Arnold Palmer Course-Used Hickory Irons

for 1964 Magazine Article

    In 1964, Popular Mechanics magazine approached Arnold Palmer for an experiment; they wanted Arnold Palmer to play a round of golf with modern steel shafted clubs and a round of golf with hickory shafted clubs so that they could test the results. Offered in this lot are five of those hickory shafted clubs that were used by Arnold Palmer to play a round of golf for this Popular Mechanics experiment and resulting article. Photographed below (though we don't own it, so cannot include it with this lot) is a photograph of that July 1964 Popular Mechanics magazine article.

    All of these five clubs are authentic vintage hickory era golf clubs that were then custom fitted with newer wood shafts and leather wrap grips. The driver is a Howard R. Davis Special and the irons are a mix of a Spalding Model M-6 Niblick, Wilson Mashie, Tom Stewart Spade Mashie & OVB Mid Iron. The shafts are stamped: "Arnold Palmer, Popular Mechanics, by Bert Dargie 1964."