6 solomon ct, Jackson, NJ 08527, US
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Hickory and vintage golf for sale in sets or individual. Pyratone and classic clubs also available. Clubs are professionally restored to pieces of art in original glory.
A Game That's Growing Rapidly!
Each club is done as if I was making it for myself.
Customers
Many happy customers on and off eBay. Check my feedbacks under silverdragongolf store.
Unlike any other restoration
I have been doing this for a few years now and I have continued to find ways to improve my restorations. Using upgraded items in all areas right down to the finest epoxy available. I use a 4 step process when regripping that provides a must better feel than any others are presently doing. Heads are striped and beautifully polished, faces and sole are ground and sanded to remove knicks along with the faces sandblasted to provide a "close to original face". Sandblasting was invented around 1880 and used sparingly on clubs and if you prefer this can be left out of your restoration process, however it does provide a uniform face. Shafts are sanded, stained twice, clear coated twice and finally Tru-Oiled leaving a beautiful rich finish. Choice of light medium and dark satais are available. Finally all Whipping, thread, is clear glued to prevent unraveling and a brass tip is placed in the butt to protect ot wood.
Clubs are tested
After club is completed I test each one in the simulator and provide you with the stats on the club, distance, launch angle, spin rates, etc. Then I hit each a half doz. times or so very hard to test the shaft. around one in 25 shafts fail and I redo the club, not happy about it but I don't want it breaking for you. If it ever does I will reshaft for a low fee of $25.
FAQs
Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. When building sets for customers we text back and forth through the during the whole process.
About Us
History of the game brought back to life.
History of the game brought back to life.
History of the game brought back to life.
Specialize in affordable playsets along with the complete range of clubs available.
Beautifully restored.
History of the game brought back to life.
History of the game brought back to life.
Be a part of a growing game that brings 100 year old equipment to modern golf.
Custom made to order.
History of the game brought back to life.
Custom made to order.
Sets are made to order. You choice of grips and colors. Sets from 3 to 14 or more are available to your specifications.
Origins of Golf
Origins of Golf
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Everyone knows golf originated in Scotland, right? Yes and no.
It's definitely true that golf as we know it emerged in Scotland. The Scots were playing golf in its very basic form—take a club, swing it at a ball, move ball from starting point to finishing point in as few strokes as possible—by at least the mid-15th Century.
In fact, the earliest known reference to golf by that name comes from King James II of Scotland, who, in 1457, issued a ban on the playing of golf. The game, the king complained, was keeping his archers from their practice.
James III in 1471 and James IV in 1491 each re-issued the ban on golf.
Golf Developed in Scotland ... But Where Did It Originate?
The game continued to develop in Scotland over the decades and centuries, until 1744 when the first-known rules of golf were put down in writing in Edinburgh. Golf as it was then played would be easily recognized by any modern golfer.
But can it be said that the Scots "invented" golf? Not quite, because there's strong evidence that the Scots were influenced themselves by even earlier versions of games that were similar in nature.
Here's what the USGA Museum says about the issue:
"While many Scots firmly maintain that golf evolved from a family of stick-and-ball games widely practiced throughout the British Isles during the Middle Ages, considerable evidence suggests that the game derived from stick-and-ball games that were played in France, Germany and the Low Countries."
The Dutch Influence
Part of the evidence for earlier, and non-Scottish influence, in the origin of golf is the etymology of the word "golf" itself. "Golf" derives from the Old Scots terms "golve" or "goff," which themselves evolved from the medieval Dutch term "kolf."
The medieval Dutch term "kolf" meant "club," and the Dutch were playing games (mostly on ice) at least by the 14th Century in which balls were struck by sticks that were curved at the bottom until they were moved from point A to point B.
The Dutch and Scots were trading partners, and the fact that the word "golf" evolved after being transported by the Dutch to the Scots lends credence to the idea that the game itself may have been adapted by the Scots from the earlier Dutch game.
Something else that lends credence to that idea: Although the Scots played their game on parkland (rather than ice), they (or least some of them) were using wooden ballsthey acquired in trade from Holland.
Similar Games Go Back Even Earlier
And the Dutch game wasn't the only similar game of the Middle Ages (and earlier). Going back even farther, the Romans brought their own stick-and-ball game into the British Isles, and games that contain antecedents of golf were popular in France and Belgium long before Scotland got into the game.
So does that mean that the Dutch (or someone else other than the Scots) invented golf? No, it means that golf grew out of multiple, similar stick-and-ball games that were played in different parts of Europe.
But we're not trying to deny the Scots their place in golf history. The Scots made a singular improvement to all the games that came before: They dug a hole in the ground and made getting the ball into that hole the object of the game.
As we said at the beginning, for golf as we know it, we definitely have the Scots to thank.
