If anyone wants a screen grab that isn’t posted by pappy
vonneguts_anus
Great, Johnny miller is on Reddit now and we’re gonna hear about this shit every week. Just take a nap Johnny.
chamtrain1
Dude was hitting his 1961 driver that was 43.5 inches further than I hit my 2025 45 inch school bus.
aww-snaphook
Definitely a different game. He goes from a pw to a 58° “sw” with nothing in between. I’m sure his pw is close to 50° based on the yardages, but it’s still such a big difference between modern 4 and 5 wedge setups.
Dashover
He had me at 28 year clubs
lildog8402
Need a tournament where the players use this kind of equipment. I’d pay to watch.
peezytaughtme
*Velocitized*
coldshowerss
115y PW? What a scrub, I carry at least 130y
RogerRabbit1234
Was that at oakmont, by any chance? Anyone recall?
OneSingleYesterday
Tbf, there was virtually no technological advancement in golf clubs over those 28 years. Persimmons and forged blades all around.
Strokes_Lahoma
This is cool as hell. Is there a good place to find all these old magazine articles
AndromedanPrince
am i the only one that sees a set of Kirklands in that bag?
IllustriousYak6283
High quality post OP. Good find
harbib
“Hey man, that’s Johnny Miller.”
“I don’t give a flyin fuck who it is.”
TheModernCurmudgeon
It looks crazy to see 1945, but they would have only been 27 year old irons at that point.
I would happily play a set of Ping Eye from the 80s now and they would be older than that.
volleydude32
That’s really cool. I would love to see a tournament where each day is equipment from a certain decade. Day 1 – 1970’s Day 2 – 1960’s Day 3 – 1950’s Day 4 – 1940’s
Or something like that.
shoresy99
The thing to keep in mind is today’s lofts are way different. His 7I has the loft of today’s 9I.
Akland23
His woods and long irons were all older than him. For reference he was born in 1947
xanderpo
This is the type of posts we need more of here, very interesting indeed!
dmartin8802
TIL OP might be Johnny Miller
Godawgs1009
Always goin, this asshole
appmanga
Miller said the biggest mistake he made was using new clubs because of an endorsement deal. He also felt he got muscle-bound (this was an actual belief in baseball and golf) after an off-season of doing a bunch of outdoors work. Neither one of those explain his case of yips.
makithejap
I’ve played with old stuff like this quite a bit for fun. I still do on occasion. The most impressive thing about shooting 63 in an open with this gear is the golf ball he used.
airjordan77lt
D9 swing weight in the driver is crazyyyy
Blueshockeylover
Regarding those irons, years ago Miller had Chi Chi in the booth and during the broadcast relayed how kind Chi Chi was to him as a young pro (vs the rest of the tour). You could tell that Rodriguez meant a lot to him. So much so that he pulled out those exact irons and gifted them to him on air. I’m not generally a big Miller fan but it was a really touching moment.
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First interesting post I’ve seen in 6 months. Genuinely mean that
https://preview.redd.it/81lenx4xdh4g1.png?width=708&format=png&auto=webp&s=e01461900d2d15aa9efc93210bf94833e8f513be
If anyone wants a screen grab that isn’t posted by pappy
Great, Johnny miller is on Reddit now and we’re gonna hear about this shit every week. Just take a nap Johnny.
Dude was hitting his 1961 driver that was 43.5 inches further than I hit my 2025 45 inch school bus.
Definitely a different game. He goes from a pw to a 58° “sw” with nothing in between. I’m sure his pw is close to 50° based on the yardages, but it’s still such a big difference between modern 4 and 5 wedge setups.
He had me at 28 year clubs
Need a tournament where the players use this kind of equipment. I’d pay to watch.
*Velocitized*
115y PW? What a scrub, I carry at least 130y
Was that at oakmont, by any chance? Anyone recall?
Tbf, there was virtually no technological advancement in golf clubs over those 28 years. Persimmons and forged blades all around.
This is cool as hell. Is there a good place to find all these old magazine articles
am i the only one that sees a set of Kirklands in that bag?
High quality post OP. Good find
“Hey man, that’s Johnny Miller.”
“I don’t give a flyin fuck who it is.”
It looks crazy to see 1945, but they would have only been 27 year old irons at that point.
I would happily play a set of Ping Eye from the 80s now and they would be older than that.
That’s really cool. I would love to see a tournament where each day is equipment from a certain decade.
Day 1 – 1970’s
Day 2 – 1960’s
Day 3 – 1950’s
Day 4 – 1940’s
Or something like that.
The thing to keep in mind is today’s lofts are way different. His 7I has the loft of today’s 9I.
His woods and long irons were all older than him. For reference he was born in 1947
This is the type of posts we need more of here, very interesting indeed!
TIL OP might be Johnny Miller
Always goin, this asshole
Miller said the biggest mistake he made was using new clubs because of an endorsement deal. He also felt he got muscle-bound (this was an actual belief in baseball and golf) after an off-season of doing a bunch of outdoors work. Neither one of those explain his case of yips.
I’ve played with old stuff like this quite a bit for fun. I still do on occasion. The most impressive thing about shooting 63 in an open with this gear is the golf ball he used.
D9 swing weight in the driver is crazyyyy
Regarding those irons, years ago Miller had Chi Chi in the booth and during the broadcast relayed how kind Chi Chi was to him as a young pro (vs the rest of the tour). You could tell that Rodriguez meant a lot to him. So much so that he pulled out those exact irons and gifted them to him on air. I’m not generally a big Miller fan but it was a really touching moment.