RH

"Lynx (Founded by John Riley Sr. and Carl Ross) is a good, solid iron. from the early 1970's. That was back when Ping, as just about the only that used investment casting. John Riley left Ping to start Lynx. At that point none of the big boys wanted anything to do with the casting process, they always said it was too expensive, of course, they were all set up for forging and broaching. Taylor Made and Callaway didn't exist. most of the better players wouldn't game Ping or Lynx back then. although a lot of tour players putted with Ping, and several had a Ping. 1-iron in their bag. Ping also began a huge push with collegiate golfers to turn them on to their irons.

All was not well with the Riley-Ross partnership, however. While details are sketchy, Riley either left or was forced out of the partnership within a year. He went on to found Pinseeker Golf and later the John Riley Company and would create a metal-faced wooden driver and later patented the very first fully metal driver.

Meanwhile, Lynx continued making noise as investment casting was starting to take over the golf business. The big OEMs of the time like Wilson, MacGregor and others made forged clubs. Investment-cast clubs could be made faster and the process was more repeatable, but it was an expensive addition to their operations. Lynx and PING didn’t have a status quo to protect, so both went about disrupting the market.

“The enormous success of the pioneer manufacturers—small companies such as Lynx and PING—has prompted the big companies to get into the (investment cast) race,” wrote Golfdom Magazine in its January 1973 issue. The article speculated on whether the success of these small, investment-cast companies might cause them to be engulfed by larger golf companies. That didn’t happen to PING but it did happen to Lynx, sort of. Less than two months later, Lynx was bought out by a larger company (Zurn), one that had nothing whatsoever to do with golf.

So Lynx was really ahead of the curve with the Master and Liberty models, just behind Ping. Lynx may have expanded too fast and ended up stretched for working capita! Or maybe the owner sold out for a bundle. Regardless, Lynx ended up being owned by Zurn, a huge foundry conglomerate. Zurn's flush valves are on most of the urinals in public and commercial buildings in the USA. As is typical with huge companies buying smaller companies, Zurn changed about everything and screwed up Lynx."

Golfsmith purchased Lynx Golf in 1998. Founded in 1967, Golfsmith began offering club maker training programs to teach the skills of club repair and clubmaking. Carl and Frank Paul opened up a 6,000 sq. ft. showroom in Austin, TX in 1973. Shortly thereafter, in 1975, the Pauls created The Golfsmith Store accessory catalog. Golfsmith established the GCA (Golf Clubmakers Association) which is an organization who’s mission is to serve and support clubmakers worldwide. In 1992, Golfsmith moved into a 40 acre campus that houses corporate offices, a 30,000 ft. super-store, a practice facility, over 200,000 sq. ft of shipping facilities. The Harvey Penick Golf Academy was created by legendary teacher Harvey Penick, author of The Little Red Book, in conjunction with Golfsmith. The Harvey Penick Golf Academy is located in Austin, TX and has instructed over 17,000 golfers.

Golfsmith operates over 40 retail stores nationwide, including “superstores” in Houston, Dallas, and Denver. Golfsmith has acquired Lynx Golf, Inc., Snake Eyes Golf Club Inc., and Black Rock Corp, maker of the Killer Bee golf clubs.

After the Master and Liberty, Parallax and Black Cat became synonymous with Lynx and both were the work of designer David Boone. The Parallax came first, in 1991.

The Parallax was a cast cavity-back, inspired by the two most successful irons of the day, the Tommy Armour 845s and the PING Eye 2.

Boone sent the first Parallax set to Fred Couples at the end of 1991. Couples’ contract with Tommy Armour was ending and he put them in play at the Johnnie Walker World Championship. He won.

He officially joined the Lynx staff in January of ’92 and proceeded to win three more times, including the 1992 Masters. Couples used an old MacGregor persimmon driver to win the Masters but, by the end of the year, he put into play the club that spawned perhaps the greatest golf commercial ever, the Lynx Boom Boom driver.

LYNX Black Cat KNOCKOFFS, Black Bat Men's Golf Set - 9 Irons 3-SW

About The Manufacturer - LYNX

Golfsmith operates over 40 retail stores nationwide, including “superstores” in Houston, Dallas, and Denver. Golfsmith has acquired Lynx Golf, Inc., Snake Eyes Golf Club Inc., and Black Rock Corp, maker of the Killer Bee golf clubs.

After the Master and Liberty, Parallax and Black Cat became synonymous with Lynx and both were the work of designer David Boone. The Parallax came first, in 1991.

The Parallax was a cast cavity-back, inspired by the two most successful irons of the day, the Tommy Armour 845s and the PING Eye 2.

Boone sent the first Parallax set to Fred Couples at the end of 1991. Couples’ contract with Tommy Armour was ending and he put them in play at the Johnnie Walker World Championship. He won.

Ernie Els and Michelle McGann soon joined the Lynx staff. Els won the ’94 U.S. Open and set a single-season earnings record with Parallax. McGann gamed Parallax for all seven of her LGPA wins. By 1995 the larger, more forgiving Black Cat joined the lineup.